Chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Friday attempted to take the sting out of the Opposition by clearing the decks for the state Lok Ayukta to be empowered with suo motu powers to raid corrupt officials. But as this opens the doors to the prosecution of government officials while leaving chief ministers, ministers, legislators and public servants nominated by the government out of its ambit, leaving Lokayukta Justice N. Santosh Hegde fuming.

The legal fraternity was in shock Thursday after a 25-year-old advocate was stabbed to death in the Karnataka high court, paying with her life for either rejecting the advances of her alleged paramour or subjected to a murderous fit of jealousy.

The legal fraternity was in shock on Thursday after a 25-year-old advocate was stabbed to death in the Karnataka high court, paying with her life for either rejecting the advances of her alleged paramour or subjected to a murderous fit of jealousy.

It’s raining orders for the indigenous defence industry with the armed forces placing orders for more fighter jets, battle tanks and missiles, defence minister A.K. Antony announced on Tuesday.

Karnataka pacer Abhimanyu Mithun was drafted into the Indian Test squad for the three-match Sri Lanka Test series beginning June 18 at Galle, after bowling spearhead Zaheer Khan was ruled out with a shoulder injury.

Sky Train, Sun Ray and Gloriosa impressed most in the workouts when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Monday.
Outer sand: 600 metres: Virtuoso (rb) 43.5. 1000 metres: Alviano (rb) 1-11.5, 600/43, handy. Royal Surprise (L. Stephane) 1-10, 600/41.5, good. Sky Train (Faisal) 1-8, 600/40, speedy.

The Indian youngsters picked up two silver and two bronze medals on the final day of the 14th Asian Junior Athletics Championship in Hanoi, Vietnam. In the men’s 10,000M walk, Mani Ram Patel clinched the silver in 45:06.51 minutes while Arpinder Singh added one more silver to India’s tally when his 16.1- metre effort fetched him the second place in triple jump.

Flights cancelled, trains disrupted, trucks and buses off the roads and shops and educational establishments closed and life screeches to a halt.
The Bharath Bandh on Monday was successful in the state. It was evident the ruling BJP ensured the bandh was a total shutdown as normal life was disrupted. The state

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The Karnataka Lok-ayukta, Justice Nitte Sant-osh Hegde, withdrew his resignation on Saturday following a call from his mentor, BJP leader L.K. Advani. Justice Hegde had resigned on June 23 following a suspension notice to a forest officer who had taken up cudgels against customs and port officials for shipping out seized iron ore.