Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 23: The family of Manjunath Churi (26) from Karnataka’s Bagalkot, who has gone missing in Germany, is worried with the latest news reaching them about his whereabouts. Churi was pursuing MS at Hamburg University. Quoting officials of the External Affairs Ministry as saying, P.C. Gaddigoudar, MP, told the family that the German police had found clothes, footwear, and a bicycle

New Delhi, Jun 23: Anti-nuclear activist S P Udayakumar, known for his protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant project, on Thursday wrote a letter to Press Council of India chairman Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad raising allegations of harassment against news channel Republic TV. In his letter, Udayakumar said he wishes to bring the council’s attention towards the “ongoing deceit

Dubai, Jun 23: Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries that have cut ties to Qatar have issued a list of demands to end the crisis, insisting that Qatar shuts down the Al Jazeera network and scales down ties with Iran. In the 13-point list, the countries also demand that Qatar sever all alleged ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and with other groups including Hezbollah, al-Qaeda and ISIL (also known

Ballari, Jun 23: District BJP ST Morcha vice-president Bandi Ramesh, a criminal facing several charges, was killed at Guggarahatti on the outskirts of Ballari city on Thursday afternoon. Ramesh, 42, and resident of Karimaramma Temple, Indiranagar, Cantonment, Ballari, was a close aide of B Sriramulu, Member of Parliament, Ballari. Police said he had gone on Thursday to Rampura with his followers

Bengaluru, Jun 23: The Legislative Assembly on Wednesday adopted recommendations made by the privileges committee of the House sentencing editors of two Kannada tabloids to one-year imprisonment with a fine of Rs 10,000 for breach of privilege. In 2014, MLAs K B Koliwad (now the Speaker) and B M Nagaraju had petitioned the privileges committee taking offence to “defamatory articles” against them

Thrissur, Jun 23: The Kerala police have seized fake currency and printing machines from the house of a Yuva Morcha leader Sree Narayanapuram near Kodungallur. The police have arrested Erassery Rakesh, 31. The BJP said that Rakesh was a regional committee member of the Yuva Morcha. The district president of the party says that Rakesh and his brother have both been expelled. Police said they have

Bengaluru, Jun 23: Congress leader and prominent businessman K P Nanjundi has announced that he will soon join the Bharatiya Janata Party. Nanjundi, who is the president of Akhila Karnataka Vishwakarma Mahasabha, was upset with the ruling Congress for not making him an MLC. He announced his decision after the state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa extended him an invitation to join the party

Bengaluru, Jun 23: The Legislative Assembly secretariat on Thursday set up a 17-member joint select committee to examine the controversial bill that seeks to regulate private hospitals in the state. The committee is headed by senior Congress MLA K N Rajanna. Health and Family Welfare Minister K R Ramesh Kumar, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra, leader of the Opposition in the

Lucknow, Jun 23: The mystery behind the death of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Anurag Tewari, who was found dead on the road near a government guest house here last month, deepened after heart failure was ruled out as a possible cause of death. The report of the histopathological examination of Tewari's heart, which had been preserved along with his viscera and blood for chemical analysis, said that

Bengaluru, Jun 23: A day after the Congress government announced crop loan waiver up to Rs 50,000, the state BJP on Thursday decided to step up its preparations for the next Assembly polls. The BJP is of the view that the state government announced the loan waiver scheme with an eye on the polls and is even anticipating early Assembly elections. The saffron party leaders believe that the ruling