Karnataka

Sakleshpur, Jun 5: Two elephant calves lost their lives when they were hit by a train on the railway tracks deep inside the Shiradi Ghat forest near Yedakumari in Sakleshpur taluk of Hassan district. It is assumed that the incident took place on Sunday night when a freight train from Mangaluru to Bengaluru passed through the area. One was seven months old and the other was fifteen months hold

Bengaluru, Jun 5: As expected the Janata Dal (Secular) has withdrawn its official candidate Kalegowda from the Jayanagar Assembly constituency, which is going to polls on June 11. In a statement, party supremo H D Deve Gowda has announced that the party will instead support Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy, daughter of former minister Ramalinga Reddy in the constituency. The election in Jayanagar

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 5: The World Health Organisation has paid glowing tributes to Kerala's young nurse Lini Puthussery, who died of Nipah virus last month, after treating one of the patients. Lini died on May 21 after being infected by a patient, whom she treated initially at the Perambra Taluk hospital, where she was a nurse. In a tweet, WHO'S Health Workforce Director Jim Campbell said:

Karwar, Jun 5: A former Navy personnel, who took voluntary retirement eight years ago murdered his 17-year-old daughter by slitting her throat, and injured his wife and father-in-law during a clash with his family in Hubballi yesterday. After committing the crime, the killer was admitted to hospital with injuries on his right wrist. Mohan Henagannavar, 44, who is currently unemployed, allegedly

Bengaluru, Jun 5: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is holding a meeting with party leaders from Karnataka on Tuesday in New Delhi to finalise the names of MLAs to be inducted into the Council of Ministers in the H D Kumaraswamy government. Rahul returned from a tour of the US early on Tuesday, sources said. The leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjuna Kharge, former chief minister

Hassan, Jun 5: Hardline Hindutva leader Anant kumar Hegde will soon receive at least 1,000 pieces of langotis for calling the Janata Dal (Secular) a ‘Putgosi Paksha’ (langoti or loincloth party). Coming down heavily on Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka, Mr. Hegde, who is also Uttara Kannada BJP MP and Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, had described JD(S) as

Mangaluru, Jun 5: The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused Congress and other parties of creating unrest and fear in the country to prevent Narendra Modi from becoming the Prime Minister again after 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Speaking to media persons, Chikkamagaluru MLA C T Ravi, who is also Karnataka BJP’s general secretary, termed the unity among Opposition parties such as the Congress, the Janata Dal

Bengaluru, Jun 5: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that there is no dissension between Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) MLAs over cabinet expansion. "Today we had a meeting with our MLAs. They were advised about future politics to develop our party and give good governance. There is no difference between our MLAs. They have given total freedom to party's president to select

Washington, Jun 5: Two Indian journalists – Gauri Lankesh and Sudip Dutta Bhaumik – were among the 18 fallen members of the media added to the Journalists Memorial by the prestigious Newseum at a ceremony here on Monday. Each year, the Newseum, a museum here dedicated to the understanding of the importance of a free press, selects a representative group of journalists whose names are added to the

Udupi, Jun 4: The arrest of policemen and saffron activists in connection with the murder of a Muslim cattle trader in Udupi district has deeply hurt BJP leader and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje. Husainabba, 62-year-old a cattle trader from Jokatte, was attacked by a gang of Bajrang Dal members last week near Perdoor in Udupi in front of the policemen and then stuffed him into a police