Karnataka

Madikeri, Sep 14: A schoolboy, who was part of a Ganesh immersion procession, drowned in a pond at Arashinakuppe near Kushalnagar in Kodgau district. The victim has been identified as Hemanth (13), son of Ananth Kumar and Padma couple from Arashinakuppe. He was a student of the government school at Siddalingapura. According to sources, around a dozen boys took a Ganesha idol in a small procession

Syria, one of the beautiful countries in the Middle East with rich cultural heritage, is now considered one of the dangerous places thanks to the international clashes, terror attacks and intervention by foreign forces. Travellers are no more safe in the war-torn country. However, Indians are indeed lucky, because they have Shah Rukh Khan as their saviour! An Indian journalist, who recently

Chamarajnagar, Sept 14: When majority of Hindus in the region are celebrating Gauri-Ganesha festival, an elderly Muslim man on the outskirts of Chamarajnagar is busy making arrangements for the installation of an idol of Ganesha in a newly built temple. 61-year-old T Rahman, a retired employee of the irrigation department, decided to construct a temple for Ganesha after an the elephant headed ‘god

Kasaragod, Sept 14: Mild tremors rocked at least two districts of Kerala yesterday triggering panic among residents. Nearly 80 buildings including houses in the southern parts of Pathanamthitta district and Palamel village in Alappuzha district have developed cracks following the tremors. The tremors were felt in and around Pazhakulam, parts of Kurampala, and Paranthal in Adoor taluk and Nooranad

Mangaluru, Sept 13: A team of cops from Mangaluru rural police station along with anti-rowdy squad headed by assistant commissioner of police, Mangaluru south sub-division, on Thursday raided three private places at Valachil, Adyar and Arkula on a tip-off that sand was illegally stored there. Police who informed the officials of department of mines and geology to these spots later seized nearly

Bengaluru, Sept 13: Two saffron extremists who were arrested in connection with the cold-blooded murder of journactivist Gauri Lankesh, have been handed over to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad. The ATS took them to custody to custody in order to interrogate them in connection with an alleged terror plot in Maharashta. The ATS has since August 10 arrested eight people for allegedly planning to

Udupi/Mangaluru, Sept 13: Beachgoers in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada must exercise restraint and watch where they step when wading in sea water at least for next couple of weeks as the dangerous stingrays are back. The chances are that visitors might get stung by these cartilaginous fishes that swim close to the shore. In the last few days, nearly a dozen people have suffered injuries after being

Mysuru, Sep 13: As the work continues on clearing debris on railway tracks between Sakleshpur and the Subrahmanya Road Ghat section of the Hassan-Mangaluru section, Mangaluru-Bengaluru train services will remain suspended till September 20. A release by the Mysuru Division railway authorities said the debris and boulders were cleared on the tracks in 67 locations between Sakleshpur and the

Bengaluru, Sept 13: BJP National President Amit Shah has strictly instructed his party Legislators in Karnataka to restrain themselves from making any public statements, Opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa said today. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, BJP State President Yeddyurappa said Mr Shah had warned the party Legislators against making public

Madikeri, Sept 13: The people of flood ravaged Kodagu District, who are in Rehabilitation Camps, has every reason to rejoice with district administration presented them gifts on the eve of Gowri and Ganesh festival. The people are yet to come out of the shock due to last month natural disaster which not only threw their life out of gear, hundreds of people lost their houses due to landslide