Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 7: A reformed thief plans to visit around 260 houses across Karnataka to say sorry to their owners for having robbed them of valuables over the last 30 years. Basavaraj Ningappa Belagajjari, 46, wants to help them get back the valuables he stole. He arrived in Bengaluru from Yalagavi in North Karnataka on Friday for the purpose. Belagajjari walked 450km to reach here carrying an

Washington, May 7: Social pressures are forcing people to cut back on their sleep, contributing to a "global sleep crisis," according to a new study based on research collected through a smartphone app. It enabled scientists from the University of Michigan to track sleep patterns around the world -- gathering data about how age, gender and the amount of natural light to which people are exposed

Udupi, May 7: Nalini Pradeep and Rajendra P of the Bharatiya Janata Party have been elected unopposed as president and vice-president of the Udupi Taluk Panchayat, respectively. Udupi taluk panchayat has 41 members, of which 27 are from the BJP and 14 from Congress. The post of president was reserved for general category women while that of vice-president was reserved for general category. Both

London, May 7: Sadiq Khan became London's first Muslim mayor today, as voters rejected attempts to taint him with links to extremism and handed a decisive victory to the bus driver's son from south London. Khan hailed his victory as the triumph of "hope over fear and unity over division." His win was the most dramatic result in local and regional elections that produced few big changes but

Udupi, May 7: Unidentified miscreants broke into a temple at Shedimane village in Kundapur taluk and took away gold and silver items. According to the district police, thieves broke into the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Durgaparmeshwari Temple at Shedimane village between 6 p.m. on May 5 and 5 a.m. on May 6. The thieves decamped with silver items such as a chain, an aarati' plate, a prabhavali' and a

Bengaluru, May 7: A Chennai-based software engineer was found hanging in his house at HSR Layout, southeast Bengaluru. In his suicide note Vamshi Goutham, 28, said, 'I am depressed in life'. Police suspect Goutham, who had come to the city five years ago, took the extreme step on Wednesday. A bachelor, he was working with a software company near Mahadevapura, police said. Friends and relatives

Bengaluru, May 7: Showers coupled with gusty winds on Friday evening came as a huge relief for Bengalurians who were fed up with soaring mercury levels in the past few weeks. However, the rains left as many as 15 trees were uprooted. The tree damages were reported from areas namely Jayanagar, Hanumanthanagar, GKW Layout near Vijayanagar, Shantinagar, Wilson Garden, Thyagarajnagar, Banashankari 2nd

Mangaluru, May 7: Shaikh Abu Umar Abdul Azeez, a young Islamic scholar from Canada, called upon the Muslims of this coastal city to follow and spread the message of Quran among all human beings. Delivering a talk on Quran, the final revelation to humanity' at the Message of the Quran' convention organised by the South Karnataka Salafi Movement at Town Hall here on Friday, Shaikh laid emphasis on

Mangaluru, May 6: Postgraduate students of Mangalore University boycotted classes and staged a protest on the Mangalagangotri campus on Friday against the delay in announcement of results of examinations conducted four months ago and the “errors” in the results of some courses. Sitting under the hot sun outside the science faculty building, the students said that though the university conducted

Mangaluru, May 6: A sharp rise in the incidence of dengue fever in coastal Karnataka, especially in rural areas of Dakshina Kannada district, has raised fears of an outbreak. Dozens of people have been suffering from the dengue fever in Puttur, Sullia and Belthangady taluks of the district. One of the main reasons cited for this rise in cases is the stagnation of water in areca nut and other farms