Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 18: Governor Vajubhai R Vala has approved two names recommended by the state government for the Karnataka Legislative Council and set aside one recommendation. The chief minister’s office on Wednesday said that Vala has rejected the recommendation of the name of C?M?Lingappa, former Congress MLA, for the nomination to the Council. The two other recommendations approved are that of

New Delhi, May 18: With less than a year left for Assembly elections, there is a growing demand within the Congress to have a strong but non-adversarial president for the Karnataka unit of the party. The Congress has already made it clear that it would face the Assembly elections next year under the leadership of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah but there is buzz about a change of guard in the party's

Bengaluru, May 18: The Karnataka government on Wednesday sent two IAS officers to Lucknow to gather information regarding the death of IAS officer Anurag Tewari. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has deputed IAS officers Abhiram Shankar and Pankaj Kumar Pandey to gather information in Lucknow, according to the Chief Minister’s Office. Expressing grief over the demise of the bureaucrat, Siddaramaiah said

Mangaluru, May 18: The pollution of the Phalguni river water on the downstream of the Malavoor vented dam on the outskirts of the city has caused fish kills. According to reports, the contamination has become concentrated in the downstream as no fresh water was let out from the dam. Local residents have complained that water in open wells also getting polluted as the district administration has

Udupi, May 18: With couple of weeks to go for the reopening of schools, Udupi Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis has urged the educational institutions and drivers, operators, owners of vehicles, transporting schoolchildren to follow government guidelines regarding children’s safety in the district. Chairing a meeting of representatives of educational institutions and officials of the

Mumbai, May 17: Technology is surely a man's best friend, but in this case, the technology turned out to be Rajasthan Police's 'Facebook' best friend. Working as a DJ in a Mumbai hotel, 21-year-old Shikha Tiwari, aka DJ Adaa, was recently arrested by Special Operations Group (SOG) from Rajasthan after she ran away with a whopping Rs 1 crore to Mumbai. The cops were able to nab the young DJ after

New Delhi, May 17: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday transferred the investigation into the disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmad to the CBI from police. He has been missing since October 15, 2016. A bench of Justices G.S. Sistani and Rekha Palli transferred the matter to the CBI with immediate effect on a plea by the student’s mother after the Delhi Police said it

Bengaluru, May 17: A local court has granted interim anticipatory bail to former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy in the illegal mining case. The former minister had filed an application before the Lokayukta special court seeking interim anticipatory bail. Earlier the court had posted the matter for orders to Wednesday. Sources in the Special Investigation Team (SIT) said that the court had not

Mumbai, May 17: Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) on Tuesday lodged a complaint against Arnab Goswami, the founder of recently launched English news channel Republic TV, and journalist Prema Sridevi for infringing its copyright. According to sources, BCCL has filed a complaint with the Azad Maidan Police Station in Mumbai under sections 378, with sections 379, 403, 405, with sections 406, 409, 411

Kolkata, May 17: Days after openly defying the Centre's order and stating that he would keep using the red beacon on his vehicle, the Tipu Sultan Mosque trustee board sacked Shahi Imam Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati for "objectionable and inflammatory remarks against the country". Notably, Barkati had recently threatened 'jihad' and refused to take off the beacon from his vehicle. A police