Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 11: An 18-year-old boy from Munnoor village near Ulllal who was reduced to a vegetative state after suffering from a serious head injury three years ago, was admitted to NIMHANS in Bengaluru by health minister U T Khader on Sunday for better treatment. When he was 15 years old, Puneeth, son of Jayanthi, from Subashnagar in Munnoor village, fell in the ditch from his cycle and met

New Delhi, Aug 11: Activist and Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav was reportedly beaten up, manhandled and arrested by the Delhi police at the farmer's rally held at Jantar Mantar last night. Senior lawyer and another member of the Swaraj Abhiyan, Prashant Bhushan rushed to the police station on hearing Yadav's detention. "I have been beaten up, manhandled, dragged, pushed and arrested at the

Kalaburagi, Aug 11: In a shocking incident, a man allegedly threw his three-year-old daughter in an abandoned mining quarry pit filled with water in Kallur village in Chincholli taluk in Kalaburagi district on Sunday night. Shamsher (25), a resident of Sangyam village in Telangana, had come to visit his in-laws in Kallur village. After a heated argument with his wife, he killed his daughter Gulzar

Udupi, Aug 11: Hundreds of people including fishermen staged a protest in front of the office of Deputy Commissioner pposing moves to set up a fish-processing plant at Heroor village in Chanthar Gram Panchayat in Udupi district on Monday. The dharna was organized by the Meenu Samskarana Ghataka Sthapane Virodhi Samiti. Addressing the protestors, Jnanavasantha Shetty, leader of the Samiti, said a

Chikkamagaluru/Hyderabad: Aug 11: Two group leaders of a Hyderabad-based adventure club with several years of experience in trekking and mountaineering are missing since Sunday in the Bababudangiri hills region. The senior trekkers, Vivek Gupta (30) and Sashidhar (27), were leading a team of 10 people from Greater Hyderabad Adventure Club (GHAC) on a 50 km trek through Mullayanagiri, Bababu

Bengaluru, Aug 11: The Karnataka High Court was today critical of former India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a case filed against him for allegedly "denigrating" a Hindu god as it decried tendency of celebrities signing ads just for money without giving a thought to the consequences. "A celebrity and a cricketer like Dhoni should know the consequences of hurting the religious sentiments

New York, Aug 11: In a significant restructuring at Google, India-born Sundar Pichai has been named the new CEO of the technology giant as the company co-founder Larry Page on Tuesday announced the formation of a new umbrella firm Alphabet, of which Google will be a part. Page, in a blog post, announced the formation of the new parent company Alphabet, of which he will be the CEO and Google co

Kasaragod, Aug 10: Hundreds of people including dignitaries from Kerala and Karnataka paid tributes to late Kannada poet and freedom fighter Kayyara Kinhanna Rai at his residence at Perdala near Badiadukka on Monday. The mortal remains of Mr. Rai who passed away at his residence at the age of 101, was cremated with full State honours as hundreds bid adieu to the multi-faceted personality who

Mangaluru, Aug 10: Even as the Bantwal police managed to arrest three among the four accused in connection with the brutal killing of a Muslim youth in Bantwal taluk, a section of saffron activists on social media have hailed the murder. Four miscreants, apparently Sangh Parivar activists, on last Thursday night had attacked two Muslim youths who were travelling in an auto-rickshaw with sharp

Puttur, Aug 10: A day after Shiradi Ghat road stretch was thrown open to traffic it witnessed a fatal accident near Addahole village of Puttur taluk. Two women were killed on spot and three others suffered severe injuries when a speeding tanker rammed into a jeep on Monday. The mishap occurred when the driver of the tanker plying from Bengaluru to Mangaluru lost control over his vehicle and rammed