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Mysuru, Mar 3: Senior IFS officer S Manikantan, who was the Conservator of Forests and Director of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, was killed in a wild elephant attack at Balle camp under the Nagarahole reserve forest in HD Kote taluk of Mysuru district on Saturday. It is said that the elephant attacked Manikantan while he was moving around in Balle range. Manikantan had gone to Belle camp to assess the

Karwar Mar 3: Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister of Ministry of Human Resource Development, has claimed that the upcoming Assembly elections in the state are not a fight between parties but contest between "Goonda culture" and good governance. He was speaking in Karwar after launching "Mangaluru Chalo" Janasurkasha Yatre on Saturday. Javadekar, BJP’s Karnataka in-charge, said that the "inclusive

Chennai, Mar 3: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was admitted to Apollo hospital in Chennai yesterday. A medical bulletin later released by Apollo hospital stated that Pinarayi Vijayan has been admitted to the hospital at 11:55 pm yesterday for a routine annual medical check-up and he will be discharged tomorrow. Yesterday, Pinarayi Vijayan had visited the family of Madhu, the tribal youth

Mangaluru, Mar 3: A truck driver from Tamil Nadu was brutally hacked to death near Padil under-bridge in the city last night allegedly by another driver following a clash. The victim has been identified as Selvamani (38) from Tamil Nadu, who had come to Karnataka to deliver goods. Police have managed to arrest the accused, Petrol Suresh (49), who is also said to be a native of Tamil Nadu. He

Bengaluru, Mar 3: A 28-year-old software engineer lost his life after he accidentally fell from the balcony of his ninth-floor flat of a luxury apartment in Bellandur, southeast Bengaluru late on Thursday night. Gautam Kumar, resident of Sobha Daisy Apartments and software engineer with Indicubeto at Kadubeesanahalli, was hosting a Holi party for his friends when the tragedy took place. Around 11

Bengaluru, Mar 3: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday asked women to fight for their right for political reservations. Speaking after inaugurating the two-day 'Women of Worth (WoW) Karnataka 2018' summit, the chief minister said: "Equal rights should be given to women in all fields, especially in politics and administration. Since 1996, the Women's Reservation Bill that provides for reserving 33

Bengaluru, Mar 3: BJP legislator Lahar Singh on Friday rued the growing narcotics mafia in Bengaluru and said the state government should immediately crack down on the menace. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Singh who has been pursuing the issue for some years now, said even children as young as 11 and 12 years are getting exposed and addicted to narcotics like ganja in Bengaluru. Singh said a

Bengaluru, Mar 3: The JD(S), which has already forged an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), might soon announce yet another tie-up with a non-Karnataka party. The JD(S) is said to be "seriously considering" the alliance proposal mooted by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which has been keenly pursuing the regional party for the

Bengaluru, Mar 3: The state government on Friday launched its universal health coverage scheme, "Arogya Karnataka." All the present schemes such as Vajpayee Arogyashree, Yeshaswini, Rajiv Arogya Bhagya and others would be brought under the newly launched scheme. Ten government hospitals in the state have been selected implementing the scheme in the first phase - KC General Hospital, Jayadeva

Ahead of assembly polls, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has announced a fresh Communication Team under the chairmanship of eminent educationist Prof. K E Radhakrishna. The team is represented with a mix of senior leaders alongside the party’s younger voices. The team includes lawyers, social scientists, doctors, engineers, IT professionals, artists and writers, besides those working for