Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sep 2: A female schoolteacher is suspected to have committed suicide in Attibele near here on Monday, hours after her spurned lover threatened to abduct and forcibly marry her. Gayathri, 21, who was working as a guest lecturer at a local government school, reportedly hanged herself from the ceiling fan when her mother went to bathroom at their home in Attibele. Her father, Muni

Bengaluru, Sep 2: Describing the drought situation in the state as the "worst" in 40 years, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asked officials to take it as a "challenge". He has also warned strict action against negligent officials. Addressing the Conference of Regional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and Chief Executive Officers of Zilla Panchayats here, he directed that officials and

Mangaluru: Sep 1: After a long gap of ten years, National Cadet Corps (NCC), Mangaluru unit, has organised an eight-day river sailing expedition for fifty selected NCC cadets from various colleges of the district in Nethravathi and Gurupura Rivers, starting from Lobo’s river view point here from Tuesday. Briefing about the event, Commanding Officer M C Belliappa, said, “Four teams have been formed

Mangaluru, Sep 1: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad staged a protest near Karnatka Polytechnic Junction here on Tuesday to urge the government to provide basic infrastructure at government colleges in the State. In a memorandum to the Chief Minister, the parishad demanded that the government fill up teachers’ posts in government colleges and construct more hostels for students. It should

Mangaluru, Sep 1: Muslims in coastal Karnataka will think twice before employing female candidates belonging to Hindu community in their business establishments if the Sangh Parivar activists failed to refrain from what police call “immoral rowdyism”, warned K Ashraf, President, United Muslim Organisation, Dakshina Kannada. Speaking to media persons in the city on Tuesday the former Mayor of

Bengaluru, Sep 1: A call centre employee was stabbed to death in a drunken brawl that arose after he was reportedly smoking on the streets on Monday near Chennasandra Circle, Ramamurthy Nagar in Bengaluru. Three men have been arrested in connection with the incident. Shashank (25) from Mangaluru, was working at a call centre in the city for the past two years. Shashank and his two friends, Vishnu

Chennai, Sep 1: Employees of public sector banks and government-owned non-life insurance companies would go on strike on Wednesday to protest against the anti-trade union and worker policies of the central government, union leaders said on Tuesday. "The strike is against the anti-labour and anti-trade union policies of the central government," K. Govindan, joint secretary, General Insurance

New Delhi, Sep 1: Identity, security, education, empowerment and a fair share in decision-making are the key issues India's Muslims are facing, vice-president Hamid Ansari has said. He added the problems of exclusion and discrimination they are confronted with have to be corrected by the state. He also cited the official objective of "sab ka sath, sab ka vikas" (with everyone, for everyone's

Karwar, Sep 1: A woman was killed and 16 people were injured after a BPCL tanker transporting liquified petroleum gas (LPG) fell into a ditch and gas leaked from it, leading to a major fire, at Bargi village in the taluk on Tuesday. The incident occurred on national highway-17. The deceased is Nagaveni Jetti Patagar, 84. She died of severe burns on the way to the hospital. The woman had come to

Bengaluru, Sep 1: A 26-year-old woman fell to her death from the 13th floor of an apartment off Sarjapur road in the city. While the police are yet to ascertain if the death was accidental or a homicide, they are also yet to find out why the girl — who stays on Old Airport road — had come to the apartment complex. Isha Handa, who migrated from Thane in Maharashtra three-and-a-half years ago to