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Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge will once again be in-charge of IT & BT department in the State, with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday affecting a minor re-allocation of portfolios to his Cabinet. Priyank Kharge will take care of IT & BT along with existing portfolio, while Large & Medium Industries Minister MB Patil has been given the additional charge of Infrastructure Development. The Chief Minister has divested himself of both these portfolios. According to sources, initially, Mr Patil was given the IT & BT portfolio along with Industries. However, in a subsequent revision the department went to Mr Kharge along with Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. With Mr Patil keen on IT & BT, apparently opposing this move, Mr Siddarmaiah had kept the portfolio with himself. Priyank Kharge was Minister for IT & BT in the earlier Siddaramaiah-led Congress government. (Except for the headline, this story has not been...

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday formally inaugurated Telangana Brahmin Sadan built for the welfare of the Brahmin community. KCR participated in Chandiyagam, Sudarshanayagam and Vastupuja programmes on the premises of the building, an official release said. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said the state government allocated Rs 100 crore funds to 'Brahman Parishad' every year and various welfare schemes are being implemented with these funds. "Telangana government is working with humane approach to support poorer sections. Many of the Brahmins are poor. The government felt it is its responsibility to support them," he said. The BEST (Brahmin Empowerment Scheme of Telangana State) is being implemented for the livelihood of poor Brahmins under which the government is providing a maximum grant of Rs 5 lakh as investment assistance. The government has spent Rs 150 crore for this till now from 2014, it added. (Except for the headline, this ...

Four people were arrested for allegedly posing as Income Tax officials and stealing gold biscuits worth Rs 60 lakh from a shop in Hyderabad, police said on Tuesday. According to the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City, CV Anand, the accused were identified as Rehman Ghafoor Athar, Zakir Gani Athar, Praveen Yadav and Akash Arun Hovil. Sharing details of the incident, the Commisioner said on May 27, eight to 10 people posed as Income Tax officials and stole 17 gold biscuits, worth Rs 60 lakh, from a shop named Siddhivinayak in Monda Market of Hyderabad. The police informed that seven gold biscuits were recovered from the possession of the accused and efforts are underway to arrest the other accused as soon as possible. "On May 27, 8-10 people posing as Income Tax officials stole 17 gold biscuits, worth Rs 60 lakh, from a shop named Siddhivinayak in Monda Market. The 4 accused persons have been arrested. Seven gold biscuits have been recovered from them. Other accused are at l...

Around 150 medical colleges of the country are likely to lose recognition of the National Medical Commission -- the regulatory body for country's medical education and medical professionals -- for inadequate faculty and non-compliance of rules, sources have said. Already, 40 medical colleges across the country have lost recognition and must show to the NMC that they are following set standards. The list of colleges on the NMC's radar includes medical colleges in Gujarat, Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Tripura and West Bengal, sources said. The deficiencies were revealed during an inspection carried out by the Undergraduate Medical Education Board of the Commission for over a month, in which they looked into CCTV cameras, lapses in Aadhar linked biometric attendance procedures and the faculty rolls. Sources said the colleges were not following the criteria, including proper camera installation and their functioning. Biometric facility was not working p...

Kerala Police on Monday took into custody the wife of a senior officer of the force based on several complaints of cheating registered against her, officials said. A senior official from the district told PTI that the woman, Nazareth, was taken into custody from her residence in the Thrissur district and brought to Malappuram. "There are around nine cases registered against her. There are also allegations that she took money from various people assuring jobs in the railways," the official said. The woman, who is the wife of a deputy superintendent of police in the Thrissur district, will be taken for medical examination and arrest will follow, police said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) source https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/wife-of-senior-kerala-cop-in-police-custody-for-cheating-4077682

A village panchayat member of BJP from Kollam district in Kerala was arrested on Monday for allegedly spreading false news that Class 12 results have been withdrawn by the government. Nikhil Manohar, a BJP ward member from Poruvazhy Grama Panchayat in Kollam, was arrested based on a complaint received from the officer of State General Education Minister V Sivankutty, a senior officer of Cantonment Police Station said. "He was arrested and remanded to judicial custody today itself," the officer said. An FIR under Indian Penal Code Sections 468 (forgery for cheating) and 471 (using forged document or electronic record as genuine) was registered against him based on the complaint, he said. According to the police, Manohar had spread the fake news via a video uploaded on online video sharing platform Youtube. Mr Sivankutty also mentioned the BJP panchayat member's arrest on his Facebook page. The minister, in his post, said the man was arrested after a complaint lodged b...

