Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 29: A 20-month-old boy was charred to death while his five-year-old brother is battling for life after their father poured petrol on them and set them ablaze before attempting to immolate himself at their house at Talaghattapura, here in the wee hours of Sunday. Domestic row is said to be the reason behind the man’s extreme step. Srinivas Murthy (35), an electrician, suffered 40%

Mysuru, Oct 29: A toddler who had sustained burn injuries after falling into a hot water tub on October 10 succumbed at a city hospital on Sunday. Aadya, one-year-old daughter of Mahadevaswamy, a resident of Kollegal, had accidentally fallen in a hot water tub at her residence. The hot water was kept in the tub for bathing the toddler. She was immediately rushed to a Mysuru hospitalwhere she had

Mangaluru, Oct 29: The felling of trees as part of road construction work between Kannagudde and Saripalla by the Mangaluru City Corporation has evoked protest from the green activists. The MCC had sought permission from the Southern Railway as a portion of the land on which the road passes through belongs to the Railways. It was a long pending demand of the Kannagudde and Saripalla residents. On

Shivamogga/Bengaluru, Oct 29: Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy kicked off a three-day campaign on Sunday in BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa’s turf Shivamogga, to propel the prospects of party candidate Madhu Bangarappa. The CM will also campaign for Congress candidate V S Ugrappa in Ballari on October 31, party sources said. The JD(S) and Congress are facing bypolls together but the CM had so

Bengaluru, Oct 29: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan paid a visit to ailing Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs H N Ananth Kumar who is reportedly battling against cancer in a private hospital in the city today. Mr Ananth Kumar, a close confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was shifted back from a foreign hospital early last week and party sources

Ballari, Oct 28: Former deputy chief minister and BJP veteran K S Eshwarappa, who is known for using unconstitutional words against words, this time called Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy a “political goonda.” Inaugurating a BJP workers’ convention in the town on Saturday, the Shivamogga City MLA said: “Kumaraswamy is like a villain in movies. He is a political goonda.” “Kumaraswamy had said that

Kasaragod, Oct 28: The district police have cracked a six year old “missing” case and converted it into a “murder” case as the disappeared man’s wife finally confessed that she had killed him along with her son and paramour. The police on Saturday arrested Sakeena (35), her paramour N A Ummer (41) of Bovikanam, and Sakeena’s 16-year-old son for the murder of Muhammed Kunhi (32) of Star Nagar in

Doha, Oct 28: Long-awaited reform of Qatar's controversial exit visa system, which requires foreign workers to obtain their bosses' permission to leave the country, came into force on Sunday, the government said. "Law No. 13 of 2018... regulating the entry, exit and residency of expatriates is being implemented starting today," the interior ministry announced on Twitter. Qatar announced in

Mysuru, Oct 28: The third tiger and lion safari in Karnataka will soon open near Hampi in Ballari district with the work on establishing the facility nearing completion. The first such safari to open in the State was at Bannerghatta Biological Park. It was followed by Tyavarekoppa in Shivamogga district. With Hampi being a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one among the country’s top tourist

Bantwal, Oct 28: A 40-year-old woman was charred to death, while her mother suffered injuries, after an accidental fire broke out in their house at Kavala Mooduru in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada. The tragedy took place in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday when the victim Revathi (40) and her mother were asleep. It is suspected that a short circuit might have resulted in the fire