Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 24: The police arrested 14 persons, including two juveniles and four women on Thursday morning for allegedly lynching a 26-year-old man from Rajasthan on Wednesday afternoon after they mistook him for a child kidnapper. The inhuman incident took place at Pension Mohalla, Chamrajpet in central Bengaluru, on Wednesday afternoon. Of the eight men arrested, police identified six — Ambu

Davanagere, May 24: Two young artistes working for a television channel were killed on the spot and two others were seriously hurt when their car met with an accident near Hanagavadi on NH-4. All the passengers in the car were employees of a private Kannada TV. The two deceased are music channel presenter Chandrashekhar (34), and actor Santoshi (24). Those hurt are Ramu and Sunitha. The injured

Bengaluru, May 24: Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday said that his father and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda gave him advices on politics and development works. “It was the first time I met him after becoming chief minister. We discussed several things. He gave me some political advice and advice on how to take Karnataka on the path of development,” Kumaraswamy told media

Bengaluru, May 24: If chief minister H D Kumaraswamy goes ahead with the farm loan waiver plan, it may cost Karnataka dear and hit the development works, according to economists. Prof. R S Deshpande, senior economist and honorary visiting professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, opines that the cost of the proposed loan waiver to the state exchequer would be

Shivamogga, May 24: While efforts are on to contain the spread of the Nipah virus from Kerala to Karnataka, three suspected Nipah virus cases were reported in Sagar taluk of Shivamogga district. Sources stated that Mithun, a resident of Shiravante village, Sagar taluk, complained of fever two days ago. He had apparently returned from Kerala last week where nearly a dozen people died due to Nipah

Udupi, May 24: The deep-sea fishing ban on account of monsoon will be in force along Dakshina Kannada and Udupi coast for 61 days, from June 1 to July 31. A press release issued by the Deputy Director of Fisheries here said the ban also applies to boats having inboard or outboard engines above 10 hp. The ban orders have been issued by the State government and the Union Ministry for Agriculture

Kasaragod, May 24: Even as the Kozhikode district of Kerala is haunted by the deadly Nipah virus that claimed several lives, Kasaragod district, wherein rains lashing regularly for past few days, is in the grip of dengue fever and other waterborne diseases over the last few days. The coastal district bordering Karnataka so far has reported 83 confirmed cases of dengue fever, while another 529

Mangaluru, May 24: Two fever patients suspected to be infected with the deadly Nipah virus are slowly recuperating in different hospitals in the city, according a Health Department official. The samples drawn from a 20-year-old woman admitted in a private hospital and a 75-year-old man being treated at the Government Wenlock Hospital had been sent to Manipal Centre for Virus Research, Manipal, and

Srinagar, May 24: Major Litul Gogoi, who was at the centre of the controversy over tying a civilian to the bonnet of a moving Army jeep last year, this time arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir police for creating ruckus in a hotel. According to police the army officer turned violent while arguing with a Srinagar hotel staff who refused to allow a minor girl stay in a room booked by the army officer

Bengaluru, May 24: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of telling lies on the Mahadayi issue. In response to a question on the role of his government in the inter-State water-sharing issue, the new CM also said that when Modi had powers to intervene to settle the issue, he did not do it. “The Prime Minister, before the elections, had announced that he