Karnataka

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

Mangaluru, Sept 13: A 45-year-old man, who could not overcome depression even two years after his elder son’s death, has committed suicide after attacking his another son. The incident took place at Alankar under the limits of Kadaba police station in Dakshina Kannada district. It is learnt that Rajiv Poojary (43), a resident of Battebailu village, had slipped into permanent depression after his

Hanoi, Sept 13: Automation will soon make millions of low-skilled jobs -- from cashiers and machine operators to waiters and drivers -- redundant across Southeast Asia, experts said Wednesday, warning the region to upskill fast or face huge employment problems. The topic was centre stage at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Hanoi, where warnings abounded that countries including Vietnam, Indonesia

Mangaluru, Sept 13: D Vedavyas Kamath, MLA, Mangaluru City South, has urged Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to fill vacant posts in Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) and appoint a full-time managing director for the Smart City project. In a memorandum, the MLA said that of the 1,725 sanctioned posts in MCC 1,084 are vacant. It had come in the way of effective functioning of the corporation and

Bengaluru, Sept 13: Four members of a family, including three women, lost their lives after the car in which they were travelling collided with a BMTC bus on Yamalur-Doddanekundi Road, off Old Airport Road in Bengaluru yesterday. Another woman is battling for life at a private hospital. The deceased have been identified as Levin Joseph, 24, his mother Nirmala Mercy Joseph, 56, died on the spot

Shivamogga, Sept 13: A first-year student from Karnataka, pursuing B Tech course in mechanical engineering at IIT-Guwahati, allegedly committed suicide by hanging on Wednesday. The police said Nagashree S.C., 18, from Shivamogga, left a note behind saying she wanted to be a teacher, not an engineer. “Her roommate had gone to attend classes. When she returned she found the room locked. She made

Bengaluru, Sept 12: A six member Central team, which arrived here in the morning, immediately left for visit of flood ravaged places in Karnataka to make on the spot study of the damages caused due to recent flood in Kodagu, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts. The team was dividied into to two of three each and one team led by Union Home Ministry Joint Secretary Anil Malik left for Kodagu, where

Bengaluru, Sept 12: Allaying the speculations of a rift in the coalition of Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara stressed that there is no problem between the alliance partners, adding that the government is safe and stable. "These are all speculations, there is absolutely no problem. No Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) will go out of the