Karnataka

Belagavi, Apr 16: In a shocking incident, a 34-year-old drunkard was bitten to death by a pack of stray dogs at Bailhongal bus stand in Belagavi district. The deceased has been identified as Imam Saab Kittur. He had heavily drunk and collapsed on the footpath on Thursday night when 15 dogs attacked him. The incident came to light when police inspector Sanganagouda Patil on his night rounds saw a

Bengaluru, Apr 16: Bengaluru consumes more petrol than any other city in India except Delhi. It comes third in diesel consumption. According to Indian Oil, while Delhi bought 12.66 lakh kilo litres (KL) in 2016-17, Bengaluru bought 8.44 lakh KL. Where diesel is concerned, Mumbai topped the list with a consumption of 1.11 crore KL, followed by Delhi with 13.77 lakh KL. In the same period, Bengaluru

New Delhi, Apr 16: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who met Congress president Sonia Gandhi here on Saturday to apprise her of the party’s victory in the bypolls, has ruled out the possibility of the Congress forging an alliance with the JD(S) for the Assembly polls next year. He told reporters, “Though the JD(S)’ decision not to field candidates in the byelections helped our candidates, we don’t plan

Bengaluru, Apr 16: The BJP, it seems, has not given up on Nanjangud and Gundlupet despite losing the byelection battle to the Congress. It has realised that keeping the 2018 Assembly elections in view, it is worth keeping party workers enthusiastic. BJP state president B?S?Yeddyurappa and local leaders will address party workers in Gundlupet town around 11.30 am on Monday and at around 4 pm move

Udupi, Apr 15: Following a public outcry, Udupi SP K T Balakrishna revoked the suspension of M S Prakash, a constable attached to Malpe police station and transferred him to Karkala police station. Prakash was suspended from services on April 8 for allegedly beating up Kumar, an employee of a fishnet factory owned by district minister Pramod Madhwaraj. Balakrishna, however, said that the on-going

Mangaluru, Apr 15: The renovated building of city’s historic government Lady Goschen Hospital will be inaugurated in August, according to former Union Minister M Veerappa Moily. He was speaking to reporters on Saturday after inspecting ongoing works on the hospital premises as well as University College, Mangaluru. The inauguration of renovated hospital has so far missed many deadlines, including

Mandya, Apr 15: In a startling revelation, rebel JD(S) MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan has said that it was former chief minister H D Kumarasway who encouraged the party MLAs to vote in favour of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha elections held last year. As many as eight JD(S) MLAs including Zameer Ahmed had indulged in ‘cross-voting’ in the biennial election Rajya Sabha elections held in June 2016. As a

New Delhi, Apr 15: A Muslim police constable, under suspension for the last five years pending disciplinary action for not adhering to Maharashtra State Reserve Police Force's no-beard policy, has rejected the Supreme Court's offer for his reinstatement if he agreed to keep his beard only during religious periods. Zahiroddin Shamsoddin Bedade was appointed as a constable in State Reserve Police

Mumbai, Apr 15: Eight students of an engineering college from Karnataka, out on a picnic, drowned in the Arabian sea off the Vayri coast in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district today, the police said. The students from Maratha Engineering College in Belagavi had gone to swim in the sea, it said. The deceased, five boys and three girls, were part of a group of 47 students. Around 30 of them had gone

New Delhi, Apr 15: Commuters at the busy Rajiv Chowk metro station in central Delhi’s Connaught Place were left shocked when a pornographic clip allegedly played out on an LED screen installed on a platform on April 9. The screen used to display advertisements allegedly started playing a porn video all of a sudden and lasted less than a minute. While some passed by the screen in usual hurry, many