Karnataka

Belagavi, Sept 9: A 25-year-old youth has brutally beheaded his father and also severed limb for snatching the smartphone. The incident took place in Karnataka’s Belagavi district in the wee hour on Monday. The victim has been identified as Shankar Devappa Kumbar 60, a retired head constable a resident of Kakati in Belagavi. The previous night Shankar had snatched the smartphone from his son

Mangaluru, Sept 9: Three persons, including two children, died in wall collapses in two incidents following heavy rain in Mangaluru and Puttur of Dakshina Kannada since Saturday night. Two children died after a portion of a 20-ft high retaining wall collapsed on the room of their house in Shivanagar in Padil on the outskirts of the city on Sunday night. The Kankanady Town Police gave the names of

Mumbai, Sept 8: Karnataka government has released 2,20,000 cusecs of water from Almatti Dam on Sunday after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis requested for the same. This step will decrease the chances of flood in the Kolhapur district of the state. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, " In view of the heavy rainfall, the Maharashtra Government requested the Karnataka government to release water

Hubli, Sept 8: BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel on his maiden visit to Hubli held a meeting with other party leaders and office-bearers here on Saturday. While speaking at the meeting, Kateel said, "His party, BJP is growing day by day as it has not compromised with its principles and working style." He also lauded BJP's Shyama Prasad Mukharji by saying, "The party was formed out of Jansangh

New Delhi, Sept 8: The BJP on Sunday took a jibe at the IAS officers who recently resigned from their posts citing the shrinking space for "dissent and debate" in the country as the reason while accusing them of sharing a "cozy relationship" with the Left. "Three IAS Officers resigned from their positions just because a thought process other than that they were infected with moves on in the

Bengaluru, Sept 8: An officer of the 1990-batch of the Indian Forest Service (IFS) was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru's Yelahanka area on Sunday morning. The reason for the death of Awtar Singh is yet to be ascertained but police suspect that he might have committed suicide. "Awtar Singh was suffering from severe back pain because of which he may have committed suicide. A case has been

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that he has instructed officials to speed up the ongoing metro line work in Bengaluru. He said that Electronic City metro connectivity will be completed by 2020 and White Field metro train work will be finished by 2021. "I will try my best to visit different parts of Bengaluru once in every 15 days to take stock of the infrastructural

Nalanda, Sept 8: Amid rising religious fanaticism and daily instances of communal flare-ups in the country, a village in Bihar's Nalanda district is a rare and textbook case of liberalism and open-mindedness. Maadhi village has no Muslims, but namaz at its over 200-year-old mosque is offered five times a day by the Hindus. The Hindus also take care of the maintenance of the mosque. "We (Hindus)

Newsroom, Sept 8: After the Chandrayaan-2 setback, ISRO has located the Vikram lander on the lunar surface. However, communication hasn’t been established yet. ISRO Chairman K Sivan confirmed the news on 8 September, and said, “We are trying to have contact. Updates will be communicated soon.” In the early hours of Saturday, communication from 'Vikram' lander to ground stations was lost when it

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Two prominent BJP leaders - V Srinivasa Prasad, Lok Sabha member from Chamarajanar and his son-in-law B Harshavardhan, MLA from Nanjangud, have reportedly decided to resign in protest against the Yediyurappa-led BJP government’s decision to transfer officials in their constituencies. Sources close to the BJP MP and his son-in-law said, their recommendations for transfer of