Karnataka

Sirsi, Mar 11: Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde's personal assistant Suresh Shetty, has lodged a complaint at the Market police station here in Sirsi, stating that a false and accusatory Facebook post has been made against the minister. Prajakeeya party supporters have made a post in their Facebook account accusing Hegde of saying that he will bring down the statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda and

Bengaluru Mar 11: The SIT is contemplating to take K T Naveen Kumar, accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, to Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu, Belagavi and Goa to identify people he was in touch with. The SIT sought Kumar's police custody for five more days on Friday, after telling the court that he was an accused in Gauri's murder. Kumar had managed to obtain bail for the Arms Act case that he was

Udupi, Mar 11: Viswhesha Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of Pejawar Mutt, has deiced not to interfere in the issue of his Shiroor Mutt counterpart’s decision to take a political plunge by contesting in upcoming Karnataka assembly polls from Udupi constituency. Responding to queries of media persons, the Pejawar seer, who is who is the senior-most among the seers of the Ashta Mutts of Udupi, said

Udupi, Mar 11: An elderly woman died after her dress caught fire at a remote village Udupi district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Muttu Moily, a resident of Nandikur village in Udupi district. She was 85. According to the police, Muttu Moily was cooking rice in her kitchen around 11 a.m., when her nightie caught fire. She died of burn injuries. A case of unnatural death has been

Mangaluru, Mar 11: The Karnataka government has proposed to set up nine health kiosks under the limits of Mangaluru City Corporation and Ullal City Municipal Council with the intention of making the health services accessible to the working class. On Saturday demonstration of the a free health kiosk was held near Kadri park in the city. Daily wage workers, drivers and street vendors among others

Kalaburagi, Mar 11: In an embarrassing moment for Bharatiya Janata Party, its local leaders assaulted two party cadres following differences in appointing an in-charge for a zilla panchayat constituency in Gulbarga Rural Assembly constituency for the elections here on Saturday. Shivaling Tengali and Mahesh, party workers from Aurad, were injured in the assault and have been admitted to the

Chikkamagaluru, Mar 11: Following a complaint by the e-commerce major Amazon, police have arrested four people on charges of cheating company to the tune of Rs 1.33 crore in Chikkamagaluru. The arrested are Ekadanta Courier Service delivery boy C L Darshan alias Yeshwanth (25), a resident of Kalidasnagar; Punith (19), a resident of Kalyan Nagar; Sachin Shetty (18) and K Anil (24), both residents

Mangaluru, Mar 10: Amidst preparation for the upcoming assembly polls, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minster B Ramanath Rai on Saturday laid foundation for four developmental projects on the premises of Government Wenlock Hospital at a cost of Rs 23.5 crore. The four much awaited projects include Composite Ayush Medical Hospital, a brain child of former Health Minister and incumbent Food

Bengaluru, Mar 10: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, three girls perusing MBA at a private collage, died on the spot and two of their classmates suffered injuries when their speeding car toppled on NICE Road at Koppa Gate, near Hulimavu, south of Bengaluru on Friday. Arshia Kumari (from Andhra Pradesh), Harsha Srivastava and Pavita Kohli (both from Jharkhand) along with Shruthi Gopinathan (from Thrissur

Bagalkot, Mar 10: At least nine people, including four of a family, were killed on the spot when a lorry transporting tur dal hit the bullock cart they were travelling in, on the Belagavi-Raichur State Highway, on Friday night. The deceased are Chandraiah Veeraiah Hiremath (52), his wife Rathnavva (48), their daughters Kashavva (26) and Vijayalakshmi (28), and daily wage labourers Basavva Goravara