Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sep 15: Frustrated over the non-cooperation by the Facebook in cases of derogatory posts, Mangaluru city police chief has hinted at waging a legal battle against the social media giant. The city police have sent three notices to Facebook authorities, including in the recent case of derogatory Facebook post on?goddess Durgaparameshwari, the presiding deity of a temple in Kateel on the

Mangaluru/Bengaluru, Sep 15: Moderate to heavy rain lashed several parts of Karnataka including Mangaluru and neighboring coastal districts last night. In some parts of the state incessant rains started lashing on Tuesday and continued till last night. Mangaluru region, which experienced drizzling for some time on Wednesday received heavy rains in the wee hours. Incessant rain, which started

Bengaluru, Sep 15: Tur dal will soon be sold through the public distribution system at subsidised rates across the state. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to the Department of Food and Civil Supplies to provide one kg of tur dal to BPL families through PDS. The launch date is yet to be decided. Food and Civil?Supplies Minister U?T?Khader said at present, foodgrains

Bengaluru, Sep 14: Karnataka government today said it would try to convince the Supreme Court about "ground realities" and difficulties faced by people for water in the Cauvery basin when the matter related to release of the river water to Tamil Nadu comes up for next hearing on September 20. "We will reiterate and request with folded hands before the Supreme Court that Karnataka is facing water

Kasargod, Sep 14: Twenty-two Keralites, including six women and three children, who were reported missing in June this year, have reportedly reached the bastion of Islamic State terror operations in Afghanistan, officials of National Investigation Agency said. These people, who went missing from Kasargod and Palakkad districts of the State, had left the country from Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai

Mangaluru, Sep 14: The Nethravati Rakshana Samyukta Samiti, a forum of various organisations that are fighting against Yettinahole river diversion project, on Wednesday performed prayers at different religious centres in and around Mangaluru seeking divine intervention for a favourable verdict by National Green Tribunal (NGT). As many as four petitions against the controversial project are due for

Mangaluru, Sep 1: More than three weeks after a hidden was found inside a women's toilet on Mangalore University campus, the police have managed to arrest the main accused in the case. The arrested has been identified as Santosh M (22), a second year student of M.Sc. in Marine Geology. Mangaluru City Police Commissioner M Chandra Sekhar on Wednesday told media persons that the accused has

Mangaluru, Sep 14: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of the Raita Morcha of Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday staged a demonstration in Mangaluru urging the chief minister Siddaramaiah led Karnataka government to fulfil various demands of the farmers. The protesters, who gathered in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner in the city, held Mr Siddaramaiah completely responsible for the

Bengaluru, Sep 14: Curfew has been lifted in Bengaluru as normalcy returned on Wednesday, two days after violence shook the country's tech hub in protest against the release of Cauvery river water by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu, police said. "We have lifted curfew from all the 16 police station limits in the city's northwest and southwest suburbs as the situation is under control and normalcy has

Bengaluru, Sep 14: Normalcy returned to the violence-hit city today after a day of uneasy calm following large-scale violence over the raging Cauvery water sharing row with neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Transport vehicles were back in service and shops and establishments functioned normally, senior police officials said, adding, adequate measures have been taken to prevent occurrence of untoward