Barely a fortnight after a man was apprehended for flashing his genitals to a young woman aboard a KSRTC bus, a similar incident occurred near Payyanur in Kerala's Kannur district. On Sunday, when a woman boarded a KSRTC bus at Cherupuzha near Payyanur a man wearing a blue shirt, white mundu and a black mask was sitting inside it reading a newspaper while no one else was there. Soon the man allegedly exposed his genitals and appeared to be openly masturbating in front of the woman even though she was recording the entire incident, according to the purported video, which was uploaded on social media. After some time, the man got up and left the bus. A senior police officer said police have seen the video and that incident is believed to have occurred on May 28. He said the police are trying to get in touch with the woman's family to get a complaint from them. "As of now we have not received any complaint regarding the incident nor has the individual been identified,...

An 18-month-old child died of a snake bite in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district as she could not reach the hospital on time due to the lack of proper roads in the area. The mother had to carry the child for 6 kilometres uphill after the ambulance dropped them midway. After the snake bite incident, parents and relatives rushed 18-month-old Dhanushka to a hospital in Vellore, but the girl died on the way. Relatives of the child alleged that the lack of a proper road caused a delay in reaching the hospital, and as a result, the child could not get treatment on time. Vellore Collector tells NDTV that a mini ambulance was available at the foothills and if the family had contacted Asha workers, the child could have been administered first aid. He said that the parents did not contact Asha workers, but instead decided to travel by motorcycles. The Collector added "efforts were already underway to lay road to the area where around 1,500 people live scattered. Relevant online applicati...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has allocated portfolios to ministers in his Cabinet, keeping the Finance department with himself while assigning the Irrigation and Bengaluru City Development departments to his deputy DK Shivakumar. Siddaramaiah took the oath of office with DK Shivakumar and eight ministers on May 20. He subsequently expanded the Cabinet to its full strength by inducting 24 new ministers on Saturday after rounds of discussions with the Congress' central leadership. G Parameshwara, who has previously handled the Home department, has once again been allocated the portfolio, MB Patil is the new Large and Medium Industries minister while KJ Geroge has been given the Energy department portfolio, the Karnataka government announced in a notification released late on Sunday. Apart from the Finance department, the chief minister, who has presented 13 state budgets, has kept Cabinet Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Intelligence, Informati...

While the historic sceptre Sengol remained the centre of attraction at the inauguration of the new parliament, it was the presence of pontiffs from 19 adheenams (mutts) of Tamil Nadu at the ceremony that drew the spotlight. The centre that brought the adheenam heads and ooduvars (Tamil singers) in a special flight had also ensured arrangements for their everyday rituals for the last three days, apart from assuring them of support in the coming days, people familiar with the matter said. Six of the 19 adheenam heads - Dharmapuram, Madurai, Thiruvavadthurai, Kundrakudi, Perur and Velakurichi - were specifically asked to present the Sengol to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today at the ceremony that was replete with Ganpati homam and recitation of Tamil chants and Tamil hymns. The Sengol, a symbol of righteousness and self-rule, was then placed by PM Modi himself in the new parliament building, near the Lok Sabha Speaker's chair. Four of the six adheenams chosen to do the honours of ...

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable allegedly died by suicide by shooting himself at the CRPF central training college in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday afternoon, police said. The dead was identified as Jagan, 32, a native of Perumalkulam in Thoothukudi district. Jagan was facing family problems after he married for the second time while his divorce case with his first wife was midway, according to the police. According to the police, he shot himself using an INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) rifle and died on the spot. Two bullets pierced his neck and exited his head, they added. Soon after the incident, Periyanayakanpalayam DSP Namachivayam and Tudiyalur Inspector Rathinakumar rushed to investigate the matter. The body was seized by the police and sent to Coimbatore Government Hospital for post-mortem. Moreover, the police seized the rifle and also registered a case under relevant sections. Further investigation is underway. (Except for the headlin...

