Karnataka

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

Moodbidri, Sep 12: Yet another student of Moodbidri’s prestigious Alva’s College has allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room under mysterious circumstances. The deceased has been identified as Vinutha R (17 or 18 years), daughter of Ramachandra, a native of Bengaluru. She was a second year PUC student n science stream. According to sources she was a bright student and had secured around 98

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 12: With mercury levels rising and abnormal drying up of rivers and wells reported in flood-hit Kerala, the state government has decided to conduct scientific studies on the post-flood phenomenon in the state. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has directed the State Council for Science, Technology & Environment to carry out studies on the phenomenon after floods across the

Mysuru, Sept 12: The telecommunication network in flood ravaged Kodagu in Karnataka is yet to be set right and the main operator BSNL should restore facility in remote areas as it had remote connectivity in the natural calamity struck district, Kodagu-Mysursu Lok Sabha member Pratap Simha said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters here, he said Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) should fully

Mysuru, Sept 12: Senior JDS leader and Karnataka Minister for Tourism and Sericulture Sa Ra Mahesh on Wednesday warned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over spreading rumours against the coalition government headed by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. Addressing a press conference here, he said “I was in BJP for 20 years. I know how to do politics. We already have a list of 10 BJP MLAs who are in

Kasaragod, Sept 12: Thanks to the efforts of kind-hearted NRI businessmen in United Arab Emirates, as many as nine gulf job aspirants who were duped by a fake recruitment agent have finally secured jobs in Dubai. The nine job seekers, all from Kerala’s Kasaragod district, had fallen for fake offers that promised them roles as 'sales professionals' at a supermarket in Muhaisnah by the fake agent