Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 26: Human rights activist and Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan has warned the people of Karnataka that the “greater evil” for them is the Bharatiya Janata Party. “Though the choice before voters in Karnataka is between the devil and the deep sea, the BJP is a far greater evil,” he told presspersons here on Sunday after addressing a gathering on political corruption and

Kasaragod, Mar 26: A 12-year-old fell to death after her shawl got entangled in the wheel of the motorbike she was travelling on with her parents at Birikulam, near Parappa in Kasaragod on Sunday. The victim is Maria, daughter of Saji and Bindu, residents of Periyanganam. Maria was a class VII student of Government Higher Secondary School, Parappa. The tragic incident occurred around 8 a.m. when

Mangaluru, Mar 26: A 33-year-old man and his three-month-old daughter died in a freak accident when they were thrown out of an auto-rickshaw after the three-wheeler brushed against a stationary container truck and lost balance on Mani-Madikeri Highway in Sullia of Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Chittaranjan (35) and his daughter Lia (3 months)

Madikeri: A team of CBI officials was in Kodagu district on Sunday as part of the investigation into the death of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Anurag Tewari under mysterious circumstances. Anurag had served as the Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu between August 2013 and June 2015. The CBI team, comprising more than 10 officials, stayed at the Sudarshana guest house and is visiting Madikeri and other

Mangaluru, Mar 26: The much-awaited Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline will be ready by the end of the calendar year, said Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan. Addressing media persons here on Sunday, he said that the gas terminal in Kerala was completed six years ago, but the said pipeline was yet to be laid. Now, the work on the pipeline is in full swing. The work is

Vijayapura, Mar 26: Panchapeeta seers (Panchacharyas) and those following the Veerashaiva tradition on Sunday vowed to take the political plunge to defeat the Congress in the forthcoming Assembly elections, for dividing Veerashaiva-Lingayat community. "We will use the Ganachara (a Veerashaiva tradition) to displace Siddaramaiah of his position as chief minister. We will discuss our plan with

Udupi, Mar 26: A 35-year-old man from coastal Karnataka, who was working in United Arab Emirates, has committed suicide by jumping from a building in Dubai. The deceased has been identified as Raghavendra Bhandari (35), who hailed from Kolambe village in Udupi district. It is believed that Bhandari, who had stayed in a hotel in Dubai, resorted to the extreme step due to “depression and personal

Shivamogga, Mar 25: A group of local Muslims turned into instant vigilantes after they saw a burqa-clad girl travelling with a Hindu girl and boy in Shivamogga, and subjected the trio to rigorous interrogation in public. The incident took place a couple of days ago at Sawaipalya Cross in the city when Fathima and Sheela were riding pillion on Kumaraswamy’s motorbike (all three names changed). All

Mangaluru, Mar 26: In a fresh case of immoral policing, three miscreants allegedly assaulted a group of five college students – three boys and two girls – who had gathered for a birthday celebration at Fathima beach, Tannirbavi in Mangaluru. The police have managed to arrest three accused on Sunday, a day after the incident. They are Sukesh, Varun and Deekshith. They objected to the students, who

Mysuru, Mar 25: In a blow to JD(S) headed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, seven party rebel former MLAs today joined the ruling Congress in the presence of party president Rahul Gandhi. The rebel MLAs had resigned from Karnataka legislative assembly yesterday, a day after they cross-voted in favour of the Congress candidates in the March 23 Rajya Sabha biennial election in the state