Bangalore : The High Court of Karnataka on Monday granted bail to Naveen Soorinje, the television journalist arrested in connection with the attack on a homestay in Mangalore. He has been directed to furnish a bond for Rs five lakh along with two sureties. Vijay Kumar, the complainant, was present during the hearing following a […]

Kundapur : The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to one of the accused in the case of murder of RTI activist Vasudeva Adiga in January. On March 6, Wednesday, a single bench of the Court granted bail to Subrahmanya Udupa on a surety of Rs 2 lakhs and signatures by two witnesses. Earlier on […]

Mangalore : The Karnataka High Court has stayed the ban on plastics imposed by the Mangalore City Corporation. The stay  comes in response to a petition filed by the  Canara Plastic Manufacturers and Suppliers Union. The Union has sought that the ban be revoked. It even contended that as per the  Plastic Waste Management and […]

Bangalore : The High Court of Karnataka on Monday directed the police to submit in two weeks, a transcript of the alleged incendiary speech by Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangha leader Dr Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat at Hindu Samajotsava at Uppinangady in January this year. Suresh Bhat Bakrabail, president of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike, has filed a […]

Bangalore : The high court on Friday refused to pass an interim stay on shifting of the Dr BR Ambedkar statue in front of Vidhana Soudha for facilitating speedy work on Namma Metro. “We are not staying it. Let the government have its say,” a vacation division bench headed by Justice H Billappa observed while […]

Bangalore : In a much needed relief to the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State to shift the statue of Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar installed in front of Vidhana Soudha, which has been causing obstruction for the ongoing Metro station construction here. Hearing a public interest […]

Bangalore : The City police on Wednesday morning arrested Azadnagar Congress corporator Gowramma from Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, in connection with the murder of RTI activist Lingaraju. Later in the day, the High Court constituted a special investigation team (SIT) headed by Bangalore’s Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime-West) Pranab Mohanty to probe the murder. Lingaraju was […]

Bangalore :  The High Court has  adjourned hearing into the case pertaining to the provocative speech delivered  by Kalladka Prabhaker Bhat, an RSS leader.  Bhat has been accused of delivering a highly inflammatory speech during a Hindu Samajotsav held at Uppinangady, in a public interest litigation filed by Suresh Bhat Bakrabail of Karnataka Komu Sauharda […]

Udupi :  In a significant ruling, the Karnataka High Court has directed that the Udupi Zilla Panchayat elections for the post of  President and Vice President, be held. It may be recalled here that the elections were earlier postponed due to some differences within the ruling BJP, with regard to nomination of candidates. The elections […]

Mangalore: State PUCL President PB D’Sa has said that the police action of arresting Journalist Naveen Soorinje in the homestay attack case, was uncalled for. He said it was unnecessary for the police to arrest the scribe when his anticipatory bail plea was pending before the court. Speaking to press persons, he said members of […]