Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 13: In what appears to be a case of murder and suicide, a 28-year-old homemaker was found dead with her six-year-old daughter and parents at the latter’s residence in Doddabommasandra, Vidyaranyapura, north Bengaluru. The deceased are A Sudharani, her daughter A Sonica and parents Janardhan, 52, and J Sumitra, 45. A death note was recovered from the house. The incident came to light

Bengaluru, Nov 13: A local leader of Janata Dal-Secular was brutally murdered by three unidentified persons in Kanakapura town of Ramanagara district yesterday. The victim is R T Rajagopal, General Secretary of the Ramanagara district JD(S) Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Morcha. Apart from local politics, Rajagopal was into the real estate business. The attack took place around 7 p.m. when

Mangaluru, Nov 12: The leaders of Muslim community in the coastal city of Mangaluru including religious heads have unanimously condemned the offensive social media post on the demise of BJP veteran and union minister Ananth Kumar. Hours after the death of the minister, a Facebook page titled ‘Mangalore Muslims’ termed Ananth Kumar as a “communal” and “Brahmin conspirator”. It went on to say that

Mangaluru Nov 12: A speeding motorbike knocked down a pedestrian and then rammed into the road divider resulting in the death of its rider too at Honnakatte near Surathkal on the outskirts of the city today. The deceased have been identified as Akshay (25), a resident of Kuthar Subhash Nagar, who was riding the motorbike, and Narayana Kulal (27), a local resident who was crossing the road. It is

Bengaluru, Nov 12: Two children died of asphyxiation after fire broke out inside their locked house at Basapura Main Road in Electronics City in Bengaluru on Sunday, when their parents were away at work. The deceased are Sajan (5) and his sister Lakshmi (2). The parents, Devendra and Roopasi, hail from Nepal and had come to the city three years ago. Devendra is employed as a security personnel at

Dubai, Nov 12: Janata Dal (Secular) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has kick-started five-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, where he will be interacting with Indian community besides going on sigh-seeing. According to the travel schedule released by his office, he was to interact with the Indian community in Dubai on Sunday evening. He will then lay the

Mangaluru, Nov 12: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will inaugurate the Celebration of 450 Years of The Holy Rosary Cathedral, Bolar on November 18, Sunday. The ceremony will be held at the Rosario Cathedral Grounds at 6.30 pm. Most Rev. Dr. Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop of Mangaluru Diocese will preside over the ceremony. Most Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Mangalore

Bengaluru, Nov 12: A pall of gloom descended on Union minister Ananth Kumar's residence in the city on Monday as mourners turned up in large numbers to pay their last respects. Kumar, 59, died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Monday after battling lung cancer for several months, hospital authorities said. A steady stream of BJP leaders, relatives, family friends, party workers and

Newsroom, Nov 12: Even though Ananth Kumar, who breathed his last today, had bêtes noires within the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, he was the only politician from this south Indian state who could make it big in the BJP’s Central political scape at a very young age. He was the youngest minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Cabinet when he got the ministerial opportunity for the first time in

Bengaluru, Nov 12: The Karnataka government on Monday declared a 3-day mourning and one-day holiday in honour of Union Minister Ananth Kumar, who breathed his last earlier this morning. Kumar's last rites would be performed with all government honour, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said. The national flag has been draped over the casket carrying mortal remains of Ananth Kumar here