Karnataka

Puttur, Jun 10: Dengue has claimed several lives in Sullia taluk. Though from an outset this incident may show that the disease is prevalent only in Sullia, the fact is that the fatal tentacles of Dengue has held Puttur, Bantwal and Belthangady taluks of Dakshina Kannada district too as captives. Guthigaru, Nalkuru, Balpa, Murulya regions of Sullia showed signs of dengue evidently and after loss

New Delhi, Jun 10: A day after Narendra Modi became the BJP's campaign committee chief, senior party leader L K Advani resigned from all top party posts - the national executive, parliamentary board and the election committee. The senior leader sent a letter to BJP president Rajnath Singh informing him of his resignation. "No longer do I have the feeling that this is the same idealistic party

Bangalore, Jun 10: B?T?Kumuda Nayak, younger sister of former minister and Welfare Party of India leader B?T?Lalitha Nayak's was killed in a freak accident in Peenya traffic police station limits on Sunday afternoon. 52-year-old Kumuda Nayak, a resident of Chitradurga, was actively associated with Nehru Yuva Kendra. Around 3 pm, when Kumuda was riding pillion with her son Prithviraj on his

Udupi, Jun 10: Tension prevailed at Udyavar in Udupi district on Sunday night after a group of miscreants led by a local leader of Bharatiya Janata Party assaulted two private bus drivers and damaged three buses. The incident took place at around 8:30 p.m. when the miscreants who came in a Ritz car bearing registration number KA 20 P 8328 waylaid a bus belonging to Vishal Travels near Udyavar. BJP

Jeddah, Jun 10: Expatriate families who recently visited the Passport Department to obtain their exit/re-entry visas were turned back and requested to have them issued online. The move is ostensibly aimed at reducing pressure at Passport Department offices. The departments are witnessing an unprecedented surge of expatriates clamoring to meet the July 3 deadline. Officials at the Passport

Mangalore, Jun 10: The heavy rainfall that lashed over Dakshina Kananda district and Mangalore city in specific threw the traffic situation on the National Highway out of gear. This kept 13 passengers flying to Saudi Arabia stuck on the highway giving their flight a miss. Thokkottu-Pumpwell road (NH-66) witnessed massive traffic block from Saturday afternoon to evening. However, about 13

Mangalore, Jun 10: Water collected in a huge pit created after quarrying turned out to be a death trap for two boys, at Ulaibettu-Kayarapadau on the outskirts of Mangalore. The deceased are Rajendra (13), son of quarry worker Dadasaheb from Athani in Belgaum and Manjunath (5), son of Shekappa. The two kids ventured out of their homes on Sunday at about 10 am to play together. While the two boys

Mangalore, Jun 10: The Chief Executive Officer of renowned PVS Group died in a road mishap on Sunday evening when the bike he was riding, was smashed by a car, at Bejai in Mangalore. The deceased is Swarool Raj (28), son of Suresh Raj, resident of Bunts' Hostel. The incident occurred when Swarool was plying on his bike from KSRTC to Bejai. A car plying from opposite direction smashed his bike

Mangalore, Jun 10: Karnataka Komu Sauhardha Vedike (KKSV), which has time and again raised its voice against the high-handedness of the communal BJP in the state in general and in the undivided DK district in specific, has now demand the state government to put an end to the moral policing in the region and provide a conducive atmosphere for the religious minorities to live. Moral policing has

New Delhi, Jun 10: Petrol prices may go up by more than Rs 5 per litre if the government resorts to import ethanol to meet the June 30 Cabinet committee deadline for blending 5 per cent of the alcohol with the fuel. Since the domestic production of ethanol is not sufficient to meet the requirement of mandatory blending across the country, the government is left with two options: Either import it