Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 1: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara today resigned from the post following the Congress leadership's decision to continue with him as the party's state unit chief ahead of the 2018 Assembly polls. A day after the Congress announced structural changes keeping in mind the Assembly polls, Parameshwara submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Announcing that

Bengaluru, Jun 1: A local leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was hacked to death by a group of armed men in Surya City, on the outskirts of Bengaluru city, on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Harish, who Anekal unit vice-president of BJP's SC/ST Yuva Morcha. According to police, the incident took place around 9 pm when Harish, 40, was returning home from a bar and restaurant

Mangaluru, Jun 1: Ivan D'Souaz, chief whip of the government in state legislative council, has expressed his desire to contest next assembly polls. Responding to the queries of media persons in the city on Thursday, Mr D'Souza said that he is ready to contest from any assembly constituency in 2018 polls. “There are no chances of early elections in state as chief minister Siddaramaiah led

Mangaluru, Jun 1: A college student committed suicide at a hostel belonging to a private collage at Valachil on the outskirts of the city on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Suchethana A C (19), daughter of Chandre Gowda hailing from Chikkamagaluru. She was pursuing first year engineering at Srinivas Institute of Technology, Valachil. Suchethana, who had gone to Chikkamagaluru on May

Kannur, Jun 1: Kerala Police on Thursday arrested eight persons who had recently butchered a calf in in broad daylight and distributed its meat to public, in protest against Centre's ban on sale of cattle for slaughtering. According to ANI, the police arrested eight youth, members of the Congress Youth Wing including former IYC Kannur Parliament constituency committee Rijil Makutty, for killing a

Chamarajanagar, Jun 1: Food and Civil Supplies and District in-charge Minister U T Khader has thrown an open challenge to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government, saying, “If the Centre is genuinely concerned about cow protection, let it first scrap the beef export license.” Addressing media persons, here, the minister said that there was no clarity in the Centre' fresh ban order on

Bengaluru, Jun 1: Amidst ongoing tussle between the Centre and Karnataka over the naming rights of Ujjwala and Anila Bhagya schemes (free LPG connections), the chief minister Siddaramaiah-led state government is exploring possibilities of providing free LPG refills to gain an upper hand ahead of the 2018 assembly polls. As per the present schemes envisaged by the NDA government and the state, the

Bengaluru, Jun 1: Despite an abysmally low percentage of Muslims selected for the civil services, coaching by Zakat Foundation of India has helped 16 Muslim candidates including four women to crack the examination this time. Six among those cleared successful in the civil services through ZFI belong to Jammu and Kashmir. Three come from Jharkhand. Two each belong to Uttar Pradesh and Kerala. The

Kalaburgi, Jun 1: The hard work, discipline and sacrifices that are necessary to become a member of the Union Civil Services is best exemplified by the family of Sheikh Tanveer Asif. The 24-year-old from Kalaburagi district in northern Karnataka cracked the exam in his second attempt and bagged the 25th rank. Asif is the son of a retired police sub inspector Sheikh Yusuf. After completing a course

Yellapur, Jun 1: In a rare incident, a 24-year-old Muslim man converted into Hinduism in order to marry his 19-year-old Hindu girlfriend Yashodha Honnegowda at Yellapur in coastal district of Uttara Kannada. Hasan Rahim Khan adopted the name of Rahul Arya after conversion. The marriage took place at the Shiva temple here on Wednesday. Rituals related to the conversion were performed prior to the