Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 20: Nine persons were killed in separate accidents near Devarabelakere in Harihar taluk in?Davangere district, near Madhurakhandi Cross in Jamakhandi taluk in Bagalkot district and near the railway station in Sedam in Kalaburagi district. Three persons, including a three-year-old child of a family killed on the spot when the bike, in which they were travelling, was knocked down by

Dharwad, Oct 20: The Dharwad rural police on?Wednesday filed a charge sheet in the JMFC court,?Navalgund against those who had staged a protest opposing the interim order of the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal. People in Navalgund had, from July 27 to 29, staged a protest, which later took a violent turn. The BSNL office, tahsildar's office and the court complex were set ablaze, causing large

Madikeri, Oct 20: Somwarpet JMFC Court has posted the hearing on a private complaint against former MP and Congress leader Ramya to December 29. Ramya is facing a private complaint in the court seeking action on sedition and other charges for “insulting” Indian patriots by her remark that “Pakistan is not hell.” Advocate Katnamane Vittal had filed a private complaint in the court. Judge

Kasargod, Oct 19: Two men have been arrested for withdrawing Rs.39,000 from a woman's bank account using an ATM card she lost during a bus journey. She had jotted down the PIN on the card's envelop. The arrested include Vinod, 38, one of the crew members of the bus. He and his friend Mohammed Irfan, 19, both residents of Kanhangad, were arrested by a police team led by Bedakam Sub-Inspector T.K

Bengaluru, Oct 19: Karnataka government today said it would stick to the Supreme Court direction to the state to release 2,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu till further orders."We will stick to the Supreme Court order. I want to say no more than that," Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra told reporters on the sidelines of a media briefing on cabinet meeting.The Supreme

Mangaluru, Oct 19: Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik has asked those who oppose the implementation of Uniform Civil Code in India to go to Pakistan. The hardline Hindutva leader, who was in the city on Wednesday for a hearing in a local court, told media persons that the union government should abolish Muslim Personal Law in India. “No Indian should oppose Union Civil Code. No other country in

Bengaluru, Oct 19: The wedding invitation of Former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy's daughter Bramhani has gone viral. The invitation, for the November wedding comes in a blue box, which has an elaborate setup including an LCD screen playing a video. The video has the whole family singing along to a song written specially for the wedding, while text announces "Bramhani Weds Rajeev Reddy"

You might have come across instances of some television channels trying to malign some individuals by running ‘out-of-context’ and ‘doctored’ video clips of their speeches. In the age of social media, common man too has learnt the art of fooling people by spreading edited video clips. This time an out-of-context video clip of a television interview of veteran Bollywood actor Om Puri has gone viral

Riyadh, Oct 19: A Saudi prince was executed in Riyadh on Tuesday after a court found him guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi national, official media reported, in a rare example of a ruling family member subjected to the death penalty in the modern world. Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir had pleaded guilty to shooting Adel al-Mohaimeed after a brawl, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement

Udupi, Oct 19: Criticising fisheries minister Pramod Madhwaraj for calling Rama, Krishna and Valmiki non-vegetarians, Udupi district president Mattar Ratnakar Hegde claimed that the former's statement is aimed at appeasing beef eaters. Speaking to media persons here, Mr Hegde said that Mr Madhwaraj's comments were completely irresponsible and untimely. “He should be held responsible for everything