Karnataka

Haveri, Jun 13: Semi-naked farmers took out a protest rally in the town on Monday. The farmers, dressed only in shorts and neem leaves, went in a procession from the Murugharajendra Mutt to the Hosamani Siddappa Circle. One of the farmers, Chandrappa Guttur from Airani in Ranebennur taluk in the district, tried to commit suicide by consuming poison at Hosamani Siddappa Circle. Kalappa Lamani, a

Bengaluru, Jun 13: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday virtually received a pat on his back from Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal for providing “good administration”. Addressing the extended KPCC general body meeting, Rahul said Siddaramaiah had been doing a good job as the chief minister. “The chief minister has concern for the

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jun 12: Normal life was not affected despite the Karnataka bandh call given by several pro-Kannada organisations in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts on Monday. The organisations had given a call for the bandh seeking implementation of irrigation projects and other their demands. Private buses operated as usual while transactions were were not affected by the bandh call

Chandigarh, Jun 12: A porn clip played in full glare before a BSF battalion in Punjab, comprising women personnel among others, on Sunday left the authorities red-faced. The BSF has ordered a probe into the incident. The nearly one-minute porn video clip was played on the projector through a laptop of an officer who was entrusted the job of making the presentation before the audience. The incident

Mangaluru, Jun 12: More than two weeks after he received his transfer order, M Chandra Sekhar on Monday formally bid adieu to the city of Mangaluru as another senior police officer T R Suresh took over the reins of the coastal Karnataka only city police commissionerate. Suresh, who was serving as the DIG of Fire Services so far vowed to continue the good programmes introduced by the outgoing top

Mangaluru, Jun 12: KMC Hospitals revamped its emergency medical department to offer world class treatments to the people of Mangaluru. Owing to rapid expansion of the city, increasing population and foreseeing the need to provide quicker and better services. Off late the hospital has also been witnessing an increasing number of road accident cases in the age group of 18- 40 years which is mainly

Bengaluru, Jun 12: Mystery shrouds the death of a 22-year-old man who his friends say was fatally stabbed by a chain-snatcher while trying to catch him on Kaggadasapura Main Road in eastern Bengaluru on Saturday night.chainsnatcher Sai Charan and his three friends were on their way to a wedding ceremony in Kaggadasapura when they saw two men on a motorcycle accosting a woman around 10.30 pm. The

Mangaluru, Jun 12: Taking on his political rivals who accused him of misusing his powers by distributing notebooks with his picture to students in his constituency, Mangaluru North MLA Mohiuddin Bava has said that he would continue the tradition of free distribution from his personal money next year too. In a complaint to Legislative Assembly Speaker KB Koliwad, BJP Mangaluru North Block president

Bengaluru, Jun 12: The state-wide bandh called by pro-Kannada organisations on Monday (June 12, 2017) to press for their charter of demands is not having any major impact on Bengaluru. Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses are running as scheduled in the city on Monday, so there will no major impact on transport services. Namma metro is

Panaji, Jun 12: The Goa Congress on Sunday criticised state Shiv Sena president Shivprasad Joshi for praising the right wing Sri Ram Sene and stating that many people in neighbouring Karnataka cannot sing complete national anthem.shivsena On Saturday, Joshi had said that though Goans are patriots, many people in Karnataka do not even know how to sing the national anthem. The Sena leader had also