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Mudigere, Aug 28: The car belonging to Vijayananda Kashappanavar, MLA of Hunagund, Bagalkot, hit a motorbike at Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru district on Saturday night. The MLA, along with his family was travelling to Dharmasthala. The vehicle hit a motorbike near a bridge. The victims were among the six students who were riding to Mangaluru on three bikes for an examination. The driver of the MLA’s

Bengaluru, Aug 28: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday opposed the Centre’s decision to set up a panel for sub-categorisation of Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), stating it is being done without sufficient data. Siddaramaiah said sub-categorisation of OBCs should not be done arbitrarily. It should be done based on scientific data, which include caste particulars and socio-economic

Pallekele, Aug 28: Opener Rohit Sharma`s brilliant unbeaten ton helped India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to seal the five match One-Day International series 3-0 here on Sunday. Apart from Rohit (124 not out), former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (67 not out) played a perfect support role at the other end after India`s top order got exposed with the scoreboard reading 61/4 in 15.1 overs. The duo

Udupi, Aug 27: The Saudi employer of a woman from Udupi, who was duped by an Indian travel agent and “sold” as house maid, has reportedly said that he would free the woman and send her back to India if his money was returned to him by the agent. Jacintha Mendonca (47), a native of Karkala in Udupi, was recruited by Mumbai based 'M/s Trio Tracks Consultants' based in Mumbai and sent to Saudi Arabia

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 27: Amidst allegations about the prevalence of 'love jihad' in Kerala, the state police chief has said there was no data "till now" to confirm its existence. Director General of Police (DGP) Loknath Behera said this while denying reports in a section of the media which quoted him as having confirmed the prevalence of 'love jihad' in the state. However, he said the police

Jalpaiguri, Aug 27: Two persons were allegedly lynched by a mob, which dragged them out of a pick-up van carrying cows, at Barhoria village in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal today, the police said. Anwar Hussain (19) and Hafizul Sheikh (19) were beaten to death by the mob, which intercepted their vehicle and pulled them out of it in the early hours, the police said, adding that the pick-up van

New Delhi, Aug 27: The BJP has decided to take out "Nav Karnataka Parivartan Yatra" to expose corruption in chief minister Siddaramaiah's government ahead of next year's assembly election. The move was firmed up after a three-and-half-an-hour meeting of BJP's Karnataka core group which was convened by BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday. Emerging out of the meeting, the party's CM candidate BS

Kasaragod, Aug 27: Cybersecurity, alleged religious radicalization, and Left extremism are likely to be important areas of focus when police chiefs of five southern States convene here for a crucial meeting on August 30. Kerala Police Chief Loknath Behera will host the meeting which is viewed as a precursor to a nationwide conclave of State Police Chiefs to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra

Bengaluru, Aug 27: As the festivities for Ganesh Chaturti began on Friday in the city, as many as 2.08 lakh idols were immersed in various tanks in the city. Though the Plaster of Paris (PoP) variety dominated the bigger idols that were taken out in processions, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials said it was heartening to note that only around 12,000 idols immersed were PoP

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Congress leader C M Ibrahim on Saturday took oath as a member of Karnataka Legislative Council. Council Chairman D H Shankarmurthy administrated the oath. Ibrahim won the recently held byelection to the council.