Actor Rajinikanth on Monday approached the Karnataka High Court seeking the release of his film "Kaala" in Karnataka, where his remarks on the release of Cauvery waters have hugely upset the film fraternity. The superstar's latest offering is slated to be released across the country on Thursday. But in Karnataka, the Film Chambers of Commerce has banned it.
No new cars or office remodeling this year in the Karnataka government, new Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has said, announcing a big cost-cutting exercise just days after he took over the controls.
Days after a young man was found dead after being kidnapped allegedly by the family members of the woman he loved, the opposition has demanded that the case be handled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Tamil Nadu's actor-politician Kamal Haasan, who met HD Kumaraswamy today to discuss sharing of Cauvery water between the two states, said the Karnataka Chief Minister's response was "heartening".
The situation in Kerala at present following the outbreak of Nipah virus, which has so far claimed 16 lives, is not alarming as no new cases have been reported, a high-level review meeting said on Sunday.
Celebrations are low key for the second consecutive year as DMK supremo M Karunanidhi turned 95 today. For more than a year the DMK patriarch has been confined to his home due to age related health conditions.
A couple was arrested in Kerala for abandoning their five-day old baby allegedly out of fear that they would be shamed socially for for having a fourth child. The man and his wife were caught on CCTV outside a church in Kochi, said the police.
The State Human Rights Commission Saturday began its enquiry into the police firing during the anti Sterlite protests in the city on May 22 and 23 that turned violent, leading to the death of 13 persons.
A 32-year-old man, who abandoned his newborn baby at a church in Kerala's Kochi, allegedly committed the offence out of fear that he would be shamed socially for siring a fourth child, police said on Saturday.
Accusing the BJP of trying to destabilise Andhra Pradesh using his political rivals, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah would have to pay dearly if they conspired against the state.
A Mumbai-based journalist has threatened to file a defamation suit against actor Rajinikanth over his film 'Kaala' which is scheduled to release on Friday.
Rubbishing reports that JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda had a say in ministry formation and portfolio allocation in the JDS-Congress cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today said he had only given the nod to finalising the portfolio list.
Nipah Virus: In view of the Nipah virus outbreak claiming 16 lives in Kerala, the Syro-Malabar church in Kozhikode has decided to stop serving the holy communion to the faithful on their tongue.
