Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 9: Finally the police have succeeded in tracing the killer lorry that claimed the lives of an NRI and his cousin at Pumpwell circle in the city recently. The accused has been identified as Gopala Krishna (28), a resident of Nekkilady near Uppinangady. He was arrested and produced before a court. The sleuths of Mangaluru East Traffic police station led by Inspector Suresh Kumar

Doha, Jun 9: Arab states have no right to "blockade" Qatar, the country's top diplomat said today, insisting the campaign by Saudi Arabia and its allies to isolate the tiny, energy-rich nation is based on "false and fabricated news." In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani repeatedly denied that his country funded

Mangaluru, Jun 9: A delegation of activists led by anti-SEZ crusader Vidya Dinker called on chief minister Siddaramaiah recently at Vidhan Soudha and complained against Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) which is still using an old law to acquiring agricultural land belong to farmers for the extension of MRPL. The KIADB is currently acquiring 850-acres of land for MRPL at

Mangaluru, Jun 9: The customs officers of Air Intelligence Unit and the batch of officers at the Mangaluru International Airport have busted a modus operandi of gold smuggling by three passengers by way of concealment in rectum. The three passengers had arrived from Dubai on Thursday by Air India and Jet Airways flights. M Subramanyam, customs commissioner, said that the officers on careful

Bengaluru, Jun 9: In the first major haul since demonetisation, police seized 22 counterfeit notes of Rs 2,000 denomination by arresting a small-time Kannada film actor and an auto-rickshaw driver near Dobbspet, about 20 km north of Bengaluru, on Thursday. Jayamma (45), a supporting actor in Kannada films, shopped at Prince cloth store near Dobbspet and tendered a 2,000-rupee note. The shopkeeper

Bengaluru, Jun 9: The state government on Thursday suspended a Panchayat?Development Officer (PDO) who reportedly forced two municipal workers to enter a manhole in Mysuru district. Quoting a preliminary enquiry, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H?K?Patil admitted in the Assembly that the incident had occurred in Chamundi Hills panchayat limits in Mysuru district on Tuesday. The

Bengaluru, Jun 9: A complaint has been filed with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa, seeking a probe into his benami assets in different states in the country and abroad. The complaint filed by Vinod B, an advocate from Shivamogga, stated that Eshwarappa, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and his son K E

Bengaluru, Jun 9: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday strongly defended his government's move to denotify some stretches of national highways passing through urban local bodies in the state, saying that it is aimed at saving jobs of hundreds of people who are dependent on liquor stores. Replying to Pranesh and M?B?Bhanuprakash (BJP) in the Legislative Council, he denied accusation by the BJP

Bengaluru, Jun 9: Bengaluru Development Minister K J George on Thursday said the government will waive sewerage cess on old residential apartment complexes in the city if they set up their own sewerage treatment plants. Replying to JD(S) member R Chowda Reddy in the Legislative Council, he said STPs are mandatory for all new apartments. Those constructed after February 25 last year, have been

Mangaluru, Jun 8: Kannada Chavavali Vatal Paksha president Vatal Nagaraj said Karnataka bandh will be observed on June 12, opposing the bill passed by the Kerala state government, making Malayalam compulsory in Kasargod. Taking part in the Kasargod Chalo protest organised by pro-Kannada organisations at Talapady on Thursday, he said the Kannadigas in Kerala are being looked down upon. “The Kerala