Karnataka

Srirangapatna, Jun 14: Some alert people helped the Town Police and members of the Child Helpline rescue a two-year-old baby girl who was being sold by her father in Srirangapatna in Mandya district on Tuesday. A resident of Bengaluru, the 32-year-old man, tried to sell his daughter for Rs 500. Acting on a complaint lodged by some alert people, Town Police took the father and child into custody

Bengaluru, Jun 14: The principal Opposition the BJP in the Legislative Council on Tuesday charged the government with deliberately delaying taking a stand on the Centre’s controversial decision to ban the sale of cattle for slaughter. Leader of the Opposition K S Eshwarappa accused the government of insulting B R Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi by not banning the cow slaughter in the state. “Both

Bengaluru, Jun 14: The Karnataka government is all set to fix rates for different types of treatments and bed charges in private hospitals and nursing homes. If rules are violated, it would attract imprisonment or penalty. A bill which empowers the state government to fix rates was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. The Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (Amendment) Bill, 2017

Bantwal, Jun 13: In spite of the extension of prohibitory orders under section 144 of criminal procedure code across the Bantwal taluk till June 16, the communally sensitive Kalladka town has witnessed violence once again. A riot like situation prevailed in Kalladka as after a verbal altercation between two youths snowballed into a major group clash while miscreants pelted stones at shops and

Mangaluru, Jun 13: Known for criticizing his own party leaders in recent years, former union minister B Janrdhana Poojary on Tuesday indirectly backed the BJP’s agitation against Mangaluru North MLA B Mohiuddin Bava, whose recent birthday gift to schoolkids sparked a political row. Mr Bava had recently celebrated his birthday by freely distributing 3.08 lakh note books to students from class 1 to

Bengaluru, Jun 13: Former Karnataka chief minister and state JD(S) president H D Kumaraswamy was today denied anticipatory bail by a special court here in an illegal mining case. Lokayukta Court judge Gopal rejected the prayer of Kumaraswamy, who has been summoned by the Lokayukta's special investigation team in connection with the case. Kumaraswamy, the son of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda

London, Jun 13: Vijay Mallya, the embattled tycoon who is wanted in India on loan defaults to several banks, today claimed that he has "enough evidence" to plead his case as a UK court granted him bail until December 4. The 61-year-old former chief of erstwhile Kingfisher airlines appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court here for his extradition case hearing. Chief Magistrate Emma Louise

Mangaluru, Jun 13: Coming down heavily on Belthangady MLA K Vasantha Bangera for calling him a ‘fake victim’ during the legislative assembly session, Endo Virodhi Horata Samiti president K Shridhar Gowda has threatened to launch a ‘legal’ and ‘religious’ battle against the Congress veteran. Addressing media persons in the city on Tuesday, Mr Gowda said that he was officially declared an endosulfan

Aizawl, Jun 13: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Centre will not impose any restrictions on people's choice of food. Responding to a question on a protest by locals against the central governments ban on sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets, Singh said there should be no restriction on one's choice of food. He made the remarks while addressing a press conference after

New Delhi, Jun 13: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday introduced new batch of banknotes of Rs 500 with inset letter A while old notes of E series will remain valid. “In continuation of issuing of Rs 500 denomination banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi (new) series from time to time which are currently legal tender, a new batch of banknotes with inset letter “A” in both the number panels, bearing