Karnataka

Kasaragod, Jul 17: A 14-year-old boy drowned in a swollen waterbody at Ayitti, near Thrikkarippur in Kasaragod yesterday. The police said T.P. Muhammed Susharaff, a Class 9 student of Government Higher Secondary School, Pilicode, drowned in the waterbody formed due to illegal sand-mining, around 5 p.m. when he entered the waters along with his friends while on a visit to the residence of a

Vijayapura, Jul 17: Babaleshwar MLA M B Patil said on Monday that there was no question of giving up the agitation for a separate religion tag for Lingayats. The future course of the agitation would be charted out once former IAS officer S M Jamdar returns from foreign tour, at a meeting to be attended, among others, by Council pro tem chairperson Basavaraj Horatti. The former minister refuted

Bengaluru, Jul 17: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday sought to clarify that his emotional outburst was not because of the Congress, but due to unhappiness that he was not getting enough support despite pro-people works. “Media has twisted my statements,” Kumaraswamy told reporters in Ramanagara. “Despite financial constraints, I have waived Rs 40,000 crore of crop loans and I’m doing other

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Senior Karnataka Congress leader KB Koliwad on Monday accused some of his own party leaders of "tormenting" Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who had said that he was "not happy" being in the top post and was swallowing the pain like 'Vishakantha' (Lord Shiva), who drank poison. "There are some Congress leaders who are tormenting him. I won't disclose the names. Those who are not

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 16: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's office here was vandalised today by the youth wing activists of the BJP, police said, days after he set off a huge row with remarks that the BJP, if voted to power again, will rewrite the Constitution and pave the way for creation of a "Hindu Pakistan". The Congress Lok Sabha member from the Kerala capital said the BJP and "Sanghi goondas"

New Delhi, July 16: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday said that Karnataka Chief Minister Kumarswamy won't be sad for too long and things will get sorted soon. Swamy's remark comes days after Kumaraswamy said that he was not happy while heading a coalition government, and was swallowing the pain of it. Speaking to ANI, Swamy said: "Kumarswamy's dream of becoming the

Bengaluru, Jul 12: Dr Ronald Anil Fernandes, a senior journalist from Mangaluru, who was recently appointed as a member of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC), assumed office here today. KPSC chairperson T Sham Bhat administered the oath of office to Dr Fernandes at Udyoga Soudha. A recipient of prestigious Sarojini Naidu Award, the Media Academy Award, and the Dakshina Kannada District

Bengaluru, Jul 16: In yet another selfie-related tragedy, two software engineers from Bengaluru were washed away in Cauvery River while clicking selfies with friends at Mekedatu in Ramanagara district yesterday. The search operation is on. The victims have been identified as Sameer Rahman (29), and Bhavani Shankar (29), residents of Bannerghatta Road in Bengaluru and natives of Bidar. The incident

Mangaluru, Jul 16: A college student was allegedly molested in broad daylight in the city by an unidentified motorcyclist yesterday. According to the victim, who hails from Northeast India, the incident took place when she was returning to her paying-guest accommodation after meeting her friends at a mall. While she was walking on George Marits Road, an unidentified person, who came in gearless

Mysuru, Jul 16: A total of 1.08 lakh cusecs of water was released from the KRS and Kabini reservoir on Sunday. Both the reservoirs are full to the brim following copious rains in the catchment areas. Around 30 crest gates of the KRS dam at Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya district, have been opened from which 73,000 cusecs of water is being released into the Cauvery river. The inflow into the dam