Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 20: This year too, dozens of people, a majority of them children, suffered eye injuries during Diwali celebrations, in spite of massive awareness drives about the ill-effects of firecrackers. However, compared to previous years, this year the number of people visiting hospital for firecracker-related eye injuries was a bit less. In Bengaluru city alone over three dozen people

Bengaluru, Oct 20: Kannada film actor Darshan Thoogudeepa hit the headlines during Diwali thanks to an award presented to him in the United Kingdom. Many television channels and daily news papers in Karnataka reported that the Sandalwood star was officially honoured by the British parliament. Some Kannada TV news channels went on to claim that he was the fourth Indian and first South Indian to be

Bengaluru, Oct 20: At a time when engineering colleges are struggling to stay afloat and engineering graduates are wandering jobless the Department of Technical Education (DTE) has proposed starting 17 new government engineering colleges. The proposals were sent to the government between April 2016 and May 2017. Of the 17, ten new colleges are proposed in north Karnataka, with districts such as

Bengaluru, Oct 20: Following a high court order, the Bengaluru Urban district administration has served notices on Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, SN Hospital and owners of 69 other properties for encroaching on government land at Ideal Home township in Rajarajeshwari Nagar. Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner V Shankar said: “The high court asked us to give the property owners a chance to

Bengaluru, Oct 20: Police have finally arrested a business management graduate in connection with two raids wherein he along with his accomplices had allegedly looted two offices by posing as an IPS officer nearly a month ago. Dressed up as an additional police commissioner, the 30-year-old unemployed youth ‘raided’ a high-end car show-room and a well-known listings service. He and his accomplice

Bengaluru, Oct 20: The Federation of All-India Tulu Associations will hold World Tulu Literature and Cultural Convention 2018 in Bengaluru on January 13 and 14, 2018. It will be organised at Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Central College premises, Mysuru Bank Circle in the city. General Association secretary Nitte Shashidhar Shetty recently told presspersons that the federation would urge the Union

Mangaluru, Oct 20: As many as 14 college students have been arrested by the police in this coastal city for consuming cannabis in a day. The arrests were made as part of a special anti-narcotics drive carried out to detect and book youths for using ganja. Acting on a tip off, a joint team of Anti Rowdy Squad of Central Sub Division and Urwa Police raided two city colleges on Thursdayand arrested

Dubai: Kannadigas in association with Shreelalitha Events and Ventura Resources are geared up for the musical extravaganza ‘Kannada Kogilegala Sangeetha Sangama 2017’ at Sheikh Rashid Auditorium, The Indian High School, Oud Maitha Road, Dubai. The programme will commence at around 5 p.m. on Friday, October 20. Well-known playback singer from Sandalwood ‘Maadhurya Swara Sarvabhama’ Rajesh Krishnan

Kasaragod, Oct 20: A Border Security Force jawan was found dead hanging at his residence at Aninjha, near Uduma, on Thursday. The police suspect it to be a case of suicide. E. Chandran, 34, is the son of M. Narayanan, a resident of Mottammal, police sources said here. Chandran, posted at a BSF camp in Pune, came home two days ago and the motive behind the extreme step was not immediately known

Chitradurga, Oct 20: Two youths lost their lives while another suffered severe injuries in a ‘selfie tragedy’ that occurred at Bandravi Reserve Forest Range, Megalakanive near Ramapur in Molakalmuru taluk of Chitradurga district on Thursday. Police identified the deceased as Venkatesh (24) son of Thippeswamy and Honnurswamy (23) son of Basvaraj of Rampur village of the taluk. The other injured