
New Delhi: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition by former Director General of Police Shankar Bidari to reconsider his appointment as the DGP. Bidari had filed the petition in the wake of the recent verdict by the Supreme Court directing the Karnataka High Court to review the case. On April 24, the apex court had stayed the Karnataka High Court order quashing Bidari's appointment as the...

05:42 PM, May 28, 2012

Karnataka Home Minister R Ashok said that they will study SC order and then take a decision after consulting with AG. ...

06:14 PM, Apr 24, 2012

On March 30, the Karnataka High Court had ordered for Shankar Bidari's sacking while comparing him to Hitler and Gaddafi in reference to his handling of tribals in the campaign against Veerappan. ...

02:43 PM, Apr 24, 2012

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Karnataka High Court order which had quashed the appointment of Shankar Bidari as director general of state police, dubbing him as "worse than Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi." A bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C K Prasad asked the state high court to examine afresh the matter and dispose it of before May 31. The apex court while staying...

01:52 PM, Apr 24, 2012

BANGALORE: The state government may give 500 acres of land in Bidar to the defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to set up its advanced utility helicopter (AUH) manufacturing unit.The state Cabinet, which will be meeting here on Thursday, is expected to give approval for sanctioning the land, which the HAL felt will be suitable to house its prestigious project. According to sources, the state government, following a request by...

08:56 AM, Apr 12, 2012

Bangalore: Muthulakshmi, widow of slain forest brigand Veerappan, on Friday alleged that while searching for her husband, Karnataka Police Housing Corporation Managing Director Shankar Mahadev Bidari, who was heading the Special Task Force (STF), and his team "raped women" and "administered electric shock on their private parts". Addressing a news conference in Bangalore, she termed Bidari an "inhuman person who doesn't care about women". Explaining the "atrocities" committed by Bidari...

12:34 PM, Apr 07, 2012

Bangalore: Bangalore Former Director General and Inspector General of Police of the state, Shankar Bidari, who was removed from the post on Saturday applied for a 15-day-long leave. He will take charge as the Chairman of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation Ltd (KSPHC). Following the debacle in the legal battle for the top cop's job, Bidari was transferred to KSPHC. But Bidari, who is apparently upset over losing the police...

09:16 AM, Apr 02, 2012

New Delhi: In a major setback for one of Karnataka's most decorated police officers Shankar Bidari, the Karnataka High Court on Friday struck down his appointment as the state DGP. In a scathing verdict, the court described Bidari as 'worse than Saddam Hussain or Muammar Gaddafi' for alleged atrocities committed by the Special Task Force led by him during the hunt to nab smuggler Veerappan. Dismissing as "without merit and...

07:05 AM, Mar 31, 2012

The spokesperson could not confirm reports that the trainer caught fire while on flight. ...

12:43 PM, Jan 21, 2009

London: Jonathan Bairstow was named in an England Test squad for the first time on Sunday when he was included in a 13-man party for the series opener against the West Indies at Lord's starting Thursday. The 22-year-old Yorkshireman is set to bat at number six if selected after allrounder Ravi Bopara, in line to fill that middle order spot, was omitted from the squad after suffering a thigh injury...

04:50 PM, May 22, 2008