Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 3: Despite of a ban imposed by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board on Plaster of Paris (PoP) Ganesha idols, nearly 1.50 lakh such “banned gods” have been immersed in various lakes across Bengaluru city during recent Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Officials of the KSPCB said that over one third of the Ganesha idols immersed in the city's lakes this time are PoP idols. Over 2.65

Udupi, Oct 3: Two brothers aged 26 and 30 years lost their lives when a speeding bus rammed into their auto-rickshaw at Shivapura near Hebri village in Karkala taluk of Udupi district. Police said that younger brother Guruprasad (26) was riding the ill-fated auto rickshaw while elder brother Vasant was sitting on passenger seat. The tragedy occurred on Sunday near a bridge when the two brothers

Hubbali, Oct 3: Bellary Tuskers are the champions of the fifth edition of the Karbonn Karnataka Premiere League T20 tournament. They played a brilliant brand of T20 cricket to defeat Hubli Tigers in the final at the KSCA Stadium in Rajnagar in front of a sell-out crowd on Sunday night. Tuskers today were in brilliant form. They played to a plan and shifted their game to a higher gear to slam local

Mangaluru, Oct 3: Dozens of people who were hospitalised after consuming fish curry and fry in Ullal, Deralakatte and surrounding areas of Mangaluru taluk a couple of days ago, were discharged after recuperating. Medical sources said that a few of the food poisoning victims who were in a critical condition on Saturday are now out of danger moved out of intensive care unit. Nearly 200 workers of

Kasargod, Oct 3: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed to have busted a terror module in Kerala and arrested six youths belonging to Muslim community. A senior NIA official told media persons that as many as arrested six members of a fresh terror module, allegedly inspired by the Islamic State (IS), were arrested on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Manseed alias Omar Al

Mangaluru, Oct 2: Dismissing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party's Congress-free India' slogan as foolishness, freedom fighter Seraje K P Madan Master on Sunday said that political parties should not go away from the preachings and ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. He was speaking after being felicitated during the Gandhi Jayanti celebrations outside the Town Hall the 99-year-old

Mangaluru, Oct 2: A 23-year-old man was killed on Saturday when he was allegedly walking on a railway track with his earphones plugged in at Kundabarangady village of Kundapur taluk in Udupi district. The deceased has been identified as Jagat Hegde, son of Kishore Kumar Hegde. He was working at a software firm in Bengaluru and had come to Kundabarandadi to drop his grandmother Chandralekha Hegde

Mangaluru, Oct 2: With a pledge to give a complete makeover to this coastal city, Ramakrishna Mutt and Ramakrishna Mission, Mangaluru, launched the third phase of massive cleanliness drive on the day of Gandhi Jayanthi on Sunday. The abhiyan, lasting 10 months, would witness participation by nearly 4,000 volunteers in about 400 drives every Sunday, meaning 10 simultaneous drives every Sunday

New Delhi, Oct 2: The crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be chief guest for the Republic Day celebrations in January, 2017. Tweeting his acceptance, Mohammed bin Zayed said, "Our strong relations are deeply rooted in history; our strategic cooperation has increased, driven by our mutual aspirations to develop it." The Indian invitation, which went out early this

Bengaluru, Oct 2: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said the state was the "victim" and not the villain in the Cauvery river water dispute as it was being portrayed by some people. "Some people at the national and international levels are saying Karnataka is not releasing water to Tamil Nadu. In a way, they are suggesting as if Karnataka is the villain. But, in reality, the state has