Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 13: Two college students who were in love with each other allegedly committed suicide by consuming rat poison at a lodge near the Mangaluru Central Railway Station on Sunday. Objections to their relationship by their parents forced to them to take the extreme step, said police. Greeshma, 21, a physiotherapy student from a city-based private college, and her boyfriend Vishnu, 21, an

Kalaburagi, Oct 9: Dubbing the entire episode of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accepting Rafale fighter aircraft in France a "tamasha" (drama), senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that his party did not show off when they bought weapons-like the Bofors gun. His comments came a day after the Defence Minister performed Shastra Puja (worship of weapons) on the

Hassan, Oct 9: Three youths were feared drowned in Hemavati river at Hunusavali Village in Alluru taluk of this district on Tuesday. According to police, three of them identified as Rathan (22), Bhimraj (27) and Manu (27) jumped into the river Hemavati, one by one, to take a holy dip in the water. Eyewitness said that they were washed away due to heavy current in the river.

Chamarajanagar, Oct 9: A 60-year-old farmer was mauled to death by a tiger near Chowdahalli village of Gundlupete Taluk in the district on Tuesday. Forest officials said that the victim has been identified as Shivalingappa. The incident occurred when he was returning the village along with his cattle. This is the second incident in the same village this month. After hearing the tiger attack

Mangaluru, Oct 9: The New Mangalore Port Trust Chairman A V Ramana suggested an idea to launch helicopter services to tourist destinations within a distance of 150-km from Mangaluru. He said that the proposal will be submitted to the chief secretary of Karnataka government. If the helicopter services are connected to tourist destinations then NMPT can expect more cruise vessels, he told media

Bengaluru, Oct 9: A huge cache of sharp-edged weapons, cannabis and its smoking pipes, a mobile phone and a few SIM cards were found inside a prison here on Wednesday during a raid carried out by the police. More than 50 police personnel of the Central Crime Branch took part in the swoop at the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail here following a tip-off. During the search, the team recovered 37 sharp

Chikkamagaluru, Oct 9: Three children drowned in a lake after they got stuck in the slush in Kenchinakatte lake, in Bilekal village on the outskirts of Chikkamagaluru city on Monday evening. The victims have been identified as Jivith, 14, Murali Karthik, 14, and Chirag 16, all three are residents of the Housing Board Colony in the city. Jivith and Murali Karthik, were students of class VIII in a

Pune, Oct 9: Usually online food delivery executives deliver food to homes or offices but a Pune couple to their horror found that one such deliveryman walked off with their beagle dog! Vandana Shah took to Twitter to post about the bizarre incident, which she said happened on Monday around noon when she found that her dog 'Dottu' went missing from Karve Road. According to CCTV footage, Dottu was

Mangaluru, Oct 9: The nine-day Navaratri festival and Mangalore Dasara concluded on a vibrant note at Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Temple in Mangaluru last night. Thousands of pilgrims and tourists thronged to witness the immersion procession of Ganapathi, Navadurga and Sharada, which is popular in the region as Mangaluru’s own Dasara. 13 idols of Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra led the procession of

Bengaluru, Oct 8: In yet another case of rowdyism by cabby in the city, a young techie was assaulted by an Uber driver for refusing to pay the extra fare in advance. The victim, Aneek Roy (23), is an employee at a software firm at Whitefield and a resident of the Mahaveer Tuskan Apartment in Hoodi. In his complaint to the Mahadevapura police, Roy said that he had booked an UberPool ride to reach