Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 15: Journalist Ravi Belagere, who was granted interim bail on Wednesday by a sessions court in the city, has been admitted in the intensive care unit of Jayadeva Hospital. According to sources, Belagere’s health condition continues to be grim. Belagere was recently arrested in connection with the case of giving supari to kill his collegaue Sunil Heggaravalli. "He was brought

Bengaluru, Dec 15: The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board has finalised the SSLC examination timetable. As per the final schedule, it will begin on March 23 and end on April 6. The examinations will begin with First Language papers on March 23, 2018, and end with the Social Science paper on April 6. For all subjects, an extra 15 minutes will be provided to read the question paper. A

Bengaluru Dec 15: Charging that Rs 2,000 crore worth iron ore was illegally exported by the state-owned Mysore Minerals Ltd under the present Congress regime, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy has said that he will soon expose this scam. Addressing the reporters in Bengaluru on Friday, Kumaraswamy demanded that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah clarify how such a large quantity of ore was exported, and also

Bengaluru Dec 15: With Assembly elections around the corner, the state government has unearthed unutilised Local Area Development (LAD) funds amounting to Rs 406 crore in the accounts of deputy commissioners. To use these funds, the Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics department on Thursday announced a new scheme - Sidda Sarkarada Nade Sevegala Kade. Under this, the unused funds will be

Manipal, Dec 14: The organs of an accident victim were harvested after her relatives expressed their desire for it at Kasturba Hospital here and were later transported to other hospitals to benefit six patients through a ‘green corridor’ here on Thursday. Two persons had died and two others severely injured in a collision between a car and a lorry on National Highway 66 at Kota village in Udupi

Karawar, Dec 14: Uttara Kannada district, which was otherwise returning to normality after series of violent protests, has witnessed a stabbing incident in Honnavar taluk resulting in injuries to a high school girl, forcing the district administration to impose prohibitory orders. The stabbing incident took place at Magodu on Thursday morning. Two assailants who had covered their faces tried to

"Kushtagi (Koppal dist) Dec 14: There are 42 FIRs registered against Yeddyurappa. Let him come out of them," said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. He was speaking to reporters at the helipad in Kushtagi, Koppal district, on Thursday. "Indira Gandhi went to prison during emergency, and not for taking bribes like Yeddyurappa," said Siddaramaiah. "Yeddyurappa went to jail along with Katta Subramanya

Udupi: Around 47 years ago, a newborn baby was abandoned by his mother at Basel Mission Hospital in South Indian temple town of Udupi. Today, he is the first Indian born parliamentarian in Switzerland! Unfortunately, neither Nik Gugger nor his foster parents know who is his biological mother and why did she abandon. As the Basel Mission Hospital could not trace the mother who left the hospital

Udupi, Dec 14: A group of ‘immoral police’ forced a group of six friends – three boys and three girls – to leave Delta Beach at Kodibengre in Udupi district on Wednesday just because they belonged to different communities. According to the Additional Superintendent of Police Kumara Chandra, three girls from three different communities went to the beach with three boys belonging to a particular

Kasaragod, Dec 14: An elderly woman was hacked to death allegedly by a gang of robbers at her house near Cheruvathur in Kasaragod district Wednesday. Retired school teacher Janaki, 65, was the victim. Her husband was also injured in the attack. The gang forced their way into the house around 9.30 pm. The robbers attacked the couple and fled with Janaki’s gold chain and Rs 50,000 cash. The police