State news
Cash van driver flees with Rs 1.37 crore
Bengaluru: In a daring daylight heist, the driver of a logistic agency today fled with a van laden with Rs 1.37 crore cash, collected from banks here, police said. Dominic, hired by Logicash, an outsourcing agency, drove away the van with the cash when two other employees had gone to a bank in th
Bhatkal man chargesheeted for Delhi blasts
BENGALURU: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday chargesheeted Abdul Wahid Siddibapa alias Abdul Wahid alias Khan alias Hafeez, 35, who hailed from Bhatkal and stayed in Dubai.This is in connection with a case where top Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives have been accused of planning to
Mining baron Janardhan Reddy's offices raided by Income Tax sleuths post Rs 500 cr lavish wedding
Within days after G Janardhan Reddy's daughter's lavish wedding grabbed headlines for its uber splendour, Income Tax Department has raided the mining baron's offices in Bellari. According to a report in OneIndia, a team of five I-T Department officials raided the former BJP lawmaker's Obulapuram M
Karnataka court orders winding up of Kingfisher Airlines
The Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered winding up of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines Ltd for failing to pay $6 million (Rs 41 crore) dues to a British firm that supplied aircraft components to it. Pronouncing the order, Justice Vineet Kothari directed the official liquidator to take posse
Students in Bengaluru on hunger strike, allege wrongly failed
Bengaluru: More than 100 students of Visvesvaraya Technical University (VTU) sat on a hunger strike on Saturday alleging a cock-up in the checking of their papers by the examiners, resulting in an unusual number of students failing. The students demanded that those failed be advanced to the next
Heavy Protest in state against Tipu Jayanthi, several BJP Leaders arrested
Bhatkallys News Service/ Ismail Zaorez Shabab Mangaluru: Heavy protest came in against the Tipu Jayanti Celebration in Mangaluru by right wing organizations like Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal activists. The District administration celebrated Tipu Jayanthi at Zilla Panchayath auditorium on
Jet to fly to Singapore from Bengaluru daily
Leading private carrier Jet Airways will operate a daily service to Singapore from here from December 14 to expand its connectivity in the Asean region, the airline said on Monday. “The new flight is introduced to meet the demand for a direct flight to Singapore from business travellers across sout
Karnataka CM meets Theresa May, seeks review of British immigration policy
Bengaluru, 9 Nov 2016: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday urged British Prime Minister Theresa May to review the new immigration policy and relax visa rules for Indian techies and students pursuing higher studies in Britain. “I request you to review the new policy and restore the 20,8
BJP to scale up protests against “Tipu Jayanti”
Bengaluru: Upping the ante against Congress government over the celebrations of “Tipu Jayanti”, Karnataka BJP President B S Yeddyurappa today asked the party cadre to scale up the protests against it on November 10 when the event will be held. Speaking at an “anti-Tipu Jayanti” rally here, as the
Siddaramaiah is most arrogant CM ever: Prasad
Mysuru: Former revenue minister V Srinivas Prasad launched a scathing attack on the chief minister at Swabhimana Samavesha in Nanjangud on Tuesday. Prasad, who was dropped in June's cabinet reshuffle, compared Siddaramaiah with the 14th century Delhi sultan, Mohammad-Bin-Tughluq, and said he's the m
British PM visiting Bengaluru on Tuesday
Bengaluru: British Prime Minister Theresa May will be in this tech hub on Tuesday on the last leg of her maiden three-day official visit to India starting Sunday, an official said. “May has a busy schedule during her day-long visit on Tuesday as she will participate in as many as five events soon
BJP worker found dead in mysterious circumstances in Mysuru
Mysuru: A BJP worker, who is also a RSS activist, was found dead in mysterious circumstances near Magali in Mysuru district with his family and the party alleging that it was a murder. The body of Magali Ravi, in his early 30’s, with head injuries was found last night, police said, suspecting tha
PFI Bengaluru Head arrested in Connection with RSS Member murder
The Bangalore district head of Popular Front of India, Azim Sheriff, was arrested on Wednesday night in connection with the murder of RSS activist Rudresh in October. Azim is allegedly associated with Irfan Pasha who was earlier arrested in connection with the case. During interrogation, some suspe
Tipu Sultan a secular warrior, says Congress
Bengaluru [India]: The Congress Party on Friday asserted that Mysore king Tipu Sultan was a secular warrior and that he had sacrificed his life for this state. Congress leader N.A Harris said, “If you were the king, then Mysore Maharaja would not have been there. These people have forgetting the
Don’t insult Hijab; Hindu girls too can observe ‘burqa’: Karnataka Education Minister
Bengaluru: Criticising the Sangh Parivar affiliates decision to not allow girl students to wear hijab, Karnataka Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayaraddi, has said that ‘hijab’ should not be identified with any religion. “It is a culture. Anyone can observe Hijab or wear a Burqa. There is no
No corruption in steel flyover project, says Siddaramaiah
Mangaluru: Denying allegations that corruption was done in the Rs 1,761 crore steel flyover project in Bengaluru, the construction of which was stayed by the Green Tribunal, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said there was total transparency in the project. Talking to reporters here, he
Passengers robbed in Bengaluru-Delhi Rajdhani Express
Miscreants stole half a dozen mobile phones, jewelleries and cash worth lakhs of rupees from passengers on Bengaluru – Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express here, early on Tuesday. According to the complaint filed by some passengers of 22691 Rajdhani Express, the incident occurred between Agra
What is the use of celebrating Tipu Jayanti?: Karnataka HC's poser to state govt
BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court will take up on Thursday the hearing on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the controversial move of the state government to celebrate the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan, former ruler of princely state of Mysuru. The PIL is filed by one K P Manjun