Karnataka

Hubballi, Dec 5:The residents of Morab, around 30km from Hubballi, have refused to drink water from their village lake after an HIV-positive woman committed suicide by jumping into it a week ago. Unable to convince them, the authorities are now draining the water from the 36-acre lake — roughly the size of 25 football fields — which they hope to refill with water from the Malaprabha canal. The

Bengluru, Dec 4: A day after an audio clip triggered fresh charges of attempts by BJP to topple the HD Kumaraswamy ministry, the state Congress Tuesday said it would lodge a police complaint over the issue while asserting all MLAs of the party and its ruling partner JDS were with the government. On behalf of the KPCC, we are lodging a complaint to find out between whom the conversation took place

Bengaluru, Dec 4: Right-wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha on Tuesday accused the SIT probing the Gauri Lankesh murder case of "framing" it and distanced itself from the 18 people named as accused in connection with the crime. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) which has so far arrested 16 people with two still at large, had named an organised crime syndicate inspired by the Sanatan Sanstha in its

Bengaluru, Dec 4: Reiterating that the Karnataka Government is committed to implement total farm loan waiver, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy announced that first instalment of loan waiver disbursement relating to Co-operative institutions will start from next week. Addressing newsmen after chairing a meeting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka, here on Tuesday, he said that

Bulandshahr, Dec 4: The local police have booked cases against members of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal today for the brutal murder of police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh during Monday during a violent protest staged by the Hindutva extremists in the name of cow in west Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district. Bajrang Dal’s Bulandshahr district chief Yogesh Raj has

Bantwal, Dec 4: An elderly man who had served as a priest of Sri Panchalingeshwar temple at Vittla in Bantwal taluk for several years, committed suicide today by jumping into a well. 77-year-old Vasudeva Kedilaya, a resident of Vittla, was suffering from depression apart from age-related physical ailments, sources said. It is learnt that he had lost mental peace and retired from the service. A

Mangaluru, Dec 4: In what could have been a major tragedy, a speeding bus rammed into a gas tanker at Kodakkal near Kannur on the outskirts of the city today. The bus belonging to Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation was plying from Dharmasthala to Mangaluru. The tanker, which was in front of the bus, was also heading to Mangaluru. The mishap occurred when a school van, which was parked on

Bengaluru, Dec 4: The coordination committee meeting of Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka will be held tomorrow (December 5) under the chairmanship of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The meeting assumes significance amidst fresh attempts of Operation Kamala by Bharatiya Janata Party. However, the main agenda is expected to be the discussion on long pending cabinet expansion

Belagavi, Dec 4: Six women were killed and about ten injured when a packed jeep collided with a sugarcane laden tractor trailer near Hirenandi village in Gokak Taluk of the district during early hours on Tuesday. Superintendent of police Sudheer kumar Reddy said the accident occurred when the group of people were returning in a jeep, after attending a funeral ceremony near Gokak Falls. The driver

Mandya, Dec 4: Actress-turned-politician Ramya, who is one of the confidantes of Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi, seems to have bid a farewell to Mandya, from where she won the 2013 bypoll to the Lok Sabha. The former MP, who currently heads the social media team of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), has vacated her rented house in Mandya for a second time, sparking speculations. Her mother