Karnataka

Mysuru, Aug 19: A 21-year-old pharmacy student has allegedly ended his life by hanging at his home in Sri Shivarathreshwara Nagar in north Mysuru. Pavan Kumar, 21, has left a suicide note before hanging himself in his room on the first floor of the house after dinner on Monday. His parents got to know about the incident when they went to wake him up early on Tuesday. In the note, Pavan said that

Diwali or Deepavali, the festival of lights, sees millions attend firework displays, prayers and celebratory events across the world every autumn. Celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains for a variety of reasons, the main theme is the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. Also known as Deepavali, a Sanskrit word meaning “rows of lighted lamps”, it is one of the most popular Hindu

Mangaluru, Oct 18: As many as seven youths have been arrested by the sleuths of City Crime Branch of Mangaluru City Police for consuming ganja. The arrests were made as part of a special anti-narcotics drive carried out to detect and book youths for using ganja. Based on a tip off that a group of youths were using ganja at a vacant plot near a place of worship at Bajjodi 2nd Cross Road under

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Noted film actor Prakash Raj today joined the protest being staged by theatre personality Prasanna against the imposition of GST on handmade products. Prasanna is on indefinite hunger strike for the last five days demanding total waiver of GST on handmade products, saying it would cause the collapse of the rural economy. Raj, who spoke to a private news channel from the stage

Mysuru, Oct 18: ATMs dispensing damaged notes has become very common post demonetisation across India. A resident of Mysuru received damaged notes worth Rs 7,500 when he tried to withdraw money from an ATM in Mysuru. Raju Rathnakar was shocked to get mutilated and coloured notes when he withdrew Rs 18,000 from an SBI ATM at Vidyaranyapuram in the city. He claimed 15 currency notes of Rs 500

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 18: Hitting back at the BJP over the issue of political violence in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleged that some Union ministers and chief ministers who joined its padayatra had tried to vitiate the harmony in the state with their 'provocative statements'. Reacting sharply to BJP leaders' remarks that the Left party was responsible for the political violence in

Mangaluru:, Oct 18: A resident of Kavoor in Mangaluru, was defrauded of around Rs 1 lakh after a stranger pretending to be a bank executive called him and took his one-time password (OTP) multiple times a couple of days ago. On October 15, the victim Ravi received a call on his cellphone from number 9771327694 and the person speaking in Hindi introduced himself as a bank executive. The caller told

Udupi, Oct 18: Strongly opposing the separation of Lingayat community from Hindu religion, Paryaya Pejawar Mutt chief pontiff Vishwesha Teertha Swami said that worshipping Hindu god Shiva is part of Lingayat-Veerashaiva tradition. Speaking to media persons on the eve of Diwali, the seer said that in his opinion though there were two traditions (Lingayat and Veerashaiva) in the Lingayat community

Mangaluru, Oct 18: B V Moolimani, Assistant Superintendent of Belagavi Central Prison, conducted an inquiry into a complaint by People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) accusing the District Prison staff of not taking proper care of Ahmed Qureshi, an accused in two attempt to murder cases, lodged in the jail. PUCL office-bearers gave a representation to the DG & IGP in May 2017 on this. Mr

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Former chief minister and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy has clarified that his party will not field either his nephew Prajwal Revanna or his wife Anitha Kumaraswamy in the upcoming Assembly elections. Addressing the media in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy said that only two members of the H D Deve Gowda family — he and his brother H D Revanna — would contest the elections. He