Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 11: The newly appointed KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Wednesday said that the Congress had made a "sacrifice" by forming a government with the JD(S) to preserve secularism and democracy. He said though Congress secured 80 assembly seats as against 37 of JDS, it decided to help the latter form the government, "not because we are weak, but because our objectives are different."

Mangaluru, Jul 11: The death toll in the head-on collision involving a van and a truck at Uppala on Monday has risen to six with a one-year-old girl succumbing to her injuries at a private hospital in Mangaluru. The condition of a 13-year-old who was among 18 family members from K C Road in Mangaluru taluk travelling in the van was said to be critical. Manjeswaram sub-inspector V.K. Aneesh said

Puttur, Jul 11: In a rare development, students of a pre-university college in coastal Karnataka have taken an oath to abstain from WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media at least till the completion of their educational career. Interestingly, it’s a voluntary and collective decision by the students of Ambika PU College located at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district without any motivation by

Bengaluru, July 11: Dinesh Gundu Rao on Wednesday took over as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He was felicitated by Congress Legislative party leader Siddaramaiah. Last week, Congress President Rahul Gandhi had appointed Dinesh Gundu Rao as the President of the KPCC. Dinesh Gundu Rao is a five-time MLA from Gandhinagar constituency in Bengaluru. He succeeded

Bengaluru, Jul 11: A married couple found dead in the bathroom of their flat in Rajarajeshwarinagar, southwest Bengaluru yesterday. The victims have been identified as Mahesh H, 35, software engineer and his wife Sheela, 30, a homemaker, who hailed from Athani in Belagavi district. They are survived by two daughters aged 6 and 4. Police suspect the couple suffocated to death after inhaling carbon

Udupi, Jul 11: Rubbishing the reports of mild earthquake in Udupi and Kodagu districts, an official has said that no seismic activity has been recorded in the region. Gangaram Baderia, Principal Secretary to Revenue Department, yesterday today clarified that micro tremors in parts of Udupi and Somvarpet taluk of Kodagu district were mere rain related incidents. “Geology of Udupi is Granitic

Mangaluru, Jul 11: A national level Dharma Sansad (Hindu religious assembly) will be held at Kanyadi Srirama Kshetra near Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district on September 3. Brahmananda Saraswati, the head priest of the Kshetra told media persons here that around 2,000 saints, monks and religious leaders from across the country would participate in the event. He said that the Dharma Sansad

Jul 11: Primary and Secondary Education Minister N Mahesh told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that 58 government pre-university colleges with less than 10 students will be closed. However, the students and the faculty will move to a nearby college. “Action is being taken, based on some parameters, to shift 58 PU colleges having less than 10 students to a neighbouring college,” Mahesh said. He

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Torrential rains in many parts of Karnataka have resulted in many dams, including those across the river Cauvery, receiving copious inflows and some reaching their full level,a top official of the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre said on Tuesday. "If you see the status (of dams), it can be easily said that this year the level in all of them is quitesatisfactory

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jul 11: Two persons were drowned in separate incidents in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. A 13-year-old boy was found drowned in a pool of water that had accumulated in an abandoned stone quarry in Adyar Padavu in Mangaluru Rural Police limits on Monday. According to the police, Tameem (13) had gone along with a few of his friends for swimming in the quarry on Sunday evening