Karnataka

Madikeri, Jan 23: A coffee plantation owner was killed in an elephant attack at Balangala in Virajpet taluk of Kodagu district on Sunday. The victim, Ravi Kalaiah, was on his morning walk when the elephant attacked him. Senior forest officials said Mr. Kalaiah died on the spot. As the news spread, there was tension in the village and people launched a flash protest complaining of rise in man

Belagavi, Jan 23: A police team, led by Gokak DSP E S Veerabhadraiah, has confiscated weapons allegedly used by BJP MLA Bharamagouda Kage and his family members to attack Congress worker Vivek Shetty from Ugar Khurd village. Cops took the three accused Sidagouda Kage, Bahubali Chougala and Prasad Kage to the residence of Kage and warehouse belonging to Vivek Shetty. The team recovered knife and

Vijayawada, Jan 23: Majeti Bharat (34), a software engineer working in the U.S., has reportedly committed suicide by jumping into the Krishna river. He came to India a few days ago and was stated to be in severe depression over his job security. Bharat, a native of Mangalagiri, married a woman of Hanumanpet in Vijayawada and the couple have a one-year-old boy. He had been working in a software

Mangaluru, Jan 23: A first PU student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of a college hostel in Kumaraswamy Layout on Sunday afternoon. The police identified the deceased as Jahanulla Alam, 18, a native of Mumbai who was studying commerce at Dayananda Sagar College. The incident occurred even as his hostel mates made frantic attempts to stop him, the police said. The

Kalaburagi, Jan 23: State BJP?president B?S?Yeddyurappa on Sunday said the Sangolli Rayanna Brigade will not be accepted by the party at any cost. Speaking to journalists before attending the two-day BJP state executive meeting which concluded here on Sunday, Yeddyurappa said, “Anti-party activities are being carried out in the name of Sangolli Rayanna Brigade and that will affect the party's

Belagavi, Jan 23: Tension prevailed for a while on Kanabargi Road here after a goods vehicle transporting cattle meat was set on fire by unidentified miscreants on Sunday evening. According to sources, the meat was being illegally transported to a processing unit at Auto Nagar here from Gokak. Around five to six youths stopped the vehicle, poured kerosene over it and set it on fire. The front

Mangaluru, Jan 22: Sixteenth week of cleanliness drives of the 400 Abhiyans being organized by Ramakrishna Mission, Mangaluru took off on Sunday, the January 22 at 7 different venues in Mangaluru taluk. 186 Yeyyadi- Meryhill – Members of Friends Forever team took up the cleanliness drive in Maryhill & Airport road. Swami Jitakamanandaji & Sri Ashok Hegde jointly flagged off the drive. Under the

New Delhi, Jan 22: Probe agencies like CBI and NIA have found themselves in a piquant situation following demonetisation of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes and have been taking varying stands in different courts on whether to keep the seized crime money with them to safeguard evidence or deposit the currency to save them from becoming worthless. The dilemma is simultaneously bothering the accused as

Mangaluru, Jan 22: Taking a leaf out of the pro- jallikattu protests in Tamil Nadu, organisers of Kambala (buffalo race) today decided to hold a massive demonstration in Mangaluru next week, demanding lifting of the ban on the traditional sport. President of the Kambala Committee Ashok Rai said they have decided to hold the demonstration next week in which about 50,000 persons, including

New Delhi, Jan 22: New US President Donald Trump's 'Buy American-hire American' rallying cry has put the USD 150- billion Indian IT industry on edge, which is in wait-and-watch mode to see how the new administration evolves policies around outsourcing and movement of skilled workers. India hopes to have a meaningful engagement with the US, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said