Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 23: The Election Commission has placed an order to purchase 16.15 lakh voter verifiable paper audit trail machines which could be used during the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 to impart a greater degree of transparency to the poll process. On Friday, the Election Commission issued letters of intent to two public sector undertakings – Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) and

Bengaluru, Apr 23: A six-year-old boy, who underwent a surgery in a private hospital in the city, earlier this week, died doe to the alleged overdose of anaesthesia by the doctors. Santosh, who was diagnosed with a lump-like growth in his nose, underwent surgery at Annayya Health Care in HSR Layout in Bengaluru. He was the only child of the couple residing in Ejipura. On Friday morning, Santosh

Mangaluru, Apr 23: Chamrajpete MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan, who was suspended by the JD(S) last year along with seven other rebel MLAs, has announced that he would join Congress party before the next assembly polls. Responding to the queries of media persons in Mangaluru on Saturday, the former minister said that he will be contesting from Congress in the 2018 polls. "I will be contesting as a Congress

New Delhi, Apr 23: It appears singer Sonu Nigam absolutely loves to court controversy, or to be in the spotlight, or both. Early in the morning today, he posted on Twitter a recording of an 'azaan', a call for Muslims to attend namaz in the mosque. This one, too, was broadcast. Nigam doesn't say in his tweet where he recorded this particular 'azaan' from and on what day. All he says is "Good

Karwar, Mar 23: Police have arrested three women after seizing demonetized currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 at Majali checkpost on Karwar-Goa border. The arrested are Jayashree Hanumanth Gowli, Bhavani and Meenakshi, all from Mundgod town. The total value of the seized notes was Rs 1.30 crore, police said. The money was being transported from Goa to Mundgod town in Uttara Kannada district

Mangaluru, Apr 23: In a tragic incident, a youth got swept out to sea after being struck by a wave while he was washing his legs at a beach in Ullal in Mangaluru taluk on Sunday. The victim has been identified as Mohammed Haneef (32), a painter by profession and a resident of Masthikatte area in Ullal. According to sources he stepped into the sea to wash his legs after playing a cricket match at a

Mangaluru, Apr 23: Reiterating that it was JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy who instigated the party rebels to indulge in cross voting in recent biennial polls to Rajya Sabha, Chamrajpete MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan has invited the former chief minister for a vow in front of the idol of Manjunatheshwara in Dharmasthala. The cross voting by the rebel JD(S) candidates in favor of the Congress

Belagavi, Apr 23: Rescue operations are on in full swing at Junjarwad village in Athani taluk of Belagavi district where a six-year-old girl fell into an open borewell on Saturday. The girl identified as Kaveri Ajit Madar fell into the disused borewell while she was reportedly playing near it along with another child. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. on the farmland of Shankar Hipparagi. Her

Kasaragod, Apr 23: He got ejected out of vehicle in the accident while passing through bridge on Chandragiri river The driver of a fish-ladden truck was drowned in the Chandragiri river here after he got ejected out of the vehicle when it overturned while passing through the State Highway bridge in the early hours of Saturday. The incident occurred around 5 a.m. as Nassermon, 38, the truck driver

New Delhi, Apr 23: The Supreme Court was appalled to find a couple from Bengaluru fighting as many as 67 cases against each other. A software engineer holding a US citizenship has filed 58 cases against his wife. For her part, the wife, now living in Bengaluru, has filed nine cases against him. The cases cover a variety of charges, from dowry harassment and domestic violence to contempt of court