Karnataka

Udupi, Oct 19: The Udupi district police have registered a double murder and murder attempt case against one of the two survivors in alleged family suicide pact case reported from Byndoor, wherein two children lost their lives. The case of the alleged suicide bid of a family in Byndoor, Udupi, took a curious on Tuesday with the police registering cases of murder and attempt to murder against

Kasargod, Oct 19: Y Nandagokula, 55, headmaster of the Kachampady Government Lower Primary School, allegedly committed suicide at his residence at Perla under mysterious circumstances. The incident came to light on Monday afternoon at a time when his wife, a bank employee, had gone to work, the Badiadukka police said. The death under mysterious circumstances came to the fore after the woman, who

Bengaluru, Oct 19: As India discusses afresh its afforestation plans costing an estimated $6billion through the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015, 'detected' illegal felling has claimed at least 11 lakh trees in three years across 15 states and two Union territories (UTs). Another 53% of India—there are 29 states and seven UTs in the country—has not reported any cases on record, but

Bengaluru, Oct 19: Reacting to the Supreme Court order directing Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu till further orders, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said there was no water in the state's reservoirs. "There is no water at our reservoirs, I have not yet seen the order copy. I will speak to the advocates after going through the order copy," he told

Hubballi, Oct 19: The brutal murder of a 23-year-old woman, which shook Hubballi on May 30, 2015, was committed by none other than her boyfriend who took inspiration from Kannada thrillerDrishya'(remake of Malayalam film Drishyam, starring Mohanlal) to create an alibi and evade arrest for more than a year, police have said. Arun Shivalingappa Patil, 24, now pursuing PhD in agriculture, had decided

Bengaluru, Oct 19: A day after seniorBJP leader Suresh Kumar called for RSS workers to be allowed to carry licenced arms, his party colleague and former ministerShobha Karandlaje went a step further, demanding permission for activists of the entire Sangh Parivar to carry authorised weapons. Karandlaje was in Shivajinagar, attending the funeral of Rudresh R, the RSS leader who was killed by two

Mangaluru, Oct 18: The second week of 9 cleanliness drives of the 400 abhiyans being organized by Ramakrishna Mission, Mangaluru took off last Sunday at 9 different venues in the city. About 700 volunteers took active part in these drives. Kodialbail – Members of Prerana Team under the leadership of Sri Sadananda Upadhyaya took up the cleanliness drive near PVS Circle. Swami Purnakamanandaji &

Mahasamund, Oct 18: A BJP leader's son and his two friends have been arrested in Chhattisgarh for the alleged gang-rape of a woman inside a moving car last week. The 36-year-old woman was assaulted last Tuesday in the Mahasamund district, some 75 km from state capital Raipur. The police say the woman was taken away from behind her house on Tuesday night. She was with her sister when the accused

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Karnataka government to release 2000 cusecs of Cauvery water per day to Tamil Nadu till further order. The bench passed the order after hearing the report submitted by its high level panel. The panel in its 40-page report has noted that farmers in both states were in severe distress and adequate crop compensation must be provided to them

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 18: Members of the National Commission for Minorities have criticised the report of National Human Rights Commission on the alleged migration of several families from Kairana in Shamli district, saying people had left the town for their businesses. Talking reporters here last evening, two members of the minorities panel Praveen Davar and Farida Abdulla Khan said the report of