Karnataka

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

Bengaluru, Aug 6: Continuing with his letter writing spree, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has shot off another missive to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, asking him to reconsider shifting the film city from Mysuru to Ramanagara. Siddaramaiah, who is the Chairman of the Congress-JD(S) coalition coordination committee, has so far written four letters to Kumaraswamy on a host of issues

Udupi, Aug 6: A Congress worker got admitted to hospital after he was assaulted by two persons at Badanidiyur village in the district on Sunday night. In his complaint registered with the Malpe police, Sunil D’Souza, Congress worker, said that a couple of persons, including Sandeep Pavanjegudde, had come near his house at around 11.45 p.m. on Sunday and told him to remove the CCTV cameras

Jakarta, Aug 6: A video of an Indonesian imam stoically reciting evening prayers in Bali as a deadly earthquake struck neighbouring Lombok has gone viral on social media, with internet users praising him for his unwavering faith. The white-robed Islamic leader was preaching on Sunday night at a mosque in Denpasar on the holiday island of Bali when the shallow 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck. Here

PepsiCo Inc on Monday said Indra Nooyi would step down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after 12 years at the helm, and named president Ramon Laguarta as her replacement. Mr. Laguarta will take over from Ms. Nooyi on October 3 and will also join the board, the company said in a statement. Ms. Nooyi, 62, who has been with the company for 24 years, will continue as chairman of the board until early

Mysuru, Aug 6: Former chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Karnataka president B S Yeddyurappa has exhorted his party workers to prepare the ground work for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by enthusiastically campaigning in the looming urban local body polls in the state. Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Yedddyurappa said that the workers gave been told to concentrate on wooing the OBCs