BENGALURU: The SIT probing the multi-crore tribal fund scam on Saturday arrested J G Padmanabha, suspended managing director (MD) of Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, and accounts officer Parashurama G.The duo, along with a Union Bank of India chief manager, had come under the scanner after their names were mentioned in a suicide…
DAVANAGERE: Around 200 minority community families have reportedly fled homes in Channagiri town of Karnataka‘s Davanagere district and nearby villages after cops approached some members to help identify those involved in an attack on the local police station on May 24.Nearly a dozen cops were wounded and eight vehicles damaged in stone-pelting after a mob…
NEW DELHI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Karnataka has sought the cancellation of bail granted JD(S) MLA and former Karnataka minister HD Revanna in a sexual assault case. Revanna faces charges in two separate cases, one involving sexual harassment and the other related to kidnapping. He is currently out of jail on conditional bail.The…
NEW DELHI: JD(S) MLA from Holenarasipura HD Revanna, who was arrested on charges of kidnapping case linked to the ‘obscene video’ case, was granted conditional bail on Monday evening, walked out of the Parappana Agrahara Jail on Tuesday. The judge granted conditional bail to Revanna, on a Rs 5 lakh bond. He was arrested on…
BENGALURU: Seven people were arrested in Kalaburagi, Karnataka on May 11 for torturing a second-hand car dealer and two others by administering electric shocks to their private parts, as reported by the police on Saturday.Police arrested Imran Patel, Mohammed Mateen, Ramesh Doddamani, Sagar Koli and their accomplices.Second-hand car dealer Ramesh Madiwala, Sameeruddin, and Abdul Rehman…
BALLARI: Three civil workers were swept away in a tunnel at a steel plant of a private company in the industrial hub of Torangal in Karnataka‘s Ballari district on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Panthi Jadeppa, 31, from Hosapete (Karnataka), Shivamahadev, 22, of Chennai and Sushant Krishna Nainaru, 23, of Bengaluru.Water is continuously pumped through…
KALABURAGI: PM Narendra Modi’s decision to kick-start the national campaign from Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district was a calculated move, aimed at sending a clear message on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s home turf, which falls under Gulbarga Lok Sabha seat. At that time, none of the parties had released their list of candidates and speculation was rife…
NEW DELHI: The diplomatic passport of suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who has been accused of sexually abusing several women, cannot be cancelled or revoked unless there is a court order, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.“Revocation of diplomatic passport can only happen as per the provisions of the Passport Act ……
As the political atmosphere heats up in north Karnataka, which encompasses 14 constituencies, ahead of polling on May 7, all eyes are on the Lingayat community, a dominant caste in the region. The Lingayats, constituting the state’s largest single community, make up nearly 17% of the 5.3 crore electorate, while the Vokkaligas, another politically significant…
As the political atmosphere heats up in north Karnataka, which encompasses 14 constituencies, ahead of polling on May 7, all eyes are on the Lingayat community, a dominant caste in the region. The Lingayats, constituting the state’s largest single community, make up nearly 17% of the 5.3 crore electorate, while the Vokkaligas, another politically significant…
