Karnataka

Udupi, Aug 5: A teenage boy has committed suicide in Udupi district just because his parents ignored his demand to purchase a smartphone for him. The incident took place at Kakkunje village, which comes under Kota police limits in Udupi district on Friday. According to the Kota police, Prateeksha (17), son of Basava Kulal, had seen his friends use smartphones in college. He urged his parents to

Udupi, Aug 5: Women voters outnumber male voters in all four urban local body jurisdictions – Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC), Kundapur Town Municipal Council (TMC), Karkala TMC, and Saligrama Town Panchayat – which will go to the polls in the district on August 29. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Fancis said there were 98,500 voters (50,430 women, 48

Bengaluru, Aug 5: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda and KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao held talks on Saturday on the possibility of the two parties forging an alliance for the upcoming urban local body (ULB) elections. Rao visited Gowda at his residence - this was the first time the two met after Rao took charge as KPCC president - and discussed strategic places where the parties could join hands

Mangaluru, Aug 5: A 24-year-old man has been arrested for posting "abusive" comments against Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on social media platform Instagram, police said here today. Prashant Poojary (24), of nearby Bantwal, was arrested yesterday by Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths based on a suo motu complaint, they said. The message containing "derogatory" comments against

Udupi, Aug 4: Personnel of the Forest Department trapped a leopard at Malady village near Kundapur in the district on Saturday. The big cat’s movement had created a sense of fear among the people of the village in the past three months, and it had even eaten some dogs there. Forest officials subsequently set up a cage to trap the leopard about a week ago. The local Thekkatte Gram Panchayat too was

Mangaluru, Aug 4: Two men lost their lives when their two-wheelers were knocked down by other vehicles in two separate road mishaps occurred on Saturday in Mangaluru. Prajwal D'Souza (24) was killed when a lorry rammed into his motorbike from behind near Padil. The reckless driver dragged the victim for a few metres on the road by not stopping the lorry immediately. Later, the driver fled the

Mangaluru, Aug 5: Janata Dal (Secular) leader S L Bhoje Gowda has sparked row by accusing the Congress party of ignoring Hindus in coastal Karnataka. Speaking to media persons in the city, the MLC said that his party, under the leadership of chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, will not lose the trust of Hindus by following the path of Congress. According to Mr Gowda, the main reason behind Congress’

Udupi, Aug 4: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy-led state government and leaders of Congress party have manipulated the reservation for the municipal wards for Udupi City Municipal Council to ensure that strong BJP candidates could not contest the polls, alleged Udupi MLA K Raghupati Bhat. Mr. Bhat, however, said that the BJP leaders were capable of facing the present reservation of wards. “The

Mangaluru, Aug 4: A 16-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Bettampady in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district under mysterious circumstances. The deceased has been identified as Shreeramana Kumar, a Class 10 student, and a resident of Bettampady. According to police, the boy may have hanged himself between 12am and 6am on Friday. The victim has

Mangaluru, Aug 4: A passenger, who arrived from Dubai was arrested after customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport found around 1.5 kg of gold worth Rs 45 lakh concealed inside four emergency lanterns he was carrying. According to sources, the passenger, a 30-year-old man hailing from Kasaragod, arrived in an Air India Express flight about 5am. Customs officials who were on duty grew