Karnataka

Mandya, Oct 28: A Janata Dal (Secular) worker lost his life after falling into a canal even as Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was at Pandava Stadium campaigning for Mandya Lok Sabha byelection, on Saturday. According to police, 38-year-old Kumar fell into the VC Canal, which flows near the stadium, where Kumaraswamy was addressing the gathering. Though the people, who noticed Kumar, shifted him to

Mangaluru, Oct 28: The reasons for the recent deaths of four persons in Dakshina Kannada, who were infected with H1N1 (swine flu) virus, were other ailments, according to district health officer N Ramakrishna Rao. The four swine flu patients who recent died in Dakshina Kannada are: Avamma, 48, and her daughter Zabina, 23, from Sajipanadu, Abudullah,50, a resident of Malluru and Jamila, 38, from

Mangaluru, Oct 28: The Dakshina Kannada district police have managed to catch the main suspect in connection with the crude bomb explosion at the house of Narayana Prasad, a caterer at Polya in Kabaka village near Puttur, Dakshina Kannada. The arrested has been identified as Babu alias Balan (60), a resident of Ernakulam. He allegedly committed the crime on October 15, after he was removed from

Hubballi, Oct 28: Veteran Journalist Y N Joshi, winner of Karnataka Patrika Academy award, died in a private hospital here on Saturday due to age related issues. He was 86. He was survived by two sons and a daughter. Mr Joshi had a long stint in regional Kannada daily ‘Samyukta Karnataka’ for decades and was an expert in writing on agriculture issues. His column ‘Bevu Bella’ (sweet and sour) had

Bengaluru, Oct 28: A city-based advocate was on Saturday convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the city civil and sessions court for killing a woman advocate by stabbing her multiple times on the high court premises in broad daylight eight years ago. The incident occurred on July 8, 2010. The convict, Rajappa from Seegalapaya in Kolar, was in love with Naveena, who was also practising at

Al Jubail: Saudi Premier League-2018 (Season 2) concluded with the high voltage final match between Whitestone Warriors and KMT Strikers. It was a very entertaining encounter between two rival teams and the jam packed audience witnessed a top class cricket final at the flood lit Al Falah stadium on Friday, 5th October 2018. KMT Strikers after winning the toss put White Stone into bat first and at

Mangaluru, Oct 27: Accusing Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Mohammed Nazeer and other officials of allowing cow slaughter at an abattoir in Kudroli, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal have demanded immediate action against them. The demand comes after information made available by MCC Health Officer Kamalamma in response to an RTI query filed by one Prathiba V. Shetty

Bengaluru, Oct 27: A case of attempt to outrage the modesty of a woman has been slapped against popular South Indian film actor Arjun Sarja on a complaint by multi-lingual actress Sruthi Hariharan. The actress, who has essayed roles in several Kannada films in a post on her Facebook page praising the '#Metoo" movement, had last week accused Sarja of "lewd and complete unprofessional behavior" with

Kochi , Oct 27 : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said statements made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah">Amit Shah on Sabarimala temple in Kannur are against the constitution and law of the land. Furthermore, Vijayan said the statement by Shah shows the agenda of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and Sangh Parivar. "Amit Shah">Amit Shah's

Mysuru, Oct 27: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said "The health of people is more important then my health and despite doctors advice to take rest I will serve people of the State as long as I am alive. About his emotional speech at Malavalli in Mandya District on Friday, he said that as long as he was in the power he will work for the people. He said “ I am not a person who sit