Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 16: BJP candidate YA Naryanaswamy has emerged victorious in the just concluded by-election to the prestigious Hebbal Assembly constituency. Former union minister and Congress veteran CK Jaffer Sharief’s grandson Abdul Rahman Sharief has suffered defeat for the second consecutive time. The results of the bypolls to the three assembly constituencies in Karnataka including Hebbal were

New Delhi, Feb 16: Even though the photos and video clippings of Delhi BJP MLA Om Prakash Sharma brutally attacking a protester went viral, the Delhi police which is controlled by the Narendra Modi led union government is reluctant to book a case against him. Mr Sharma has openly justified his violent act and said that he don’t even hesitate to kill someone. “Mein goli bhi maar deta agar bandook

Kannur, Feb 16: A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker was hacked to death at his house at Pappinissery here late night on Monday. Twenty seven-year-old Sujith, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist was hacked to death near Pappinisseri in Kannur district of Kerala by a group of men on Monday nigh. Sujith’s parents and brother suffered injuries when they tried to stop the attack. The

Bengaluru: Feb 16: All India Congress Committee general secretary in charge of Karnataka, Digvijaya Singh, on Monday downplayed the controversy over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wearing an expensive wristwatch. Instead, he sought to know what brand of watches JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy and his family members wear. “What?... Watch... I do not wear any watch... I have not seen what brand of

Google was auto-correcting searches so that they read "Muslims support terrorism," according to reports. In a slip-up that has now been fixed, Google would tell people searching for "Muslims report terrorism" that they might have been looking instead for "Muslims support terrorism." The problem appears to have appeared automatically, and through no manual input from anyone at Google. It instead

Bantwal, Feb 16: In a case of pre-poll violence, a Social Democratic Party of India candidate contesting for looming Taluk Panchayat elections from Sajipamooda constituency in Bantwal was attacked by a group of miscreants on Monday night. Zakariya Malik (30), son of PJ Yusuf, a resident of Kolake near Sajipamooda village is the victim. The attack took place when he was riding his bike towards

Mangaluru, Feb 16: A 20-year-old student of Government First Grade College in Belthangady was killed and his friend sustained injuries in a road accident at Aladangaivillage near Vennur on Monday. The police said the car, going towards Beltangady from Karkala, overtook a vehicle and hit the motorcycle that Hitesh (20) was riding. Hitesh and his friend Santosh (22) fell off the motorcycle. Hitesh

Mangaluru, Feb 15: In a fresh case of mob justice, a 38-year-old resident of Thotadtady, a village near Belthangady, who was involved in cases of theft and other crimes, died after being assaulted by the residents of the village on the outskirts of Mangaluru on Monday. Peter, the victim, was among the two persons accused of stealing two bags of areca-nut from the house of Jacob in the village on

Udupi, Feb 15: Nestled between the Western Ghats and Arabian Sea, Udupi can look spectacular from the air. Come Tuesday and tourists to the city will be able to enjoy its natural beauty from a helicopter. Heli -tourism has only been talked about in coastal Karnataka for about a decade. But now Udupi deputy commissioner R Vishal has decided to give it shape, convinced it will bring more tourists to

New Delhi, Feb 15: For the second time in a row, Mysuru was today ranked cleanest city, followed by Chandigarh whereas Dhanbad and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, Varanasi, are among the 10 least clean cities in India, as per the first survey after the launch of 'Swachh Bharat' mission in 2014. The survey, which was released by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu here, covered