Karnataka

Bantwal, Jun 5: Police have arrested two persons in connection with recent violence in Kalladka town of Bantwal taluk. The arrested have been identified as Swagat, a resident of Manchi, and Sandesh, a resident of Krishnakodi near Golthamajalu. Two Muslim youths were stabbed by a gang of miscreants belonging to a saffron outfit on May 26 in Kalladka. The youths were returning home after Friday

Yadgir, Jun 5: A Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing leader has been arrested by police for barging into the administrative office of the Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited (KBJNL) at Bheemarayanagudi and setting the Chief Engineer's chair on fire in Shahpur taluk of Yadgir district. According to the police, Karbasappa Biral, president of the Shahpur taluk unit of the BJP youth wing, accompanied by a

Bengaluru, Jun 5: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwara has given a hint that all sitting MLAs of the party may not get the ticket to context the next Assembly polls. Interacting with media persons here on Sunday, Parameshwara that sitting MLAs will be fielding again only if they have bright chances of getting re-elected. The party always follows certain criteria for

Dubai, Jun 5: Four nations including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of creating instability in region. All four nations announced they would withdraw their diplomatic staff from Qatar, a gas-rich nation that will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Saudi Arabia said Qatari troops would be pulled from its ongoing war in Yemen. All the

Vijayapura, Jun 5: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 21-year-old pregnant woman was burnt alive by her family members for marrying outside her religion in Gundakanala village of Muddebihal taluk in Vijayapura district on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Banu Begum. She had eloped to Goa with Sayabanna Sharanappa Konnur from Valimiki caste and married him. Konnur also

Bengaluru, Jun 4: Mild tremors were experienced in Hubballi and Dharwad districts of Karnataka around Saturday midnight. People residing in apartments and multi-storey buildings said they felt tremors for more than five seconds around 11:45 pm on Saturday. When they realised that it was an earthquake, many people ran out of their houses. Strong tremors were felt in various localities in Dharwad

Dubai, Jun 4: A newborn baby was rescued from a building where an apartment caught fire on Sunday, a Dubai Civil Defence spokesperson said. The fire happened in an apartment on the second floor of a building in the Discovery Gardens. Firefighters evacuated everyone in the building as thick smoke seeped from the apartment and into corridors. They found the baby and his family in an apartment on the

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 4: As many as 270 people have been booked in connection with the violence at Sherpur village of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh wherein eight people, including five policemen, were injured. The violent episode unfolded after a team of police raided several Muslim houses in Sherpur on Friday after miscreants provided them false information of "cow slaughter". When the police did

Mangaluru, Jun 4: Food and Civil Supplies Minister U.T. Khader on Sunday demanded an inquiry by the Ports Department and the district administration over reef-building activity of IBIS barge when there is a ban on sea activity between June 1 and July 31. Mr. Khader told presspersons here that Dharti Dredging and Infrastructure Ltd. — the firm assigned with the work of strengthening the seashore

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 4: BJP President Amit Shah on Sunday said the party's growth in Kerala cannot be stopped with violence as he slammed the ruling CPI-M for attacks against BJP and RSS workers in the State. He said it was a matter of “shame” that most of the killings have occurred in Kannur, the home district of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. “If the Chief Minister and his party think that