Karnataka

Chikkamagaluru, Jun 6: Three naxalites, including Kanyakumari, who has 33 criminal cases pending against her besides carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head, surrendered to the government in Chikkamagaluru on Monday. Kanyakumari, 30, of Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru, her husband Shivu aka Jnanadev of Bengaluru and Chennamma aka Suma, 32, of Gadag surrendered to the members of the state-appointed

Bengaluru, Jun 6: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar on Monday criticised the Siddaramaiah government over Water Resources Minister M B Patil conducting a homa to invoke the rain God's blessings recently. He demanded that he should be dropped from the state Cabinet immediately.The government's double standards have been exposed since it is talking of enacting an

Mangaluru, Jun 5: A resident of Kavoor died following chest pain while he was at Bajpe Police Station. A judicial magistrate is inquiring the cause of death. According to Bajpe police, Melwin John, 39, was among the four persons found drinking alcohol near Malavoor vented dam on Sunday night. The police informed a relative of one of the four persons and brought all of them in for an inquiry

Mangaluru, Jun 5: Following water logging due to heavy rain, the movement of vehicles was badly affected for more than three hours at Ambedkar Circle here on Monday evening. The road was filled with water from Ambedkar Circle to Collector's Gate. Motorists had to tackle the twin challenges of traffic pile-up and inundation on the stretch. The traffic jam continued till 8 pm. This caused

Bengaluru, Jun 5: Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday expressed displeasure over the government's failure over the years to increase forest cover in the state despite its tall sapling plantation claims. "The forest cover in the state is not increasing. It has been stuck at the level 19- 20% in the past 25 years. The government officials say they have conducted plantation drives every year and

Ballia, Jun 5: The BJP government will fulfil its promise to the people of Uttar Pradesh to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya while staying within the ambit of the Constitution, state Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi has said. Shahi, who was here for a function to mark three years of the Narendra Modi government last evening, also said that the Yogi Adityanath government had established

Doha, Jun 5: Etihad Airways and Emirates will suspend all flights to and from Qatar starting on Tuesday as the GCC diplomatic row with Qatar escalates. On Monday, the UAE cut ties with Qatar, according to state news agency Wam, following Saudi Arabia sealing its borders to Qatar. While all Etihad and Emirates flights to Doha - from Abu Dhabi and Dubai respectively - will operate as scheduled on

Doha, Jun 5: Qatar on Monday slammed the decisions of three Gulf states and Egypt to sever ties with it, saying they were "unjustified" and aimed to put Doha under political "guardianship". "The measures are unjustified and are based on false and baseless claims," the Qatari foreign ministry said in a statement, referring to the unprecedented steps taken by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab

Singapore, Jun 5: Oil markets edged higher on Monday as rising Saudi physical prices and signs of falling OPEC supplies slightly outweighed a persistent rise in US production. Tensions in the Middle East, where top oil exporter Saudi Arabia cut ties with top liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipper Qatar over concerns about terrorism and extremism, also pushed up crude futures, traders said. Brent

New Delhi, Jun 5: The CBI today searched the residence of NDTV founder Prannoy Roy here and three other locations for allegedly causing losses to a private bank, a move termed by NDTV as a "witch-hunt" based on "same old" false accusations. The agency has registered a case against Roy, his wife Radhika and RRPR Holdings for allegedly causing losses of Rs 48 crore to ICICI Bank, CBI sources said