Karnataka

Mangaluru, Mar 27: A local businessman was found hanging from a ceiling fan of his residence under the limits of Bajpe police station, near here on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Gajanan Prabhu (55), a resident of Gurupura. He was a cloth merchant. Prabhu was running Central Cloth Store in the town, known for its wedding saris and apparels. The police quoting family members

Karwar, Mar 27: Seventy-three families in 11 remote villages in Bandal gram panchayat area in Uttara Kannada district will get electricity connection for the first time, said Hescom Executive Engineer Deepak Kamat. The work to lay power lines will begin from April at an Rs.1.20 crore and the connections will be completed before the onset of monsoon. The villages have been trying to get electricity

Bengaluru, Mar 27: It was probably the biggest day of her life as she finally added Dr to her name. Mangala Gowri, 23, was conferred with five gold medals at the 17th RGUHS convocation on Wednesday. And celebrating her achievements was none other than her father, Damodhar Bhat, who literally burnt the midnight oil making snacks to support her education. A smiling Mangala preferred to take the

Bengaluru, Mar 27: Cricket fever gripped a majority of the ministers and MLAs as they stayed away from the Legislative Assembly proceedings to watch the India-Australia match on Thursday. The front row of the treasury benches, where senior ministers and the chief minister sit, was almost empty in the morning. Of the 225 MLAs, hardly 50 were present in the House to debate the budget proposals. Most

Bengaluru, Mar 26: In a two-pronged move, Karnataka government today introduced bills to make Kannada language a mandatory subject in classes one to ten in schools affiliated to the state board and also a compulsory medium of instruction from classes one to five. The Kannada Language Learning Bill, 2015 seeks to make Kannada a mandatory subject in classes one to ten in all schools affiliated to

Udupi, Mar 26: Venting their anger at initiating the ISPRL project on privately-owned land in Padoor in Udupi district without conducting a proper survey, several villagers jointly protested against the pipeline passing through Thokur-Padur. The villagers opposed the underground pipeline project which was underway at Panjinadka near Atikaribettu in Kilpadi panchayat limits in Mulki. Thereafter

Bantwal, Mar 26: Residents of Pattugudde in Sajipamooda village of Bantwal taluk staged a demonstration on Wednesday against creating a Hindu cremation ground in the residential area in violation of the Panchayat Raj Act. The protesters demanded that the cemetery should be shifted to a non-residential area. Led by the local Nagarika Hitarakshana Samiti, the demonstration was held in front of taluk

New York, March 26: Facebook has launched a new analytics tool designed to let mobile developers track user-behaviour in their apps. The tool is available for free. The tool will do a number of things for app developers. For instance, it will allow them to detect parts of the app that users find difficult to use, Venturebeat reported. A "Cohorts" feature can provide historical insights on user

Mangaluru, Mar 26: In a shocking incident, a security guard of a private bank in the city has died after accidentally shooting himself on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Tammayya (around 50) from Madikeri. He was employed as a security guard at Kotak Mahindra Bank, at Kodialbail, in the city. It is learnt that the guard died on the spot as the bullet directly penetrated into

Mangaluru, Mar 26: When a language has the openness to accept from other languages, it will have the opportunity to grow, said Prof B A Vivek Rai. Speaking at the release of special edition 'Belkiri' and progress review programme of Beary-Kannada-English dictionary at Beary Academy office at Attavar here on Wednesday, he said that the dictionary would improve harmonious relations between