Karnataka

Mysore, Oct 16: Former Karnataka Tourism Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader Sa Ra Mahesh on Wednesday confirmed that he has resigned as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Mahesh said that he had submitted his resignation to the Secretary of the Assembly Speaker on September 18. He was the JDS MLA from Krishnarajanagara assembly constituency in Mysore. The party MLA was in

Bengaluru, Oct 16: Karnataka Congress leader and Chairman of a cooperative bank KN Rajanna on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the money laundering case against party leader DK Shivakumar. The economic offences watchdog had also grilled Rajanna on October 9 to probe his role in sanctioning loan to a sugar firm owned by a close associate of Shivakumar

New Delhi, Oct 16: Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday met his party president Sonia Gandhi here. He met her for the first time after becoming the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Karnataka Assembly. It was a courtesy call which went on for around 20 minutes. Congress on October 9 appointed Siddaramaiah the LoP in the Legislative Assembly in the state

Bengaluru, Oct 16: Academician and former vice chancellor of Alliance University, Dr D Ayyappa, has been hacked to death at HMT ground in RT Nagar. He was 53. Ayyappa was active in several social causes and actively took part in the movement to separate the Lingayat community from Hinduism and form independent Lingayat religion. It is worth mentioning that a few prominent figures of the state like

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 15: Pranjal Patil, the country’s first visually challenged woman IAS officer, took charge as sub collector of Thiruvananthapuram District on Monday. Hailing from Maharashtra, she was the first visually challenged IAS official appointed in Kerala cadre. Pranjal Patil cracked the UPSC exams in the second attempt and stood 124th in the country. Later, she was appointed as the

New Delhi, Oct 16: The wife and mother of jailed Congress Karnataka leader D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court challenging the summons issued to them by the Enforcement Directorate. The matter will come up for hearing on Wednesday. Gowarama, the mother of the Congress leader and Usha Shivakumar, his wife have approached the court seeking quashing of the summons issued

Belagavi, Oct 15: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddiyurappa said, at present situation, there is no plan of cabinet expansion till at least the byelections get over. Speaking to media persons at circuit house in Belagavi on Wednesday evening, he said BJP will win maximum seats in the by lection in the state including three seats in Belagavi district. For the first time in the country his government

Udupi, Oct 16: The road connecting Doopadakatte in Byrampalli gram Panchayat limits in Udupi district collapsed under the influence of flood waters on Tuesday evening and the main road connectivity between Perdoor and Harikhandige was cut off. District officials said that heavy rain accompanied by lightning and thunder lashed Udupi on Tuesday and wreaked havoc in different parts of the district

Mangaluru, Oct 16: The traffic on Mangaluru-Kannur National Highway has been disrupted as a gas tanker overturned in Aduakathubayalil near Kasaragod in the wee hours on Wednesday. Following the accident that occurred around 1:30 p.m, police, fire and rescue personnel shifted the nearby residents to safe places. Sources said the gas is being shifted to tankers of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation

Koppal, Oct 16: Three members of a family were killed after the dampened roof of their house caved in at Yalamagera village of Koppal taluk yesterday. The victims have been identified as Sujatha (22), her younger brothers Amaresha (18) and Gavisiddappa (15). Their father Somanna Kudarimoti had a miraculous escape in the tragedy. The roof of the dilapidated mud house had dampened owing to rain