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Kolar, Jul 13: In a tragic incident, a college girl in Karnataka’s Kolar district lost her life when she fell into a farm pit while shooting a video on the famous video app, TikTok. The deceased is identified as Mala of Madageri village in Kolar district. She was a student of BA. It is gathered that Mala was shooting in a farm when she slipped and fell into a farm pit and died on the spot. A case

Bengaluru, Jul 13: As the political imbroglio continued in Karnataka, Senior Congress leaders Saturday began backchannel negotiations to persuade the disgruntled MLAs, who have resigned from the Assembly, dealing a blow to the coalition government. A day after chief minister HD Kumaraswamy made a surprise announcement in the Assembly that he would seek a trust vote, efforts were intensified to

Bengaluru, Jul 13: The special investigation team probing the alleged Ponzi scam run by I Monetary Advisory (IMA) recovered Rs 2.5 crore cash from IAS officer and former Bengaluru Urban deputy commissioner BM Vijay Shankar, who was arrested last week. According to a press release issued by the SIT, the recovered money includes the bribe amount Shankar took from IMA founder-owner Mohammed Mansoor

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Only 42.47 percent of the 1.92 lakh candidates who appeared for the SSLC supplementary examination in June this year have cleared the boards. While more than half of the candidates were unable to clear the examination, the performance this year did see a marginal improvement compared to the previous year when the pass percentage was 40.69%. An analysis of the results reveals

Ahmedabad, Jul 13: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) uses "money power" and "intimidation" to topple governments. He accused the saffron party of doing the same in Karnataka. Sixteen MLAs including 13 from the Congress, have resigned and two Independents have withdrawn support to the 13-month-old Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka.

Udupi, Jul 13: The conductor of a private bus was allegedly murdered by two men at Bairampally village in Hiriyadka police station limits in Udupi district early on Friday. The police have identified the deceased as Prashanth Poojary, 38. According to the police, Prashanth was sleeping in his house, when two men knocked on the door and called him out. Vijaya, Prashanth’s wife, heard them shouting

Bengaluru, Jul 12: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday said that he is confident that the JD(S)-Congress will win a vote of confidence in the Assembly. "I do not want to disclose but I am confident that we will win the vote of confidence motion," he said referring to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's statement in the House that he was ready to face a floor

In yet another case of hooliganism in the name of Ram, a gang of miscreants, said to be activists of Bajrang Dal, thrashed a group of madrasa students and forced them to chant 'Jai Shree Ram' in Unnao of Uttar Pradesh. According to Imam of Jama Masjid in Unnao, the madrasa children were beaten by the miscreants while they were playing cricket after they refused to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. They also

Bengaluru, Jul 12: A popular maulvi, who allegedly misled people by advising them to invest in IMA, has been arrested by the Special Investigation Team probing into the multi-billion Ponzi scam. According to a release, the accused is Haneef Afsar Azeezi, a priest at the Masjid-e-Beparian in Shivajinagar. Azeezi had allegedly misused the religious faith of the people and encouraged them to invest

Bengaluru, Jul 12: BJP in Karnataka Friday decided to move its MLAs to a resort near here amid fears of poaching bid by the ruling Congress-JDS combine after Chief Minister H D Kumarasway announced he would seek a trust vote in the assembly despite the resignation by rebel legislators. Every one (BJP MLAs) felt that they should be together and come together to the assembly on Monday... I have said