Karnataka

New Delhi, May 29: The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the Arnab Goswami and his newly-launched news channel Republic TV on Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's defamation plea against them. In his plea, Tharoor has claimed damages and compensation of Rs 2 crore from the journalist and his channel for allegedly making defamatory remarks against him while airing news relating to the death of

Thiruvananthapuram, May 29: Ten days after a 23-year-old woman nearly chopped a god-man’s penis off while resisting his attempt to rape her in Thiruvananthapuram, the woman’s mother has thrown in a twist to the case by claiming that her daughter’s police complaint is false. In a petition submitted to state police chief T P Senkumar, she claimed that her daughter attacked Sreehari, aka

New Delhi, May 29: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government was considering exiting Air India operations. "There are many private airlines like Jet Airways, IndiGo, GoAir. If 86 per cent of the aviation market can be handled by private sector, then 100 per cent can also be handled by the private sector," Mr Jaitley told DD News in an interview. National passenger carrier Air India

Mangaluru, May 29: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has decided to field its candidate in five of the eight assembly constituencies in Dakshina Kannada district in 2018 Karnataka polls. G V Sriram Reddy, CPI (M) state secretary told media persons here that his party will field its candidates in Mangaluru (Ullal), Mangaluru (South), Mangaluru (North), Mulki-Moodbidri and Belthangady

New Delhi, May 29: Hours after party vice-president Rahul Gandhi strongly condemned party's youth unit workers slaughtering a cow in Kannur, Kerala, the Congress today suspended workers who organised the protest event. "Such elements have no place in Congress. Youth Congress workers have been suspended," Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said. Rahul Gandhi had strongly condemned his party workers

Mysuru, May 29: Minister for Animal Husbandry and Sericulture A Manju on Sunday said the state government would approach the Supreme Court if the Centre’s notification on the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017, is not withdrawn. Addressing reporters here, Manju said the Centre had not approached any of the state governments and farmers before issuing the

Bengaluru, May 29: The BJP?core committee meeting on Sunday decided that all senior leaders need to actively participate in the ongoing drought assessment tour taken up by party state president B?S?Yeddyurappa. At the meeting held at the party headquarters in Bengaluru, Yeddyurappa is understood to have pointed out that senior leaders were not accompanying him during the tour and he was more or

Bengaluru, May 29: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday justified his government’s controversial decision of carrying out the caste census in the State. “The caste census had not taken place since 1931. The Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court had directed the government to provide the latest percentage of a particular caste in the total population of the state, whenever the government

Kannur, May 29: Kannur city police have registered a case against Youth Congress leader Rijil Makkutty and some workers of the party for slaughtering an ox in public on Saturday as a mark of protest against the Union government notification banning the sales of cattle for slaughter. Police said the case was registered under Section 120-A of Kerala Police Act for causing nuisance and violation of

Mangaluru, May 29: The second edition of the ‘Indian Open of Surfing’ came to a picturesque finish as the Sasihithlu beach revelled with cheers for the participant surfers in the finals on Sunday. During the valedictory and prize distribution programme, South Africa former Cricketer and Mumbai Indians fielding coach Jonty Rhodes, who was also the ambassador for the event, expressed his joy over