Karnataka

Bengaluru Nov 23: The Cybercrime police have started probing into the complaint lodged by an assistant of Trisihika Kumari Wodeyar, wife of Yaduveer Wodeyar, the scion of the erstwhile Mysore royal family. The complainant said that a fake Instagram account with Trishika's name and photograph was active on the internet. The investigating officials are in the process of collecting IP addresses from

Subramanya, Nov 23: A total of 94 devotees performed 'Ede Snana' ritual at the famed Kukke Sri Subrahmanya Temple on Wednesday. In fulfilment of their vows, the devotees rolled on banana leaf leftovers on the temple premises. 'Ede Snana' was performed ahead of Champa Shashthi, an auspicious day devoted to the worship of Lord Subrahmanya, the presiding deity. Religious Endowment Department scholars

Belagavi, Nov 23: Ostracizing women during pregnancy will be included as a prohibited practice under the Anti-Superstition Bill, which was passed in the Legislative Council after a three-hour-long debate on Wednesday. The Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2017, seeks to ban 16 practices including human torture in the guise of religious rituals and

Mangaluru, Nov 22: Low cost airline IndiGo has decided to launch flight services on the Chennai- Mangaluru and Hyderabad-Mangaluru sectors on December 21 with aircraft from Avions De Transport Regional (ATR). With a view to venturing into regional connectivity, IndiGo signed an agreement with ATR for 50 aircraft and took the delivery of its first ATR 72-600 in Toulouse, France, on Friday. This

Belagavi, Nov 22: The state government is taking measures to close down industrial units that are discharging effluents into the water bodies in Bengaluru, Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology Ramanath Rai said on Wednesday. Replying to Congress' P R Ramesh in the Legislative Council, he said directions have been issued to withdraw power supply connections to such units as the first step

Bengaluru, Nov 22: A 27-year-old software engineer allegedly jumped from 10th floor from her office building at Cessna Tech Park near Marathhalli in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The deceased is identified as Geethanjali, a native of Goa, who was working in Adva Optical networking, a software company. The body of Geethanjali was found lying on the ground at around 11: 30 a.m. Whitefield police have

Belagavi, Nov 22: The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has directed the Home department to arrest Bengaluru-based tabloid journalists Ravi Belagere and Anil Raj following a House resolution sentencing them to one-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 for breach of privilege. The Assembly Secretariat sent a letter to the Home department on Tuesday night, after the Legislative Assembly unanimously

Mangaluru, Nov 22: A kindergarten student was killed and a few others suffered injuries when a speeding pickup truck rammed into the auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling. The incident took place on Wednesday morning at Barya village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The victim has been identified as Mohammad Sanaz, son of Abdul Kareem. He was an LKG student at Munavvara

Mangaluru, Nov 22: A private bus carrying passengers from Mangaluru to Bengaluru was gutted in a fire near Hassan early morning on Wednesday. An alert driver succeeded in saving the lives of 30 passengers by stopping the vehicle as soon as he noticed sparks and forcing them to get down the vehicle. The incident happened around 4 am when the passengers were in deep sleep. The driver noticed sparks

Abu Dhabi, Nov 22: Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan inaugurated the first National Festival of Tolerance through an evening of harmony, diversity and heritage between the UAE and India organized by the Ministry of Tolerance in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of India and the Indian Business and Professional Group in Abu Dhabi recently. The event took place at Umm Al Emarat Park and