Bangalore: The Lokayukta Court Monday ordered a probe by the Lokayukta Superintendent of Police into the private complaint against a BJP MLA for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Judge N K Sudhindra Rao directed the SP Lokayukta to submit his report by March 12. B Eranna, a Pre-University lecturer in [...]

Chennai:  A Tamil actress who allegedly resorted to prostitution to tide over a financial crisis was arrested along with her stepbrother on Saturday night. The police suspect that it was her stepfather who worked as her pimp. The stepfather was said to be absconding. Caroline Mariyath, a 22-year-old Tamil film actress and popular model from [...]

Bangalore: The Lokayukta Court on Saturday issued summons to former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and five others to appear before it on March 3 for their alleged involvement in an illegal land denotification case. Besides Yeddyurappa, Lokayukta Judge NK Sudhindra Rao also issued summons to Yeddyurappa’s sons BY Raghavendra, BY Vijayendra, his son-in-law RN Sohan [...]

Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda Saturday expressed joy on completing six months in office and asserted that he had given “corruption-free, transparent and people-friendly” governance. Taking over the reins from BS Yeddyurappa who demitted office under a cloud in the wake of charges of corruption on August four last, Gowda started with the [...]

New Delhi: Human Resources Development minister in UPA Government at the Centre, Kapil Sibal,  informed press on Friday that a University based on internet would be started by 2013, from next educational year. A student can pursue a course of his liking and get a degree thereby without bound by rules or regulations in a [...]

Bangalore: Has BJP taken to the same political tactics of ‘Divide and rule’ policy that British rulers bequeathed to Nehru – Gandhi Congress party after 1947, to be used against Dalits and other backward classes by Brahmin leaders of BJP? If B. Sriramulu is to be believed, that is what has happened in a decade [...]

Bangalore : The Janata Dal(S) members of Karnataka Assembly led by Former Minister H D Revanna today staged a dharna in the house and later walked out in protest against the government for hurrying through an amendment legislation relating to religious institutions. The Bill, which was once rejected by the house, was re-introduced in the [...]

Bangalore: Karnataka Government is moving in the direction of banning the “made snana”,a ritual of rolling by lower caste people on plantain leaves left by Brahmins after partaking lunch in some temples, Minister for Religious Endowments V S Acharya told the state assembly. “The issues pertain to a belief of people.It is being practised for [...]

Dharwad : Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Bidari  said the department had decided to deploy bomb disposal squads wherever necessary in the state. Addressing reporters here during his visit to receive ‘Mratynjaya Mahanth’ Award at Dharwad Murugha Math he said the police force was being updated for maintenance of law and order and [...]

New Delhi: As already reported from New Delhi, Karnataka secured the third prize for a tableau depicting Bhootharadhana (worship of spirits) special to DK district and Kasaragod. The tableau had participated in Republic Day Parade recently and earned appreciation of all onlookers, and admiration of Kannadigas in Delhi. Defence minister A.K.Antony presented the 3rd prize [...]