Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 27: The "threat from (Narendra) Modi's nationalism" is the reason why global media watchdog 'Reporters Without Borders' (RWB) has ranked India an abysmal 136 of 180 countries in its "press freedom" report for 2017. According to the media watchdog, India, which slipped three places from last year, now ranks closer to China (176) - which doesn't even have an independent press corps -

Madikeri, Apr 27: Income Tax officers arrived in style — and incognito — to raid coffee growers in Kodagu on Wednesday. A team of 40 I-T officials and cops from Mysuru and KR Nagar posed as a wedding party to gain entry into the premises of SLN Coffee and conduct a surprise raid. The team travelled in 13 Innova cars, decorated with flowers and cards reading 'Deewana weds Komala', to avoid

Mandya, Apr 27: Former chief minister and JD(S) State president H D Kumaraswamy has said that he is not even ready to see the faces of rebel MLAs including Zameer Ahmed Khan. “Let them go wherever they want. I don’t like to see their faces,” Kumaraswamy said while speaking to reporters after visiting the Adichunchanagiri mutt in the district on Wednesday. To a query on Chaluvarayaswamy and Zameer

Bengaluru, Apr 27: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah’s three day United Arab Emirates tour began on Thursday. Prior to leaving for the Airport, the CM held a meeting with cabinet colleagues and Congress leaders at his residence ‘Cauvery’ in Bengaluru. Siddaramaiah will formally inaugurate the newly constituted Karnataka Non-resident Indian Forum-UAE at the Indian Consulate Hall in Dubai on

Bengaluru, Apr 27: The police in Bengaluru have arrested a gang of four, which blackmailed and extorted a city-based doctor couple, accusing them of performing an illegal abortion at their nursing home in Lakkasandra in the city. Claiming to be activists from a human rights organisation, the gang intimidated the husband-wife duo, saying that they had performed the abortion illegally and demanded

Mumbai, Apr 27: Veteran actor and politician Vinod Khanna passes away on 27 April 2017, in Mumbai. He was 70. Khanna had been suffering from a bout of ill health and had been hospitalised since Friday, 31 March. At this time his son Rahul Khanna had told the press that the yesteryear screen icon had been admitted after suffering from severe dehydration and added that doctors hoped to discharge

Kundapur, Apr 27: A group of miscreants belonging to Bajrang Dal barged into a Koraga house ahead of an engagement ceremony and brutally attacked three family members at Angodi near Trasi in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district. The incident took place at the house of Shakuntala, sister of a local gram panchayat member on April 24 when the family members were having dinner. Many relatives were present

New Delhi, Apr 27: Separatist leader Asiya Andrabi has been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, reports said on Thursday. According to ANI, Andrabi, who is the head of Dukhtran-e-Millat - an Islamist separatist organization – was arrested for her alleged anti-India activities last night. Dukhtran-e-Millat is known for issuing diktats periodically to the residents of Kashmir Valley on things

Kasaragod, Apr 27: The Kerala state government’s decision to make Malayalam learning compulsory in all schools has begun to draw flak from the sizeable Kannada linguistic minority in Kasaragod district. Hundreds of teachers affiliated to the Kerala State Kannada Medium Teachers’ Organisation (KSKMTO) from various schools here staged a symbolic day-long hunger strike on Wednesday at Badiadukka

New Delhi, Apr 27: The Supreme Court on Wednesday came to the rescue of a probationary police sub inspector (PSI) from Karnataka, who was discharged from service for not disclosing information about a pending criminal case against him. “There may be 100 FIRs against one but he or she has to disclose information only when there is any progress in any cases,” the court said, pointing to the columns