Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 16: The craze for selfie claimed the lives of three teenage students as they drowned in Nijagalkere lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Poornachandra (18), Mohammed Murthuza (17) and Shashank K.S. (17). They were among 51 students and seven teachers of Siddaganga Pre-University College in Tumakuru district who had come to Dobbespet to

Bengaluru, Oct 16: Struggling to forge unity among the bickering legislators in Ballari, Congress has finally fielded party MLC VS Ugrappa from Pavagada in Tumakuru district as its candidate to take on J Shantha of BJP in the Ballari Lok Sabha bypoll to be held on November 3. The choice of Ugrappa, a loyalist of former CM Siddaramaiah, was announced on Monday after the party leadership failed to

Bengaluru, 16: Senior kabaddi coach Rudrappa V Hosamani, who was recently suspended for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in north Bengaluru, has hanged himself in a hotel room here. The incident came to light yesterday when police broke open the door of the hotel room. Hosamani, 59, who was with the SAI Training Centre (STC) in Bengaluru, was

Bengaluru, Oct 16: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife Anitha Kumaraswamy have declared total assets worth Rs. 167.31 crore. The assets and liabilities affidavit filed by Ms. Anitha on Monday for the Ramanagaram byelection showed the couple owning assets to the tune of Rs. 167.31 crore, including nearly Rs. 43 crore of movable and immovable assets belonging to the CM. A comparison with Ms

Bantwal, Oct 15: Former vice-chancellor of Kannur and Calicut universities, Prof M Abdul Rahman today released the logo of the decennial celebrations of the Melkar Women's PU and Degree College. Institution Chairman S.M. Rasheed, Trustees B. Abdul Azeez and Manzoor Ahemad, Principal Abdul Latheef, and Adviser Abdul Hameed were present. Located at a remote village in Bantwal taluk, the Melkar Women

Bengaluru, Oct 15: The Social Democratic Party of India today held a ‘Raj Bhavan Chalo’ rally in Benglauru demanding repeal of the National Register of Citizenship (NRC), which is being utilized as a weapon by the Centre to target Muslims in Assam. The protesters said that about 40 lakh names were left out in the NRC in Assam which worsened the situation of poor and backward Bengali speaking

Davanagere, Oct 15 (UNI) Three women, including a mother and her daughter, died on the spot when lightning struck them at two different places in the district on Monday. Police said that a mother and her daughter died on the spot when the lightning struck them while working in agriculture field near Channahalli Tanda in Harapanalli taluk in the district. In another incident a 50 year-old woman

Manjeshwar, Oct 15: A youth has allegedly committed suicide at his residence under the limits of Manjeshwar Police Station. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Fahaz, son of a local businessman. The incident came to light last night when one of the family members opened the door of his room. The 21-year-old’s body was hanging from the ceiling fan. Though family members immediately rushed

Bengaluru, Oct 15: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday underlined that the November 3 by-election to three Lok Sabha seats in the State is a semifinal for next year general election. "The outcome will be a yardstick for the performance of Congress-JDS coalition government in the State and it will prove whether the coalition is 'pure' or 'opportunistic' as termed by the opposition

Kalaburgi, Oct 15: The very idea of Hinduism as a religious faith was a colonial construction and it was promoted by the British as part of their bid to create and expand a common market for European capitalists in India, according to N Anjaiah, Director of Centre of Scientific Socialism, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He was delivering the inaugural address at the 100th