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Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka intensified its campaign targeting Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai by pasting the ‘PayCM’ posters at the BJP’s Nelamangala office on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Friday. The party later shared the pictures of its PayCM campaign with media. The police which are probing the matter on Bommai’s instruction had arrested B R Naidu, the former chief of Congress’ Karnataka unit social media team, on Wednesday night from his residence. The PayCM QR code bearing the photograph of the Chief Minister gets directed to a website – ‘40% Sarkara’ – accusing the Bommai-led BJP government was charging 40 per cent commission on public works. Also Read PFI raids: 14 arrested on sedition charges by Bengaluru police The website was launched a few days ago by the Congress. Ahead of assembly elections in Karnataka next year, the Congress is trying to rake up the issue of contractor Santosh Patil’s death by suicide in an Udupi hotel earlier this year. Patil ha

Bengaluru: As many as 14 people were arrested on charges of sedition following raids by the National Investigation Agency on the offices of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in Karnataka, police said on Friday. The arrests took place in different parts of the state on Thursday, they said. Also Read Lingayat mutt sex scandal: Karnataka court to pronounce order today In a statement, the Bengaluru City police said these 14 people were booked at Kadugondanahalli police station under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, including that on waging a war against the country. While two persons were from Bengaluru, the remaining 12 are from various parts of Karnataka. They will be produced before a magistrate, the police said. 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 Andr

Bengaluru: A local court in Chitradurga will, on Friday, pronounce its verdict on the bail petition of rape accused Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaruo in the Lingayat mutt sex scandal case. Second Additional District and Sessions’ court Judge B.K. Komala, who had earlier flayed the prosecution for providing preferential treatment to the accused seer and trying to shift him to Bengaluru, will pronounce the order. According to sources, the accused seer is likely to be discharged from the hospital on Friday. After the angiogram, the blood pressure, saturation reading have become normal, heart surgeons Dr Mahesh Murthy and Dr Parameshwar stated. The accused was allowed treatment at the Meggaon Hospital of Shivamogga considering his heart ailment on Wednesday. Murugha Sharanaru was arrested following the complaint by two minor girls, who accused him of sexually exploiting them and threatening them. Also Read Bengaluru: ‘PayCM’ posters target CM Bommai over corruption They had appro

Bengaluru:  The Janata Dal (Secular) on Thursday staged a sit-in demonstration inside the Karnataka Assembly demanding fair probe into alleged irregularities in a prominent educational institution in Bengaluru. The JD(S) second-in-command and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led the agitation after the BJP government did not heed to his demand for an inquiry into the alleged irregularities. Kumaraswamy had spoken on this issue for over two hours and 10 minutes in the Karnataka Assembly, highlighting how an institution run by a public trust has slipped into the private hands. Also Read Bengaluru: ‘PayCM’ posters target CM Bommai over corruption According to him, the state government too had provided land to the institution besides availing financial support. However, the state Higher Education Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan had not agreed with his allegations and also did not entertain the request for probe, which had irked Kumaraswamy following which he decided to stage

Haveri: A 75-year-old woman on Friday filed a petition for mercy killing before the President through the district administration on grounds of extreme physical and psychological suffering. According to district authorities, Puttavva Hanumantappa Kottura, a resident of Ranganathanagar near Ranebennur town, owned 30 acres of land. She also had seven residential houses and flats. Sadly, she has filed for euthanasia despite having 11 children. Also Read Karnataka woman files dowry case, husband gives ‘supari’ to kill her In her petition, the elderly woman has mentioned that though she has given birth to seven sons and four daughters, none of them are willing to take care of her at this age. Puttavva claimed that it is becoming very difficult for her to lead a life with ailments. She was spotted on the steps of Haveri District Commissioners’ Office sitting alone and weeping. Later, she submitted the petition for mercy killing before the District Commissioner Sanjaya Shettannavar

Bengaluru: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday raided the offices of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Popular Front of India (PFI) and residences of their key office-bearers in Karnataka, detaining some of them, police sources said. Simultaneous raids were conducted by NIA in more than a dozen locations in Bengaluru, Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada district, Kalaburagi, and Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district, official sources said. As the offices were being raided, many Muslim youth gathered and raised ‘NIA go back’ slogans in some places. Also Read Telangana: Police on high alert after NIA, ED raid PFI offices They also tried to hinder the raids at some locations, but the police thwarted their attempt by taking them into preventive custody. Police sources said the NIA team detained a few key SDPI and PFI activists, seized documents, literature, computers, laptops and phones as well. In Bengaluru, the raids were carried out at Sampigehalli, Frazer Town an

Bengaluru:  Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnendra stated on Thursday that the procedure to impose a permanent ban on PFI and SDPI, that have been giving tacit support to terrorist organisations, has begun at the Central government level. These two organisations are found to be having connections with terror organisations not in Karnataka, but in other places of the country. Now, the procedure to ban them has begun, he reiterated. “Everyone knows about the misdeeds that SDPI and PFI organisations are indulging into. The world should know how they manage to get funds and who backs them. To clean the mess, that had been created by them, raids were very much necessary,” the minister opined. These organisations have grown to this proportion only with the direct and indirect support of the Congress party all these years. If these organisations have to be cut to size, one should not look at religion, caste, loss or profit. Everyone should cooperate, he said. Also Read PFI bandh: Telan