Karnataka

Thiruvanthapuram, Jun 7: Causing embarrassment to CPI in Kerala, luxury wedding pictures of party legislator Gita Gopi's daughter went viral on social media. Pictures of the wedding that took place recently at the Poothanam Auditorium in Guruvayour in Thrissur district went viral showed the bride 'decked' in gold ornaments. Geetha Gopi is a two-time CPI legislator from Nattika in Thrissur district

Paris, Jun 7: Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Tuesday Qatar must take several steps, including ending its support for the Palestinian group Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, to restore ties with other Arab states. Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said Qatar knew exactly what to do to restore relations with Riyadh and its Arab allies. “We want to see Qatar implement the promises it made a few years

Mangaluru, Jun 7: A New Delhi bound passenger was detained by the security forces at Mangaluru International Airport for being in possession five live bullets on Tuesday. Muhammed Shafeeq, a resident of Kasaragod, was immediately handed over to the jurisdictional Bajpe police. Shafeeq was supposed to board a New Delhi bound Jet Airways flight at 6.35 a.m. on Tuesday along with his family. During

Bengaluru, Jun 7: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait on Tuesday told the Legislative Council that the government is ready to make it mandatory for its employees to send their children to the government-run schools if the Opposition parties move a private bill in this regard. Replying to a debate on poor infrastructure at the government-run schools, he said many states in the

Bengaluru, Jun 7: Union Minister of State for Power and Coal Piyush Goyal on Tuesday clarified that there is no proposal before the Centre to withdraw reservation for the Dalits in the education and government jobs. He was speaking to reporters after having breakfast at the residence of RSS worker Madan Giriyappa, who passed away recently, at Dalit Colony in Bommanahalli. “There is no need for any

Bengaluru, Jun 7: Health Minister K?R Ramesh Kumar has requested the Opposition parties not to encourage vested interests who try to scuttle implementation of progressive plans to improve government hospitals. He was replying to a protracted discussion on the McGaan hospital incident in Shivamogga where a patient was denied a wheelchair, in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. The issue pertaining

Lucknow, Jun 7: Three people of a family were killed late on Tuesday by some unknown assailants in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. Police said the deceased Sunil Jaiswal (60) and his wife Kamini (55) had come back home late night and had just rung the door bell when two unidentified bike-borne assailants came and opened indiscriminate fire on them. Hrithik (25) their lone son opened the door

New Delhi, Jun 6: Sonia Gandhi may step down from the Congress presidentship, paving the way for Rahul Gandhi's possible elevation when the party holds its internal elections by October 15. The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's highest decision-making body, today approved the schedule for internal elections under which the party has to complete the exercise by October 15. In her speech

Hassan, Jun 6: A coffee planter who was trying to capture the scene of an elephant giving birth to a calf on his mobile phone was killed by one of the pachyderms near Honkaravalli in Hassan district's Sakleshpur taluk. The incident had occurred around 10 pm on Saturday and the victim has been identified as Arun Kumar (aged around 40 years), a resident of Haidur village in Alur taluk. It is learnt

Lucknow, Jun 6: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the mysterious death of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Anurag Tiwari, who was found dead near a guest house in the state capital last month, is investigating the possibility of 'drug overdose' as a possible cause of death. According to the sources here, the SIT sleuths, who had recently visited Tiwari's house in Bangalore, had found a large