Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 15: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will campaign for BJP candidates in the Maharashtra Assembly election slated for Oct 21. He will address rallies to woo the voters. According to the Chief Minister’s office here, Mr Yediyurappa will leave for Maharashtra tomorrow and address public meetings at Sangli, Solapur, Akkalkot, Chakur and Latur on Wednesday. He will return to the

Bengaluru, Oct 15: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former Karnataka Minister D.K. Shivakumar's wife and mother for questioning in connection with a money laundering case against the Congress leader, an official said on Monday. The senior ED official told IANS: "We have summoned over 50 people in connection with the case for questioning. We have called Shivakumar's wife and mother on

Bandipur, Oct 15: The captured man-eating tiger from Karnataka's Bandipur reserve forest is healthy and under observation at the wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre in Mysuru, a wildlife official said on Monday. "The middle-aged tiger is in a healthy condition and under observation at the Chamundi wildlife rescue and rehab centre in our zoo at Koorgalli," Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens

Thrissur, Oct 15: An Uber taxi driver in Kerala was attacked on the head with an iron rod by two people who had hired the vehicle, before they escaped with the car early on Tuesday, police said. The injured driver was left bleeding on the roadside. The car was later found abandoned near Kalady in Ernakulam district, they said. The Highway police, who were on patrol duty, saw the driver, Rajesh

New Delhi, Oct 15: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that isolated places over Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe are likely to receive heavy rainfall today. The weather forecast agency further predicted that Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal are also likely to witness heavy downpour throughout the day. Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning very likely at isolated places over

Benglauru, Oct 14: The recent I-T raids in the state on properties owned by Congress leaders raise questions about the intent of the raids, according to JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. While the I-T sleuths recently raided the properties linked to former Deputy CM G Parameshwara, Congress party’s troubleshooter D K Shivakumar was also raided by I-T sleuths, and was

Mangaluru, Oct 14: By arresting three youths, the police have busted an alleged drug peddling racket in Mangaluru today. The arrested have been identified as Fasim Noushid (25), Mohammed Zaid (26), residents of Falnir in the city, and Afzal Hussain (28), from Kunjathur in Kasaragod district of Kerala. City crime branch (CCB) and the cops from the Cyber Crime, Economic Offence and Narcotics (CEN)

Bellari, Oct 14: A video clip doing the rounds on social media of a lion chasing visitors in a zoo safari in Karnataka's Ballari district was taken 45 days ago, an official said on Sunday. "It's a non-event, which occurred 45 days ago in late August during our zoo safari. Nothing untoward happened, as chase by lions and tigers in their territory is common," Ballari zoo Executive Director Sonal

Bengaluru, Oct 14: The state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is bracing for an indefinite strike from Monday by its 20,000 employees over wage revision and other demands, a union official said on Sunday. "As talks and reconciliation efforts with the management failed on our demands, especially wage revision, we are going ahead with the indefinite strike from Monday as per the notice we served

The media is full of articles and videos on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of the ‘father of the nation’, Mahatma Gandhi. While there is a genuine attempt by most to recapture the teachings and path of Gandhi as relevant to contemporary India, there are those also those who are using the occasion to increase their own legitimacy. This is done be a clever maneuver of picking bits and