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Udupi, Mar 11: An elderly woman died after her dress caught fire at a remote village Udupi district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Muttu Moily, a resident of Nandikur village in Udupi district. She was 85. According to the police, Muttu Moily was cooking rice in her kitchen around 11 a.m., when her nightie caught fire. She died of burn injuries. A case of unnatural death has been

Mangaluru, Mar 11: The Karnataka government has proposed to set up nine health kiosks under the limits of Mangaluru City Corporation and Ullal City Municipal Council with the intention of making the health services accessible to the working class. On Saturday demonstration of the a free health kiosk was held near Kadri park in the city. Daily wage workers, drivers and street vendors among others

Kalaburagi, Mar 11: In an embarrassing moment for Bharatiya Janata Party, its local leaders assaulted two party cadres following differences in appointing an in-charge for a zilla panchayat constituency in Gulbarga Rural Assembly constituency for the elections here on Saturday. Shivaling Tengali and Mahesh, party workers from Aurad, were injured in the assault and have been admitted to the

Chikkamagaluru, Mar 11: Following a complaint by the e-commerce major Amazon, police have arrested four people on charges of cheating company to the tune of Rs 1.33 crore in Chikkamagaluru. The arrested are Ekadanta Courier Service delivery boy C L Darshan alias Yeshwanth (25), a resident of Kalidasnagar; Punith (19), a resident of Kalyan Nagar; Sachin Shetty (18) and K Anil (24), both residents

Mangaluru, Mar 10: Amidst preparation for the upcoming assembly polls, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minster B Ramanath Rai on Saturday laid foundation for four developmental projects on the premises of Government Wenlock Hospital at a cost of Rs 23.5 crore. The four much awaited projects include Composite Ayush Medical Hospital, a brain child of former Health Minister and incumbent Food

Bengaluru, Mar 10: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, three girls perusing MBA at a private collage, died on the spot and two of their classmates suffered injuries when their speeding car toppled on NICE Road at Koppa Gate, near Hulimavu, south of Bengaluru on Friday. Arshia Kumari (from Andhra Pradesh), Harsha Srivastava and Pavita Kohli (both from Jharkhand) along with Shruthi Gopinathan (from Thrissur

Bagalkot, Mar 10: At least nine people, including four of a family, were killed on the spot when a lorry transporting tur dal hit the bullock cart they were travelling in, on the Belagavi-Raichur State Highway, on Friday night. The deceased are Chandraiah Veeraiah Hiremath (52), his wife Rathnavva (48), their daughters Kashavva (26) and Vijayalakshmi (28), and daily wage labourers Basavva Goravara

Bengaluru, Mar 10: Continuing his triage against chief minister Siddaramaiah, Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday charged that the Karnataka government had become bankrupt. "Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is the master craftsman in finalising deals with senior officers. He has occupied the top position only to loot public money. A media house has established with evidences that

Udupi, Mar 10: Days after Bharatiya Janata Party supremo Amit Shah held a secret meeting with a influential seers of coastal Karnataka seeking their support in the upcoming state assembly elections, a prominent seer from Udupi has expressed his willingness to take a political plunge from the saffron party. Laxmivara Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of Shiroor Mutt, one of the Ashta Mutts of Udupi

Bengaluru, Mar 10: Naveen Kumar KT alias Hotte Manja, a hardline Hindutva activist and gunrunner, who was arrested last month in connection with the murder of journactivist Gauri Lankesh, has now been booked for allegedly plotting to assassinate progressive writer and rationalist Prof. K S Bhagavan. The police on Friday added Section 307 (attempt to murder) and Section 120(b) (criminal conspiracy)