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Jamakhandi (Bagalkot district), Aug 27: A farmer was killed in a crocodile attack in River Krishna waters near Halingali village of the taluk on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Dharmanna Jinnappa Khanagonda (45). He had ventured into the river to change the dysfunctional footvalve of a irrigation pump. The crocodile attacked him and dragged him into the river. The body of the farmer

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has dismissed as “lies” the BJP’s accusation that the state government “tampered with evidence” pertaining to the suicide of DySP, M K Ganapathi. “(BJP state president) Yeddyurappa never speaks the truth. He always lies... Can I reply to all that he Yeddyurappa speaks?” he asked when journalists sought his comment on the BJP leader’s demand that the

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26: An international cargo ship rammed a country fishing boat about 38 nautical miles off the coast of Kollam on Saturday. The incident left the boat broken but all the six men on the boat were rescued by fishermen in other boats. Preliminary reports said the fishing boat is registered in the name of a native of Kulachal in Tamil Nadu and the six fishermen are from the

Bengaluru, Aug 26: A five-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted last week and also had health problems died at a private hospital here, police said. The girl who died last night, was undergoing treatment at the hospital since August 17. "A complaint was received on August 17, based on which we registered a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and Section

Mysuru, Aug 26: Following a directive from chief minister Siddaramaiah, Mysuru district administration has assured a poor Muslim family living in a dilapidated shed on the roadside at Bharatnagar to provide a new house. Abdul Khader, 70, who has a petty shop, was living with his wife Noor Jahan and three children Thabasum, Sania Banu and Mohammad Saifulla. They live in a shed attached to a shop at

Kasaragod, Aug 26: The police have registered cases against 16 students of two institutions here on charges of ragging. The police registered cases against 12 students of Iqbal Higher Secondary School for allegedly harassing junior students by forcing them to shell out money and later tortured them for failing to oblige, the police said. Similar cases were registered against four wards of Sree

Belagavi, Aug 26: Former chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council Rambhau Bhimrao Potdar passed away on Saturday due to ill health in Belagavi. He was 93. The veteran Janata Pariwar leader, known as showman of Belagavi is survived by wife and son. He served as the cooperative minister in Ramakrishna Hegde’s cabinet and later went on to become Karnataka Legislative Council chairman. He was also

Bengaluru, Aug 26: A whopping 37% of the engineering seats in private, government and aided colleges, bagged by students through the Common Entrance Test or the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) route have gone unfilled this year. To be precise, over 29,000 of the 77,500 available engineering seats in Karnataka remained vacant in 2017. These figures do

Mangaluru, Aug 26: A city-based travel agency has been accused of swindling several lakhs of rupees by duping as many as 95 Haj aspirants in 2017. The issue came to light on Friday when one M P Moidinabba from Udupi lodged a complaint with the Mangaluru city police commissioner against Shahada Travels operating from Mission Street in the city. The complainant, who claims to be one of the 95

Mangaluru, Aug 25: The principal district and session court has sentenced a person to five years rigorous imprisonment finding him guilty of possessing an illegally manufactured pistol of prohibited bore. The judge K S Bilagi also directed the accused Babu, 33, resident of Sasihithlu in Haleyangadi village of Mangaluru taluk to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 and undergo an additional 30 days imprisonment