The investigation into the recent murder case of the Kozhikode-based hotelier has revealed that the three arrested accused were allegedly trying to "honeytrap the victim", a Kerala police officer said on Saturday. Malappuram District Police Chief S Sujith Das, addressing the media after the interrogation, said the accused Shibili, Farhana and Ashiq alias Chicku conspired to trap 58-year-old Sidhique at a hotel near Eranhipalam but the plan went awry on May 18. The district police chief said a fight ensued after the accused was forced to strip naked and capture objectionable pictures. "All the three accused had planned the honeytrap and were also ready to counteract any opposition from the victim. During the fight, Farhana handed over a hammer to Shibili who hit Sidhique on his head. Ashiq kicked the victim, breaking his ribs," Das said. He added that they purchased two trolley bags and a cutter and chopped the body into two pieces before throwing the corpse in t...

In a temporary breather to Kadapa Lok Sabha MP Avinash Reddy, the Telangana High Court on Saturday ordered the CBI not to arrest the YSR Congress Party leader in connection with the murder of former minister YS Vivekananda Reddy till the final orders in the petition are passed. The vacation bench of the court which was hearing a petition filed by the MP seeking anticipatory bail posted the case to May 31 for final orders. Following the Supreme Court's direction, the high court took up the hearing of the petition on Friday. The court heard the arguments of Suneetha, daughter of Vivekananda Reddy, Avinash Reddy and the CBI. Avinash, who was summoned by the CBI to appear before it here on May 22, wrote a letter to the central agency seeking time to appear before it citing his mother's ill health. The cousin of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Avinash is under the scanner of the CBI in connection with Vivekananda Reddy's murder that took place in March 20...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said all the 34 cabinet berths have been filled with an intention to impart a new touch to governance in the state. He said the decision to fill all the sanctioned ministerial posts was taken to fulfil the promises made by the Congress in its election manifesto. "A full-fledged cabinet has been formed in the state. Apart from the Chief Minister, 33 posts have also been filled. Allocation of portfolios will be done by today or tomorrow," he told reporters. Explaining the nature of the state cabinet, the Chief Minister said that it is a mix of new and old faces. He said that those legislators who won for the first time were not made ministers. "The government should fulfil the promise we have given. People want change. This cabinet was formed with a view to give a new shape to the administration," Siddaramaiah explained. The Chief Minister hit out at the opposition, which has been mounting pressure to implement th...

The government of India should come to senses and withdraw the ordinance, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said today after a meeting with his Delhi and Punjab counterparts Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann in Hyderabad. The two Aam Aadmi Party leaders have been travelling across the country to shore up support to defeat the BJP-led Centre's ordinance on officers' postings and transfers, which effectively overrides a major Supreme Court win for the Aam Aadmi Party granting it control over the bureaucracy, when it is tabled in the Rajya Saha as a Bill.  KCR, as the Telangana Chief Minister is popularly known, drew a parallel with the Emergency, and advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the capacity of a fellow contemporary politician, to withdraw the executive order as it would do him no good. "Modi government today has insulted the people of Delhi. We request you Mr Modi, withdraw the ordinance, This is not good. You are bringing back the Emergency. There ...

Within a week of assuming power, the Congress government in Karnataka expanded its cabinet on Saturday, filling all posts. Among those who got ministerial posts include the sons of two former chief ministers -- R Gundu Rao's son Dinesh Gundu Rao and S Bangarappa's son Madhu Bangarappa. The party also gave a chance to several former ministers and veteran Congress leaders in its second list. Here is a brief description of the 24 ministers who took the oath of office and secrecy on Saturday:  HK Patil is a staunch Congress man and a seasoned politician. The 69-year-old MLA was elected from the Gadag constituency. He has held portfolios of textile, water resources, agriculture, law and parliamentary affairs as well as rural development and panchayat raj. He comes from a political family; his father KH Patil was also an MLA from the same constituency. Krishna Byre Gowda is a five-time MLA - twice from Vemgal in Kolar and thrice from Byatarayanapura in Bengaluru city. The 50-year...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will retain most key ministries in the newly formed state government, overseeing finance, cabinet affairs, the bureaucracy and intelligence, sources said on Saturday. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has been assigned the portfolios of irrigation and Bengaluru development, they added. The new cabinet was expanded with the swearing-in of 24 ministers at the Raj Bhavan on Saturday, bringing the total number of ministers in the Congress government to its limit of 34. This number includes the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, who were sworn in last week. The selection of ministers was being billed in media reports as a tug-of-war between Siddaramaiah and Mr Shivakumar, with the Chief Minister seeming to have a greater say in the final choices. A significant number of the new cabinet members, including 12 of the 24 new ministers, have no prior ministerial experience. Among the newly inducted ministers, former All India Congress Committee (...

