Bengaluru, Feb 14: The polling was largely peaceful in the byelection to the three Karnataka assembly constituencies on Saturday barring stray incidents of violence. Byelections were held at Hebbal in Bengaluru, Devadurga in Raichur district and Bidar North. 66.95 pc polling in Devadurga A total of 66.95 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise in the byelection to the Devadurga
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Bengaluru, Feb 14: The first phase of polling for taluk and zilla panchayat elections in Karnataka was marred by incidents of violence in some parts. In the first phase of elections, the voting was held in the districts of Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagara, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Belagavi, Haveri, Bagalakot, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad and
Dharwad, Feb 14: The police on Saturday arrested Dharwad MP and BJP State President Pralhad Joshi, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, and a few BJP workers for reportedly creating a ruckus near the deputy commissioner’s office. High drama prevailed outside the district administration office, after an ugly spat broke out between the BJP men and the police. Expressing ire against the district
New Delhi, Feb 14: As the row at JNU over an event against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru raged, a video allegedly showing ABVP members shouting pro-Pakistan slogans is going viral. ABVP, however, has rubbished the allegations saying the video was "morphed" to tarnish their image. The 1 minute 32 second video titled "The Conspiracy", uploaded on social media shows four
Mangaluru, Feb 13: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U.T. Khader on Saturday said that the government is considering relaxing some norms regarding cadaver organ donation and transplantation to bring in certain amount of flexibility. There have been demands to prioritise the demand for organ requirement from the immediate kith and kin of the brain-dead person and the same would be considered
Mangaluru, Feb 13: A 45-year-old labourer who died after being hit by a bullet when he had gone to catch fish in the night at a remote place in Sullia taluk, was in fact a victim of mistaken of identity, according to police. Superintendent of Police Dr S D Sharanappa on Saturday told media persons that Jayaram Naik was shot by a hunter on February 9 after being mistaken for a wild boar. Jayaram
Bengaluru, February 13: The Karnataka Industrial?Areas Development Board (KIADB) will soon prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for setting up a state-of-the-art women entrepreneurs park with world-class facilities. K Ratna Prabha, Additional Chief Secretary, Karnataka Industries Department, held a meeting on Friday with presidents of women’s associations across the State and KIADB officials to
Mangaluru, Feb 13: City based entrepreneur Prabhakar N Poonja has accused senior police officer Venkatesh Prasanna of indulging in blackmailing, extortion besides fake encounters with the support of underworld. The Chairman & Managing Director of Mangaluru-based Poonja International Hotel, at a press meet in the city on Saturday demanded a high level probe into Mr Prasanna’s alleged links with
Bengaluru, Feb 13: Three students of Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences drowned on Friday evening, after falling in an irrigation canal in Hulivana village, 180km from Bengaluru, reportedly while they were clicking selfies. A selfie found on the phone of Goutam, who was rescued by local residents. Mandya district police said that the bodies of two students had been fished out and search was on
Karwar, Feb 13: After several complaints of misbehavior with students, a Kannada teacher of Hindu High School, Karwar has been arrested by police. The accused is Basavraj H Kandari hailing from Gadag. The police arrested him after several girl students, their parents, alumni of the school and leaders of various social organisations demanded action against him. It is learnt that Basavraj used to