Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 1: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy met Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy on Friday and sought his guidance to meet the growing needs of a burgeoning Bengaluru, especially in infrastructure and waste management. During the meeting, Kumaraswamy said he needs Murthy's help in forming an expert committee to look into the problems related to infrastructure and waste

Sullia, Jun 1: B S Shareif, local businessman, advocate and social worker, reportedly committed suicide at his residence at Arambur in Sullia in the early hours of Friday. According to sources, he hanged himself at around 3:30 a.m. when Muslims wake up for pre-dawn meal or suhoor in the holy month of Ramadan. 52-year-old Sharief was a well-known person in the town. He was the president of Sullia

Bantwal, Jun 1: The police have averted decoity and cattle theft by arresting three notorious criminals who were moving in a car along with lethal weapons last night in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. However, two of their associates managed to run away after police intercepted their car. The arrested are Mohammed Muksin (23), a resident of Surathkal, who is facing at least 14 criminal

Bengaluru, Jun 1: The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) on Friday announced the results of Common Entrance Test for entry into engineering and various other courses. Additional Chief Secretary V. Manjula and Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Rajkumar Khatri, released the results at a press conference. Mr. Khatri said that verification of documents would begin from June 5. It will held in

Bengaluru, Jun 1: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday urged the US to open its consulate in this tech city at the earliest. "The US should open its consulate in Bengaluru at the earliest to facilitate, among other things, granting of its visas to the citizens of our state," Kumaraswamy told US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster who called on him here. The US has consulates in

Bengauru, Jun 1: If sources are to be believed, Congress top brass have given green signal for JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy to rule Karnataka as chief minister for full five year term. They two parties also likely to reach a pre-poll agreement ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress and JD(S) are likely to announce a power-sharing deal for their coalition government in Karnataka later today

Bengaluru, Jun 1: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journactivst Gauri Lankesh, yesterday took custody of four saffron activists arrested by the Bengaluru city police for allegedly attempting to kill Mysuru-based rationalist thinker Prof K S Bhagavan. The SIT will have custody of the accused for 11 days. It will be questioning them as they are suspected to have played a

Bengaluru, May 31: Days after Kannada TV host and actor Chandan died in a car crash mishap near Davangere, his widow Meena killed her son and committed suicide yesterday. Meena was extremely disturbed after Chandan's sudden demise and hence her relatives had made her stay with them in Doddaballapur. Yesterday Meena along with her son left for her home, located closer to the relatives’ home where

Mangaluru, May 31: The police have arrested two persons on charge of spreading a fake WhatsApp message claiming that BJP activists once again attacked churches in Mangaluru after seven of the eight assembly seats in Dakshina Kannada were won by the saffron party candidates in recent polls. The arrested have been identified as Sunil Vegas (34) and Sachit P.P. (23), both hailing from Chikkamagaluru

Bengaluru, Jun 2: All the 11 candidates from the three major parties that filed their nominations for the biennial elections to Legislative Council from the Assembly are likely to get elected unopposed as there are no other contenders. The elections were necessitated due to the completion of the term of 11 MLCs. The members - five from BJP, four from Congress and two from JD(S) - will complete