24 Ministers took oath today in Karnataka, expanding Chief Minister Siddaraiah's cabinet a week after Congress assumed power in the southern state. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered them the oath of office and secrecy. The Karnataka government can have 34 ministers. Ten of them, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar, were sworn in on May 20. MLAs HK Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, HC Mahadevappa, Congress working president Eshwar Khandre and former state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao are among those who took oath today. Others on the list are Kyathasandra N Rajanna, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, Ramappa Balappa Timmapur, SS Mallikarjun, Shivaraj Sangappa Tangadagi, Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil, Mankal Vaidya, Laxmi Hebbalkar, Rahim Khan, D Sudhakar, Santosh Lad, NS Boseraju, Suresha BS, Madhu Bangarappa, MC Sudhakar and B Nagendra. Lakshmi Hebbalkar, Madhu Bangarappa, D Sudhakar, Cheluvaraya S...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday said that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was informed about the death of his uncle and former minister YS Vivekananda Reddy much before the news became public. The probe agency made the revelations in an affidavit before the Telangana High Court in response to the anticipatory bail petition filed by Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy. The CBI is probing the role of YS Avinash Reddy, who is a nephew of YS Vivekananda Reddy and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's cousin, in the sensational murder which took place nearly four years ago. The development comes at a time when Jagan Reddy is in Delhi to attend Niti Aayog meeting and the inauguration of the new parliament building tomorrow. Vivekananda Reddy, one of the brothers of the late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, was found murdered at his residence on the night of March 15, 2019, weeks before the Assembly elections in the stat...

A week after assuming power in Karnataka, the Congress on Friday released a list of 24 legislators who will be sworn in as ministers on May 27, according to party leaders. The Karnataka government can have 34 ministers. Ten of them, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar, were sworn in on May 20. MLAs H K Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, H C Mahadevappa, Congress working president Eshwar Khandre and former state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao are among those who will take oath on Saturday noon. Others on the list are Kyathasandra N Rajanna, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, Ramappa Balappa Timmapur, S S Mallikarjun, Shivaraj Sangappa Tangadagi, Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil, Mankal Vaidya, Laxmi Hebbalkar, Rahim Khan, D Sudhakar, Santosh Lad, N S Boseraju, Suresha B S, Madhu Bangarappa, M C Sudhakar and B Nagendra. Lakshmi Hebbalkar, Madhu Bangarappa, D Sudhakar, Cheluvaraya Swami, Mankul Vaidya and M C Sudhakar...

A BJP worker was booked on Friday for allegedly picking up a quarrel with a hijab-clad woman doctor over not wearing the white coat at a primary health centre in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, police said. Police registered three cases against party functionary Bhuvaneswar Ram, who hails from Thirupoondi in the district, questioned the woman doctor for wearing hijab during duty hours but not donning the white coat and he was heard questioning her credentials in a video of the incident that went viral. The incident took place inside the Thirupoondi primary health centre in the southern district on May 24 night. "I doubt if you are really a doctor. Why are you not in uniform, why are you wearing a hijab?" he could be heard asking the doctor in the video. Nursing staff at the PHC, who came to the rescue of the duty doctor, also put out a video of Ram picking up a fight with the doctor. The BJP worker had taken one Subramanian who complained of discomfort to the PHC fo...

