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Dakshina Kannada: The Karnataka police on Thursday arrested three persons including two professors for writing defamatory messages against a former woman colleague and pasting the handbills in public toilets across Karnataka to harass her. The accused have been identified as Prakash Shenoy (44), Head of Administration of a college, Pradeep Poojari (36), and B.S. Shetty (32). According to the police, the accused had prepared handbills with defamatory messages, the cell number, and the email id of the victim, who was their former colleague. One of the accused, Pradeep Poojari, was also accused of defaming another female professor in 2019. The accused had allegedly put up the posters in the public toilets of all bus stands in Suliya, Subramanya, Sampaje, Madikeri, Mysuru, Chikkamagalur, Mudigere, Balehonnur, N.R. Pura, Shivamogga and some other cities. The police said that the victim, a professor who taught Kannada, was targeted and harassed by the management of a reputed college n

Bengaluru: Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday reached Karnataka to attend an event on Thursday. Kejriwal will also hold a meeting with the party-state unit leaders in view of the upcoming Assembly elections in the state next year, according to the sources. The Delhi Chief Minister will attend a convention of farmers, women, and youth at the National College Ground in Bengaluru tomorrow. Notably, the Aam Aadmi Party is looking to spread its reach beyond the Hindi heartland and to mark its presence in the southern states. Kejriwal will hold a meeting with the party leaders in this regard. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS .

Shivamogga : A high-level committee headed by a retired High Court Judge and comprising an economic expert and a technical expert of the concerned department has been constituted to scrutinize tenders above Rs 50 crore, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said. Addressing a media conference in Shivamogga, Bommai said, “The committee has been constituted under the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement (KTTP) Act. The tenders would be awarded only after the committee scrutinizes the estimates, tender pre-conditions and other aspects. The committee will start functioning within the next few days. If the number of tenders is too many, then a parallel committee would be constituted to ensure speedy processing of the tenders.” Speaking on the irregularities in tenders of below Rs 50 crore at the district level, the Chief Minister said, after watching the functioning of the high-level committee, we will constitute committees at the district level too if necessary because the d

One of the members of the Sri Ram Sene who was arrested for vandalising the cart of a Muslim vendor Nabisaab Killedaar, has filed a counter-complaint against the latter. The complainant, a right-winged Hindu activist named Mahaninga Aigali, has accused Nabisaab. Aigali claims that the vendor had offered him watermelon and “spat on it” after making the offer. “Four of us had gone to the temple on two bikes. During this time, there was an argument between us and the coconut sellers. My friend, Mylarappa, who was with me, went to eat watermelons. During that time he (Nabisaab) offered the watermelon by spitting into it,” claimed Aigali. #Dharwad ; Hindu activist Mahaninga Aigali, who was arrested in a watermelon brawl, has filed a counter complaint against Muslim businessman Nabisaab . #Karnataka . #SaveIndianMuslims . pic.twitter.com/eJuqk3LLAe — Hate Watch Karnataka. (@Hatewatchkarnat) April 20, 2022 Aigali further states that when they questioned Nabisaab about his “actio

Bengaluru:  Students wearing hijab will not be allowed to write the crucial annual II PUC examination in Karnataka, state Minister for Education B.C. Nagesh said on Tuesday. “All students must follow rules on uniform, hijab cladding students won’t be allowed,” he added. After successfully conducting SSLC (class 10) exams amid hijab controversy, the Karnataka government is all set to hold crucial II PUC examinations from April 22 to May 18 in the state. As many as 6,84,255 students have enrolled for the examinations, stated an official release from the Department of Pre-University Education. Elaborate security arrangements have been made for smooth conduct of exams amid possibility of resurfacing of the controversy. Karnataka High Court Special Bench headed by the Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi has dismissed the petition by students seeking permission to wear hijab in classrooms. The bench also noted that wearing of hijab is not an essential practice of Islam. Hijab controversy sta

Bengaluru : Ruling BJP government in Karnataka is mulling adopting the harsh measures of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh governments to deal with incidents of communal violence in the state. According to sources in the party, the leaders are pressuring the government to initiate actions like Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Meanwhile, the measures initiated by both the governments against the minority community following incidents of communal violence are being questioned. Karnataka is presently dogged by the communal tensions leading to large-scale violence. Though the government is dealing with an iron hand with the miscreants in terms of arrest and invoking the provisions of the UAPA Act, the party leaders are demanding sterner action to quell further violence in the state. Giving hints about the developments within the party, BJP State President Nalin Kumar Kateel on Tuesday stated that the action taken again

Bengaluru : Along with communal unrest and tension in the state and cabinet expansion pangs, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai now has the challenge of handling the issue of assurance of reservation for Panchamasali Linagayat community under 2A category. Panchamasali seer of Koodalasangama Mutt Basavajaya Mrutyunjaya Swamiji on Monday declared that the deadline given to the ruling BJP government is over and he would launch agitation from April 21. “We have been waiting for the assurances of the BJP government in Karnataka to be fulfilled for one-and-a-half years,” stated Mrutyunjaya swamiji. “Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa promised to provide reservation by September, 2021. Believing in him, we took back the agitation. The promise was never fulfilled. In a changed political scenario, Basavaraj Bommai became the Chief Minister and he sought 3 months duration for providing the reservation. Unfortunately, there is no sign of progress regarding reservation to the Pancham