Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 6: A youth was hospitalized with leg injuries after the Karnataka Forest Department officials opened fire at a vehicle transporting cattle to Kerala near Koornadka in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district yesterday. The officials seized a vehicle and rescued four head of cattle. However, the three people on board the vehicle managed to flee. Sources said that Nishant, who was

Bengaluru, Aug 6: Janata Dal-Secular (JDS), which forms a coalition government with the Congress party in Karnataka, on Monday said that the Congress president Rahul Gandhi's act of hugging the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was childish. Speaking to media persons, H Vishwanath, the JDS Karnataka state president, said, "It is not just me who is saying this; the whole country is saying It (hugging PM

Puttur, Aug 6: Two youth lost their lives in a ghastly road accident involving a KSRTC bus and a car near Kokkada on the outskirts of the town last night. The deceased have been identified as Dinesh (32) and Sandesh (30), residents of Dharmasthala, who were travelling in the ill-fated car. It is learnt that the bus plying from Dharmasthala to Bengaluru rammed into the car at Parpikallu near

Bengaluru, Aug 6: The Janata Dal (Secular) has taken a firm decision to go it alone in the first phase of polls to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) scheduled to be held on August 29, instead of forging any pre-poll alliance. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on Sunday, JD(S) national president and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda said it will be beneficial both for the JD(S) and the Congress

Belthangady, Aug 6: A youth was arrested by the police at Venur town in Balthangady taluk for alleged sexual assault on his 16-year-old relative. The sleuths of Venur police station nabbed the accused within hours after a compliant by the girl on Sunday. In her complaint, the girl said that her distant relative forced her to have sexual intercourse with him some time ago. On Saturday, she went to

Manjeshwar, Aug 6: A Communist Party of India (Marxist) activist was stabbed to death at Mangalpady near Uppala of Kasaragod district, last night by a gang of miscreants allegedly belonging to Sangh Parivar. The deceased has been identified as Aboobakar Siddiq (21), a non-resident Indian, who had recently returned from Qatar on vacation. He was an activist of CPI(M) The victim is son of Azeem, a

Bengaluru, Aug 5: Prominent film personality M Bhaktavatsala passed away in the city on Sunday morning, owing to age-related ailments. He was 84. Bhaktavatsala entered the film industry in the 1960s quitting a job in HMT. He became a film producer, distributor, actor, critic and activist. Popularly referred to as ‘Bhakta’ by his peers, Moola Bhaktavatsala, son of Moola Rangappa, was a

Bengaluru, Aug 5: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda today relieved his son and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy from the post of party's state unit chief, replacing him with adaguru H Vishwanath, who belongs to the backward Kuruba community. The decision to appoint Vishwanath is seen as an apparent move to widen the social base of JD(S), which is considered a party of Vokkaligas. Kuruba is the

Bengaluru, Aug 5: Two city-based realtors, reported missing since June 27, were killed allegedly by three youths over a suspected financial transaction, the police said on Sunday. Balaji and Prasad Babu, both in their mid 40s went missing on June 27 following which their families had lodged a complaint with the Girinagar police station. The youths, in their late 20s, have been arrested in this

Bengaluru, Aug 5: A delegation representing the Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah, led by its president Mohammed Saifuddin Sami recently met Siddaramaiah, former chief minister and the incumbent chairman of the coordination committee of government of Karnataka, and discussed burning issues of expats from the south Indian state in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The delegation also comprised of Peter Ronald