Kerala police on Friday found a corpse stuffed in two trolley bags suspected to be that of a missing restaurant owner from Kozhikode district. Police said the body of Siddique (58) was found in a gorge along the Attappady ghat road and three suspects have been taken into custody. Malappuram Superintendent of Police S Sujith Das told the media that the hotel owner is suspected to have been murdered by one Shibili, a former employee of his hotel, and Sharfana, a female friend of the accused. "We suspect that Shibili and his female friend Sharfana are involved in this. They were absconding, but were detained in Chennai with the help of Railway police. Our team has reached there and they will be brought here soon," he said. Siddique had been missing from Kozhikode since May 18 and his family had lodged a complaint with the police. The police officer said the information about the body was found from the statement of a third person under custody, who is another friend of Shib...

Income Tax authorities on Friday launched coordinated searches across different locations in Tamil Nadu linked to state Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji, police sources said. The searches were being held in cities including Karur and Coimbatore, at the premises of individuals allegedly linked to the minister, sources said without elaborating. #WATCH | IT raids across Tamil Nadu in around 40 locations at various Government contractors' residences and offices who have alleged connection with Minister Senthil Balaji. Raids are currently underway in Chennai, Karur and other places. More details awaited: Sources (Visuals… pic.twitter.com/vSM3gYYxiQ — ANI (@ANI) May 26, 2023 Close relatives of the minister and some contractors were among those whose premises were being searched by the tax authorities. Balaji, a senior DMK leader from Karur, also holds the Prohibition and Excise portfolio. Meanwhile, tense moments prevailed at Karur when miscreants allegedly damaged a car u...

Gold worth over Rs 42 lakh was seized at the Telangana airport, from a person who was concealing it in the form of gold paste in his rectum, the Customs officials said on Friday. The accused passenger was intercepted by the Customs Air Intelligence unit of Hyderabad, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. The seized gold weighs around 685.7 grams and is worth of around Rs 42,78,768. "Based on specific information received, an Indian male passenger who arrived from Muscat was intercepted by the Customs Air Intelligence unit of Hyderabad Customs, RGIA. The passenger was found to be carrying gold paste which was concealed in the rectum. Customs seized 685.7 grams of gold worth Rs 42,78,768," the officials said. #WATCH | Telangana: Based on specific information received, an Indian male passenger who arrived from Muscat was intercepted by the Customs Air Intelligence unit of Hyderabad Customs, RGIA. The passenger was found to be carrying gold paste which was concealed in the re...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's government will have another 24 ministers who will take oath on Saturday, sources have said. The names have been finalised in the meeting between Mr Siddaramaiah, his deputy DK Shivakumar and Central leaders of the party in Delhi, sources have said. The Chief Minister will meet Rahul Gandhi on Friday for a sign-off. On May 20, Siddaramaiah and state Congress President DK Shivakumar took oath as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister. Eight MLAs -- including Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank Kharge -- also took oath along with them for ministerial posts. There, however, has been no allocation of portfolios till now -- a situation that has drawn jeers from the BJP.  The Congress has countered it with a reference to the weeks during the pandemic when then Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa was the only minister in the cabinet. The drawing up of minister's list or allocation of portfolios will be a tricky job for the Congre...

The Belthangady police in Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday registered a case against local BJP MLA Harish Poonja and another person for alleged hate speech against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently. Mr Poonja, who was elected from Belthangady for a second term, had in a victory speech on May 22 alleged that Mr Siddaramaiah was responsible for the death of 24 Hindu workers in the district. The audio and video clips of the speech had gone viral on social media. Based on a complaint lodged by Mahila Congress worker Namita K Poojary, the police booked Mr Poonja and programme organiser Jayant Kotiyan for offences punishable under Sections 153 (provocation with intent to cause riot), 153 (A) (promoting enmity between groups) and 505 (statements conducive to public mischief) of the IPC. Dakshina Kannada district superintendent of police Vikram Amathe also confirmed that an FIR has been registered at the Belthangady police station against Mr Poonja. During his speech at a felicitat...

