Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Sugar Minister C T Ravi on Friday said that the sugarcane yield in Karnataka,the third-largest sugar producer in the country, is affected after the recent floods across 22 districts. While chairing Sugar Control Board on Thursday, the Minister said grown sugar crops in 1.52 lakh hectares out of 5 lakh hectares in the state had been hit by the deluge.

Madikeri, Oct 18: Thousands of devotees witnessed the 'Theerthodbhava' at the birthplace of Cauvery at Talacauvery in Kodagu district on Friday. Devotees from across the state and neighbouring states were seen braving the rains while heading to Talacauvery, in the foothills of the Brahmagiri peak in Kodagu, to witness the divine occurrence. District-in-charge Minister V Somanna and Revenue

Mangaluru, Oct 18: A local court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment and fined him Rs 1 lakh after convicting him of murdering wife. The convict is William Lobo (37), who hailed from Kodagu district, hacked his wife Blossom Lobo to death with a sickle on August 18, 2017 after suspecting her suspected her fidelity. William, who was working as a cab driver in Bengaluru, had fled soon after

Mangaluru, Oct 18: An elderly woman lost her life after she was struck by lightning at Karinje near Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada district last evening. The victim has been identified as Appi Shetty, who was 79-year-old. The incident took place around 4 p.m. when she was at her house. It is said that there were three people at the house when the lightning struck amidst rain. While Appi succumbed

New Delhi, Oct 18: Ahead of the Assembly bypolls in Karnataka, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the state unit to work under collective leadership and take dominant communities of the state into confidence, senior party leader SR Patil said on Thursday. Mr Patil, who met Gandhi at her residence here along with MC Venugopal, said he also discussed about the flood situation in details and

Yadgir, Oct 18: Bharatiya Janata Party State president Nalin Kumar Kateel faced embarrassment on Thursday as he appeared to forget that Karnataka has 30 districts and no more. Replying to questions by reporters here, he said after taking charge as the party’s State unit president, he had toured “31 districts in the State before coming to the 32nd district which is Yadgir” for strengthening the

New Delhi, Oct 18: Karnataka has topped the first-ever innovation ranking of states, followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharasthra, a Niti Aayog sponsored report said on Thursday. Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, on the other hand, trailed on the list. The India Innovation Index 2019, developed on the lines of Global Innovation Index (GII), looks into the innovation ecosystem of Indian states and union

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Delhi High Court on Thursday castigated the Enforcement Directorate after a junior counsel represented its case for some time due to delay in arrival of a senior law officer during the hearing on the bail plea of Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar. "You cannot play hide and seek with the court," Justice Suresh Kait said, adding, "This is not the way. This is not

Yadgir, Oct 17: Warning Vijayapura MLA Basavaraj Patil Yatnal for not responding to a show-cause notice served to him for tweeting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over flood relief, Karnataka BJP State president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Thursday said that it is duty of every party worker to answer every notice issued by the party's disciplinary committee. Addressing the media persons here, Mr

Udupi, Oct 17: Two students went for swimming drowned in a river at Kambadakone in Byndoor taluk of Udupi district on Thursday. Police said deceased have been identified as Vamshith Shetty (12) and Rithesh Shetty (12). Both were studying in the seventh standard in Sandeepan English Medium School, Byndoor. It was said that group of four students had gone for swimming in the river in Yeadamavu