Karnataka

Udupi, May 30: An elderly cattle-trader was found dead under suspicious circumstances at a coffee estate near Perdoor in Udupi district last night. The deceased has been identified as Husainabba (65), a resident of Jokatte village in Mangaluru, who was transporting cattle in a vehicle along with a couple of associates. According to sources, Husainabba and his colleagues had alighted run away when

Bengaluru, May 30: Saving farmers is the priority of his government, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said today, as he promised to honour his commitment to waive farm loans within 15 days and insisted there was "no going back" on it. Kumaraswamy, under attack from the Bharatiya Janata Party over the alleged delay in fulfilling his pre-poll assurance to the farming community, met

Bengaluru, May 30: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the Gauri Lankesh murder case filed the first chargesheet and is close to getting custody of the second accused Praveen, according to several media reports. This development comes following the arrest of four people in connection with a plot to kill KS Bhagwan. According to news agency, the SIT mentioned 131 statements

Mangaluru, May 30: Up-and-coming Kannada film director Sanotsh Shetty Kateel, who had come for a drone shoot to the Ermai waterfall near Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday, lost his life in a mishap before the eyes of his three associates. Police said that Santosh, who is directing Kannada film 'Kanasu' slipped and fell into the waterfall during the shoot and his companion

Mangaluru, May 30: After heavy rains flooded Mangaluru on Tuesday and caused deaths and destruction in the coastal city and other parts of Karnataka, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy took stock of the situation, directing the district administration to take Coast Guard's help to rescue people and ordered that necessary precautionary steps be prevent loss of lives. “By last evening, water receded and

Dubai: Vibhali Shetty, a Class 8 student of Our Own English High School, Sharjah was conferred with Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award on April 29, 2018 and was honoured by Deputy Ruler of Dubai at the Trade Centre Auditorium during the Award Function. In recognition of this award, Vibhali Shetty was also honoured with ‘Prathibha Puraskar’ during the recent 44th anniversary celebration of

Abu Dhabi: Bearys Welfare Forum (BWF), a premier social organization in the UAE respected for its philanthropic and charitable works, organized an ‘Iftar’ get-together at the India Social and Cultural Centre, on Friday, 25th May-2018. Nearly 700 NRI brethren from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Fujairah amidst prominent personalities from all walks and fields of life attended. Padmashree Dr. B R

Bengaluru: Kundapurian Kannadiga young businessman, resident of Dubai Dinesh Chandrashekar Devadiga Nagoor was conferred with the ‘Aryabhata International Award 2017’ in a glittering ceremony at Ravindra Kalakshetra Auditorium, Bengaluru, on May 23, 2018, by retired Justice K Shridhar Rao. Dr Mahesh Joshi, media Advisor of Delhi Doordarshan, spoke and applauded the greatness of Dinesh and said

Bengaluru, May 30: Four associates of the only suspect to be arrested for the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh have been taken into custody for conspiring to kill rationalist and Kannada writer, K S Bhagawan. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) picked up the four near the Davangere bus station around 10.15 am on May 21 but made the formal arrests only now. It identified them as Sujith

Bengaluru, May 30: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday directed the health department to “closely examine” the full-fledged roll out of the Arogya Karnataka universal health coverage scheme across the state. Additional Chief Secretary (Health & Family Welfare) Ajay Seth was also asked to look into the modalities of converging the Arogya Karnataka scheme with the Yeshasvini health scheme and