Karnataka

Udupi, Aug 7: A leopard fell into a trap kept for it at Pamboor in Padubelle village in Udupi district and it was later released into the forests of the Western Ghats on Tuesday. Residents of Pamboor were complaining of sighting a leopard in their area for the last few days. The wild cat hunted and taken away a dog belonging to Bhaskar Shetty in the village recently. On receiving complaints from

Bengaluru, Aug 7: There are around 20,000 foreign nationals staying in different parts of Karnataka and more than 1,000 of them are overstaying, according to police. A senior police officer said that as many as 1,076 foreign nationals staying in Karnataka have violated visa terms and are overstaying, and Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) authorities, along with the city police, are

Madikeri, Aug 7: Four members of family lost their lives in an accident occurred at Doddakamarahalli in Periyapatna taluk in Mysuru district today. The victims have been identified as Palani Swamy, 50, his wife Sanju, 40, daughter Poornima, 17, and son Nikhil, 15. The family hailed from Napoklu village in Kodagu district. The tragedy took place, when the car in which the family members were

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amidst massive crackdown on transport of cattle to slaughterhouses across the state, the officials are now keeping an eye on transport of cattle meat. A team of Animal Welfare Board officials, with the help of RMC Yard police recently caught a goods vehicle carrying 3,000 kg of beef to Shivajinagar market from Koppal. The police arrested Amjad, Arif, Mujeeb, Jabbar, and Aziz and

Udupi, Aug 8: Even as the political parties are busy in finalising candidates for the 35 wards of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) for August 29 polls, many sitting councillors have lost opportunity to contest again from their wards. Of the 35 wards in the CMC, 17 have been reserved for women this time. As many as 13 sitting councillors will not be able to fight from their municipal wards

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Veteran Kannada writer and poet Dr Sumatheendra R Nadig died in Bengaluru today. He was 86. Nadig was ailing and was admitted to a hospital three days ago. His body will be kept for public viewing at his Puttenahalli home, his family members said. Nadig was born in Chikkamagaluru to Raghavendra and Subbamma. He was a teacher by training, but was passionate about poetry, novels

Mangaluru, Aug 7: The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Congress of trying to tarnish the image of Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Sanjeeva Matandoor, MLA from Puttur and also president of Dakshina Kannada unit of the BJP, told media persons that MP has got released funds to the tune of Rs. 15,145 crore to Dakshina Kannada from the Union government from

Shivamogga, Aug 7: Two daily wage workers including a teenager reportedly drowned while cleaning a manhole in Shivamogga city yesterday. The deceased have been identified as Aanjanappa (18) and Venkatesh (40), who were part of a team undertaking drainage connectivity work near Shaheen Independent Pre-University College at RML Nagara. Workers said that Aanjanappa lost balance while getting down the

Mangaluru, Aug 6: A youth died of electrocution on the premises of Ullal Dargah on the outskirts of the city on Monday evening. The deceased has been identified as Yusuf, a resident of Adkare Padpu. He is said to have been working at laying an asbestos sheet on a building on the premises when he came in contact with live wire. A case has been registered and investigations are on.

Bengaluru, Aug 6: The Karnataka state government on Monday transferred 18 IAS officers, including Pre-University director C Shikha, who has been posted as Bescom managing director. The other postings are as follows M V Savithri, Secretary (Panchayat Raj); Dr R Vishal, Commissioner for Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation; B S Shekharappa, Director of Municipal Administration; Manoj Jain