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Bengaluru, Jul 1: JD(S) patriarch H.D. Deve Gowda on Sunday attacked the BJP for objecting to his son and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy's ongoing visit to the US, asking whether he should have sought permission for it from saffron party chief B.S. Yeddyurappa. Gowda said his son had gone to the US for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Vokkaliga community's Kalabhairaveshwara temple. "He has not

Bengaluru, Jul 1: In a major blow to the 13-month-old JD(S)-Congress coalition government, Congress MLA from Vijayanagar Anand Singh on Monday announced his decision to resign amid speculation that Opposition BJP has renewed its efforts to poach rival party legislators to topple the government. Singh, who was recently upset with the coalition government’s move to give away 3,667 acres of land to

Newsroom, Jul 1: A 15-year-old boy has allegedly killed his elder brother just for scolding for playing too much of the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) mobile game. The incident took place at Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra. The boy was enraged when his elder brother Mohammad Shaikh (19), just asked him to stop playing the multi-player battle royale game in the morning, senior

Bengaluru, Jul 1: A 24-year-old woman working for a reputed IT firm has committed suicide at her paying guest accommodation (PG) in Konappana Agrahara, South Bengaluru after fight with her male colleague. The deceased has been identified as Rakshitha T, who was working at Infosys. She was the second daughter of Timmaiah Shetty, a native of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. Rakshitha had completed her BSc

Bengaluru, Jul 1: Karnataka BJP general secretary and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has held chief minister H D Kumaraswamy-led state government for the continued theft of cows in different parts of the state. "Every day hundreds of cow theft cases are being reported from across the state, especially Bengaluru, Udupi and Chikkmagaluru districts. Anti-social elements, armed with lethal

Bengaluru, Jul 1: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s nominated councillor Syed Mujahid was on Sunday arrested by the Special Investigation Team from his house on M.M. Road in Pulakeshinagar in connection with the I Monetary Advisory (IMA) Group investment scam. Police sources said he was involved in financial transactions with IMA Group founder and managing director Mohammed Mansoor Khan

Bantwal, Jul 1: A teenager has been booked by the Bantwal Rural Police in coastal district of Dakshina Kannada for recording a sexual act and posting it on social media. The cops registered suo motu against the 17-year-old boy after the two five-second-long videos went viral on WhatsApp groups. According to the police said that the accused recorded his 21-year-old friend having sex with a 40-year

Mangaluru, Jul 1: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister U T Khader has expressed pain that when a jilted lover was stabbing a girl repeatedly in broad daylight, the onlookers were filming the assault instead of intervening to stop him. Last Friday Sushanth, a 28-year-old dance teacher had stabbed Deeksha, an MBA student, 12 times, and later attempted to end his life by slitting his throat

Mangaluru, Jun 30: In what could have been a major tragedy, an Air India Express plane that came from Dubai overshot the taxiway at the Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday evening. All passengers are safe and have been de-boarded. The Air India Express flight IX384 had departed from Dubai at 12.39 pm and landed at Mangaluru 5.35 pm safely. The incident took place around five minutes later

Mangaluru, Jun 30: The 30th Shramadan of Ramakrishna Mission Swacchata Abhiyan’s 5th phase was carried out in Hampankatta area today. The shramadan was jointly flagged off at Old Bus Stand by Officers of the State Pollution Control Board Rajashekar Puranik and Jayaprakash Nayak. Swami Ekagamyanandaji, Harish Achar, Mohan Kottari, Srikanth Rao, Aniruddh Nayak, Rajeshwari, Yashodhara Chowta, Srikar