Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 11: Despite deluge, floods and landslips creating havoc in coastal and Western Ghats districts in Karnataka, larger parts in the state have been affected to scanty rainfall and the Sate government today declared 86 taluks in 23 districts out of 30 as drought hit, Minister for Revenue R V Deshpande said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference after presiding over review of Drought

Mysuru, Sept 11: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said that Rs 1000 crore was earmarked for development of infrastructure and repair of deplated Government schools in the State. Speaking at a function here on Tuesday, he said that all the government schools and colleges will be provided with basic infrastructure during the year.

Bengaluru, Sept 11: Amidst mounting rumours of Bharatiya Janata Party’s relentless efforts to purchase MLAs from Karnataka’s ruling parties, senior Congress leader and MLA Satish Jarkiholi, dropped a fresh bomb on Tuesday and warned that anything can happen in state politics in the next fortnight. “Anything can happen in politics. We have urged the party leaders to resolve certain issues related

Bengaluru, Sept 11: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday termed the report in a section of the press about some Congress MLAs would quit their seats and join Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) to trigger the fall of JD(S)-Congress government in the state, as far from truth while Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy termed as untrue and said it was mere media speculation. "BJP is spreading

Bengaluru, Sept 11: Central Crime Branch (CCB) Special Investigation team of the city police have arrested 12 people who had indulged in illegally playing 'under bahar' card game and seized from them Rs 1. 84 lakh stake money. Police said on Tuesday that the people arrested during a raid on a flat in posh HSBR Layout in the City on Monday night. They were identified as Kiran, Jayakumar, Lokesh

Mangaluru, Sept 11: As part of the Congress party’s nationwide campaign against the Modi government’s controversial Rafale deal, the Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committteee (DKCC) staged a protest in Mangaluru today. The protest comes a day after the coastal city witnessed a successful bandh against Modi govt’s failure to control the hike in fuel prices and weakening value of the rupee

Bengaluru, Sept 11: The police have arrested a software engineer for allegedly raping his female colleague after threatening her at knifepoint at his residence in Doddanekkundi near HAL in Bengaluru. The arrested has been identified as Praveen Bala (25), a native of Kerala. The victim, a 25-year-old woman from Gurugram had joined an IT major in Bengaluru in 2017 where Bala was also employed. Later

Bengaluru, Sept 11: A stray dog attacked and bit three children who were playing outside their houses a Padmanabhanagar in South Bengaluru. Two girls, aged 7 and 9, and an 11-year-old boy were rushed to the hospital after the attack on Monday morning. While the first victim was 9-year-old Mahadevi, the second one was 11-year-old Tanmay. His mother Meena Mangala said: “My son was playing outside

Manglauru, Sep 11: Around 35 passengers suffered injuries when a private bus fell on its side near Baikampady on the outskirts of the city today. The bus was plying towards State Bank bus terminus in Mangaluru from Katipalla-Kaikamba when the tragedy took place at around 8 a.m. It is learnt that the driver of the over-speed bus lost control over his vehicle due to potholes on the road. With the

Udupi, Sept 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress are blaming each other for the violence in Udupi during Monday’s Bharat Bandh that forced district administration to clamp prohibitory orders in the city. Speaking to media persons BJP leader and Udupi MLA K Raghupati Bhat said that it was due to the violence unleashed by the Congress workers that Prabhakar Poojary, president of the city unit