Kadapa MP YS Avinash Reddy has been holed up for the last five days inside a private hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district, while a CBI team waits outside, reportedly to serve summons to him. The summons are in connection with the five-year-old murder case of his uncle, former minister and MP YS Vivekananda Reddy. The MP has been named an accused in the murder case.   The Opposition Telugu Desam Party says the CBI should go inside the hospital and arrest him. Supporters of the YSRCP leader have been sitting in and around the Viswabharathy Superspeciality Hospital, where the MP's mother Lakshmi has been admitted. The Telangana High Court is hearing a case of anticipatory bail filed by the MP.   The CBI has accused Avanish Reddy and his father, YS Bhaskar Reddy, of allegedly conspiring to kill Vivekananda Reddy, who was stabbed to death in March 2019.   The CBI had summoned Avanish Reddy on May 16, but he did not appear, saying an anticipatory bail petition from...

Karnataka Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said that no discussions have taken place so far about banning organizations like Bajrang Dal since the Congress government assumed power in the state. He emphasised that any comments made on this matter could be opinions and were given in response to media inquiries. Mr Parameshwara's comments were prompted by a question regarding a reported statement from his cabinet colleague Priyank Kharge suggesting that the government could ban groups such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Bajrang Dal if they disturbed the peace. "No discussions regarding this have taken place. In our manifesto, we mentioned Bajrang Dal and PFI, stating that we would take action, potentially to the extent of banning them if they disrupt peace. Beyond that, no discussions have taken place," said Mr Parameshwara. When addressing reporters, Mr Parameshwara underscored that opinions might have been shared when the media asked, but such matters need t...

Over 25 people suffered injuries after a tourist bus in which they were travelling hit a lorry parked on the highway here in the small hours of Thursday, police said. The injured were from neighbouring Tamil Nadu and were travelling in a mini bus through Thalore in Thrissur district. The lorry, which was under repair, was parked by the side of the national highway when the accident occurred, they said. All the injured were rushed to the government medical college and a nearby private hospital. source https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/over-25-injured-as-tourist-bus-crashes-into-truck-in-kerala-4064471

The opposition BJP on Wednesday targeted the Congress government in Karnataka accusing it of "demoralising" the state police and took strong exception to Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar's statement on "saffronisation" of the police force. Taking officials to task during a meeting with senior police officers over some incidents in the previous BJP regime, Shivakumar on Tuesday had asked: "Are you planning to saffronise the police department?" He insisted that it would not be allowed in the present government. Referring to incidents of police personnel sporting saffron shawls or dress during some occasions in Mangaluru, Vijayapura and Bagalkote under the BJP regime, the Deputy Chief Minister had said: "We will not allow saffronisation of the police department under our government." BJP leader and former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said Shivakumar's statement was "not a good start" for the new government. ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will hear on May 26 the plea challenging Telangana High Court granting conditional bail to T Gangi Reddy in the YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case. Meanwhile, CBI apprised the top court that they are supporting Suneetha Nareddy's plea challenging conditional bail to T Gangi Reddy. A bench of justices PS Narasimha and Pankaj Mithal said that it will hear on Friday the plea filed by Suneetha Narreddy. Suneetha Nareddy has moved a petition challenging the high court order granting conditional bail to accused T Gangi Reddy alias Yerra Gangi Reddy. Suneetha Nareddy was represented by Senior Advocate Sidharth Luthra, Jesal Wahi and Anmol Kheta. Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain appeared for CBI in the matter. On April 27 2023, the Telangana High Court allowed the petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the cancellation of bail of Gangi Reddy but also directed Special Judge to enlarge his bail on July 1. On Apr...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said Ministers in his cabinet will soon be allocated portfolios, after the opposition BJP raised the issue in the state assembly. The CM gave the assurance in the House, in response to a question raised by former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai of BJP, over the delay in allocation of portfolios to the Ministers. Siddaramaiah and state Congress President DK Shivakumar were sworn in as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively along with eight legislators as Ministers on May 20. Portfolios have not been allocated to the Ministers since then. As soon as the CM introduced the Ministers of his cabinet in the Assembly, Bommai intervened and said, "Happy that the Chief Minister has introduced Ministers to the House, they have all worked as Ministers in the past. Congratulations to the Chief Minister and all the Ministers, but it would have been appropriate if the Chief Minister had introduced Ministers after allocating por...

