Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 14: After reports about a fresh batch of swine flu (H1N1) cases in Karnataka surfaced, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Manjunath Prasad on Sunday assured that there is no need to panic, as the reported numbers are less than the previous year's figures. "Till now we have identified 177 cases, out which 37 are from outside Bengaluru. These are regularly

Bengaluru, Oct 14: A youth from Kerala who had come to the capital of Karnataka for work a week ago was allegedly stabbed to death by three men on K.G. Road in Majestic in the wee hours of Saturday owing to miscommunication over not knowing the local language. 24-year-old Gowtham Krishna, a native of Ernakulam, had come to the city on October 9 and had just found a job at a private courier firm

Kundapur, Oct 14: In a tragic incident, a youth who was sitting on the protective wall of a well and playing on his cell phone accidentally fell in the well and drowned. The deceased has been identified as Bhaskar Poojary (21), son of Sheena Poojary from Gundiholi Basrur in Kundapur taluk. It is learnt that Bhaskar was addicted to mobile games and was playing the same sitting on the wall of the

Hassan, Oct 14: Expressing disappointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lack of response to the scores of letters he had written addressing him, former PM and JD(S) president HD Deve Gowda on Saturday said, “In the past four-and-a-half years, I have written tens of letters to Modi, but he has not responded. He has remained silent on many developments in the state, and has not taken any

Mysuru, Oct 14: The police have finally cracked the murder case of a 7-year-old boy by arresting his mother and her paramour at Kollegal in Chamrajnagar district. The two allegedly murdered the boy after he them in a compromising position and threatened to tell his father. On October 6, the Kollegal rural police received a complaint from 31-year-old Sakamma and her husband Nanjundaswamy, residents

Bengaluru, Oct 14: The ties between AICC president Rahul Gandhiand chief minister HD Kumaraswamy seem to be getting strong by the day. The CM, who was invited by Rahul, was the surprise guest at the lunch attended by Congress leaders here on Saturday. Ministers and party legislators representing Bengaluru attended the lunch organised at Kumara Krupa Guest House before Rahul interacted with the HAL

Mangaluru, Oct 13: A teenager, who ventured into sea ignoring repeated warnings at Panambur Beach, here on Saturday was swallowed by giant wave. The deceased has been identified as Sudharaj (18), a student of Government College in Belthangady. He was among a dozen youths who had gone to beach to enjoy the weekend. It is learnt that, after playing Kabaddi on the shore, all of them entered the water

Newsroom, Oct 13: The #MeToo movement that seems to be engulfing India has now pulled Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan into a shameful controversy with a celebrity hairstylist accusing him of sexually harassing several women in the past. Sapna Bhavnani, who runs Mad-O-Wat, a salon with an enviable client list in Mumbai, yesterday took to Twitter to accuse Bachchan of sexual harassment but

Mudigere, Oct 13: Karnataka Anti Naxal Force (ANF) has intensified combing operations in the Western Ghat forest areas coming under Chikamagaluru district. The ANF team is in search of Naxalites of banned CPI (Maoist) group who had allegedly visited a house in the Coffee town last week. The team, which has registered an FIR against 8 suspected Naxalites following a complaint by Vasudeva, a

Newsroom, Oct 13: Fearless Indian journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, who was gunned down last year by extremists, has been honoured at a memorial commemorating reporters killed on duty at the Bayeux-Calvados Awards held in France. Gauri Lankesh’s sister Kavitha Lankesh and niece Esha stand next to a pillar on which slain journalist’s name has been engraved The Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war