Karnataka

Chennai, June 24: A young woman, working in the IT major Infosys, was brutally hacked to death at Nungambakkam railway station in Chennai on Friday morning. The incident took place around 6.30 am when she was waiting to board train for work. The victim was identified by police sources as S Swathi, unmarried and aged 24, and a resident of South Gangai Amman Koil Street, Choolaimedu, a congested

Bengaluru, Jun 24: Infighting among senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka has come to fore once again with K S Eshwarappa, the former state unit president of the party, criticising B S Yeddiyurappa, the incumbent chief of the party's state unit for his unilateral decisions. Addressing media persons in Bidra, the Kuruba Gowda community leaders expressed displeasure at the way in

Mangaluru, Jun 24: More than three months after a prominent RTI activist was brutally murdered in the coastal city, the police on Thursday filed a 770-page chargesheet at the Third JMFC court here in the case. The chargesheet filed under Section 302 of IPC mentions Naresh Shenoy alias NaMo Naresh as the prime accused, who is absconding. The police have so far arrested six persons pertaining to the

Ballari, June 24: The Karnataka State Women's Commission has issued a notice to Ballari Superintendent of Police, R?Chethan, to appear before it on June 30 in connection with the complaint filed by former deputy superintendent of police, Anupama Shenoy. According to the complaint, the subordinate officers were instructed to register a complaint against only two persons in connection with the

Bengaluru, June 24: Pursuing a medical or dental course in private colleges in Karnataka will get dearer, as the fees have been hiked substantially this year. Under the government-CET quota in private colleges, there has been a hike of 28% to 29% in fees for MBBS and BDS seats. On the other hand, the ComedK fees for MBBS seats is up by 35% and BDS seats by 41%. This means a student, who has got an

Madikeri, Jun 24: A mighty wild elephant has been shot dead at a coffee estate in Sulugodu village in Kodagu district by unidentified miscreants. The postmortem of the pachyderm has confirmed that the death was due to gunshot. It is learnt that the elephant was shot to death on Tuesday. The body was shifted through a crane after a tamed elephant's prolonged effort drag the body out of the estate

Mangaluru, Jun 23: A case has been registered at Moodbidri police station against a suspected Hindutva activist for posting an extremely insensitive and communal comment on the Facebook regarding the death of eight school children in a road accident at Trasi in Kundapur. The comment posted from the Facebook account of Shankar Prasad read:?“Sattavarella Christaralla, Namagenu Bidi” (All those who

Udupi, June 23: A pall of gloom descended over the Gangolli and Tallur villages when the coffins of eight schoolchildren killed in Tuesday's accident at Trasi were brought inside the church premises to perform their last rites. Thousands of people took part in the ceremonies at the Gangolli and Tallur churches, amidst heavy rain, to bid the children a final adieu. While the last rites of Calista

Udupi, Jun 23: A 49-year-old man from Hejamadi in Udupi taluk, who had to quit his job in Middle East due to heart ailment, is in dire need of financial assistance for his treatment. Anwar Ahmed, son of Ahmed Beary, a resident of NN Manzil, NS Road, Hejamadi, had been working in Gulf as a heavy vehicle driver. Due to the heart ailment he had to return to India and undergo a surgery nearly six

Bengaluru, Jun 23: BJP leader and former MLA of Mudigere constituency came under fire after the Karnataka State Women's Commission took up a suo motu case against him for assaulting his wife publicly at Legislators' Home (LH) here on Thursday. The accused M.P. Kumaraswamy assaulted his wife Savitha and hurled abuses at her after she came in search of him and created a ruckus at LH. Commission