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Bengaluru, Mar 1: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the vision of the state government was to make Karnataka 'hunger-free', 'hut-free', 'drought-free' and also 'communalism-free'. Speaking at 'Prajamatha', an interactive programme with experts from various sectors organised by Prajavani, a sister publication of Deccan Herald, in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah said his government, during the last five

Ajman (UAE): Away from the cameras' flash and the eyes of her millions of fans in India, the actress Sridevi's body made its way to a simple mortuary in the United Arab Emirates, where one man helped sign out her remains to return home. Listed only as "ASHRAF" on the official paperwork in Dubai is Ashraf "Sherry" Thamarassery, a 44-year-old Indian from Kerala who has become a ferryman of sorts for

The police have arrested five officers of the public works department in Chikkamagaluru on charge of selling illegally procured sand mining permits from the department of mines and geology. Police sources said that the officers had created sand mining licenses using fake records and sold them in coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. There are a few complaints registered in this regard

Kalaburgi, Feb 28: At least 12 scrap buses and over 1,000 discarded rubber tyres were gutted in a fire which broke out in North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation bus depot number 3 in Kalaburagi on Wednesday. The fire broke out at about 2.10 pm allegedly due to a spark from an electrical transformer which fell on an old bus, according to sources. The fire was noticed by employees at the

Udupi, Feb 28: A history-sheeter was murdered outside a bar at Kunjarkatte in Inna village coming under Padubiri police station limits in Udupi district on Wednesday night. The dead has been identified as Naveen D’Souza (38). Rishikesh Sonawane, Assistant Superintendent of Police, said that D’Souza had come out of the bar at Kunjarkatte and was about to take his motorcycle out, when three or more

Around 3,700 II pre-university (PU) students across Karnataka, who fell short of mandatory attendance for various reasons, will not be allowed to sit for the final exam, scheduled to begin on Thursday, March 1 in the state. This year as many as 6.9 lakh students including 3,37,860 girls and 3,52,292 boys, who have met the 75% attendance requirement, have been issued hall-tickets to appear for the

Shivamogga, Feb 28: Rock climber Jyothi Raj, aka Kothi Raj, who had remained untraced for a day after going down Jog Falls to retrieve the body of a Bengaluru youth, was spotted on Wednesday. Raj who got into the falls on Tuesday morning did not come till the evening. There was no communication from him. A 20-member search-and-rescue team of Bengaluru/Chitradurga rock climbers was organised to

Bengaluru, Feb 28: She may have been a fierce activist-journalist for many but Gauri Lankesh was a dear friend for film-maker Pradeep KP, who has made a documentary on the slain editor. Pradeep said he was left numb when he received the news of Lankesh's murder on the night of September 5 but he did not want to make a documentary. He changed his mind when he saw people come out in her support. "I

Koppal Feb 28: “Prime Minister Modi's words are worth nothing. I have not come across a PM who speaks so lowly," hit out Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in Koppal on Wednesday. "Before becoming PM, he used to refer to himself as a chowkidar (guard). Where was this chowkidar (PM) when Lalit Modi and Nirav Modi fled the country? They have fled with the protection of Prime Minister Modi," the chief

Palakkad, Feb 28: Five persons have been arrested by the Mannarkad police in Kerala’s Palakkad district in connection with the murder of the Safeer, who was an activist of Youth League, the youth wing of the Indian Union Muslin League (IUML). 22-year-old Safeer, a native of Kunthippuzha, was stabbed to death by the assailants who barged into his textiles shop last Sunday night. He is the son of