Five members of a family, including three children, were found dead at their residence at Cherupuzha in Kerala's Kannur district this morning, police said. According to preliminary investigation, it appears to be a case of murder-suicide where the couple, who married last week, killed the children and then hung themselves. The children were found hanging from the staircase and the couple from ceiling fans in the house. The three children were of the woman from her first marriage. The incident occurred late on Tuesday night, they said. The residents of the area alerted the police this morning that such an incident had occurred, a senior police officer said. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) source https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/five-of-family-including-3-children-found-dead-in-keralas-kannur-4061184

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will on Thursday declare the state as fully ‘e-governed' where delivery of government services would be digitised, transparent and fast. The declaration of Kerala as India's 'total e-governed state' would be a major step in the southern state's journey towards a knowledge based society and economy, besides achieving cent per cent digital literacy, a government release said. "This unique achievement, which comes decades after Kerala became the first fully literate Indian state and began its quest to become a fully e-literate society, has been realised through a set of visionary policy initiatives of the government seeking to transform the state into a digitally empowered society," the release said. The achievement would enable online delivery of a whole range of government services by leveraging state-of-the-art technology and platforms to build a single window service delivery mechanism called e-Sevanam which integr...

The Jewish community of Kerala celebrated a traditional wedding after a gap of 15 years capturing the essence of Jewish customs. The ceremony, which was held at a private resort here on Sunday was attended by the family, friends, and community members and officiated by a rabbi who reached the state from Israel. Rachel Malakhai, a data scientist in the US and daughter of the former crime branch SP Benoy Malakhai got married to Richard Zachary Rowe, an American citizen and a NASA engineer. Rabbi, Ariel Tyson, from Israel officiated the wedding. #WATCH | Kerala: Kochi witnessed its first Jewish wedding in 15 years on 21st May, when Rachel and Richard tied the knot at a resort. The marriage was officiated by a Rabbi from Israel. Rachel is the daughter of former Crime Branch Superintendent Binoy Malakhai while Richard is… pic.twitter.com/UNEroILNOb — ANI (@ANI) May 22, 2023 The wedding ceremony took place under a canopy (that symbolised the home) called Huppah. Family sources said...

The first Karnataka Legislative Assembly session, after formation of the new Congress government will be held today in Bengaluru, during which newly elected MLAs will be administered oaths and a new Speaker will be elected. The session will be held for three days till May 24. Senior Congress leader RV Deshpande will be the pro-tem Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for the ongoing session. Congress leader Siddaramaiah was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka for the second time on Saturday after the party's thumping victory in the Assembly elections. DK Shivakumar was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka. Eight Congress MLAs were also sworn in as ministers in the Karnataka Cabinet during the oath-taking ceremony in Bengaluru. Soon after being sworn in as the chief minister, Siddaramaiah said that the first Cabinet meeting has issued orders for the implementation of five guarantees which were promised by the party before the elections. Addressin...

Two men who allegedly consumed liquor at a bar in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district have died. Earlier this week, 22 people were killed after they allegedly consumed industrial methanol. The men have been identified as Kuppasami, a fisherman, and Vivek, a driver. A forensic analysis of samples collected from bodies of the two men has confirmed presence of cyanide and has ruled out methanol, a deadly concoction made by illicit brewers. Methanol, used for industrial purposes, has the odour of alcohol. "Police are investigating if this was a case of suicide or a murder", Thanjavur Collector Dinesh Ponraj Oliver said. In a clear case of violation, the bar had allegedly served liquor even before the liquor shop opened at 12 PM, confirming allegations by the opposition that bars illegally sell liquor. "The CCTV in the bar is non-functional and we are collecting evidence," District Superintendent of Police Ashish Rawat said. Consumption of industrial methanol claim...

The Congress won the Karnataka assembly elections by promising free electricity, free ration and unemployment allowance in its poll manifesto, taking cue from the Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. He said the AAP has succeeded in its efforts to bring some change in the country's political discourse as other parties are also now seeking votes on issues like education and health. He was addressing AAP leaders who won seats in just-concluded Uttar Pradesh local body elections. "The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has tried to change the narrative of the country's politics. If you look at Karnataka polls, the Congress party has won on our manifesto," Mr Kejriwal said. "We said we will provide free electricity, they (Congress) also said so. We said we will provide unemployment allowance, free ration, and Rs 1,000 per month to women," he said. The BJP is also now making such promises, he said, adding, political parties earlier used t...