Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 10: A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a youth after convicting him of murdering his lover. The convict is Laxman Acharya, 31, a resident of Marodi village in Belthangady of Dakshin Kannada district. The sixth additional district and sessions court judge Sayeedunnisa pronounced the quantum of punishment on Friday. The incident took place in August 2012. The couple were

Bengaluru, Aug 9: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will cut interest rates again at its October meeting, making it the fifth in a row, according to economists in a Reuters poll who said the central bank’s decision to ease by 35 basis points on Wednesday was right. While a survey taken ahead of August’s meeting showed a 25 basis points rate cut was a done deal, the RBI was expected to keep rates

Pune, Aug 9: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday informed the Pune court that it has got a clearance from Maharashtra's environment ministry to conduct a search operation in the depths of the Arabian sea to find out the weapon used to murder rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. The request to conduct a search in the Arabian sea was pending for clearance from the ministry. A foreign

Belgaum, Aug 9: At least six people lost their lives in Belgaum district, as incessant rains continue to wreak havoc in Karnataka. The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for the Upper Krishna Basin catchment area. The inflows into Belagavi district is 3.91 lakh cusecs. Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa informed his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis that

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9: Heavy rain continued to lash several parts of Kerala for the third day on Friday even as the rain-related death toll in the state mounted to 22 and more than 22,165 people have been moved to 315 relief camps, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday. Talking to newspersons Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayan said people from 5,936 families were shifted to the relief camps

Bengaluru, Aug 9: All legislators of Janata Dal (Secular) will donate one month salary for relief works in flood-affected north Karnataka, former state chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy announced on Friday. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) members yesterday announced that they will donate a month's salary to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Over 198 ward corporators of the

Bengaluru, Aug 9: So far nine people have died in Karnataka as floods continue to batter the state. According to a report by the government, nine people have died due to floods so far and over 43 thousand people have been evacuated. In addition, over 16000 people have been shifted to 272 relief camps set up across the state. One person also died on Friday after he was swept away by onrushing flood

Chikkamagaluru, Aug 9: Acclaimed legal scholar, intellectual property rights activist and public interest litigator Shamnad Basheer passed away on Thursday in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru district under mysterious circumstances. He was 43. The body of Prof Basheer, who played an important role in reforming legal education in the country, was found by police in a field on the outskirts of

Bengaluru, Aug 9: Floods and heavy rain in several parts of Karnataka over the past four days have damaged 1.5 lakh hectares of crops, according to a preliminary assessment by the government. The monsoon fury has also damaged around 1,400km of roads, 211 bridges and more than 2,500 electricity poles and transformers, officials from the state revenue department said. Belagavi sustained the most

Aug 9: The flood situation in Belagavi, Bagalkot, Yadgir, Kalaburagi, Raichur and Dharwad in north Karnataka continues to be grim with Maharashtra releasing 4lakh cusecs into the Krishna river on Thursday. Four people were killed in flood-related incidents, one each in Belagavi, Kalaburagi and two in Dharwad district. A red alert has been sounded in flood-affected Alnavar and Navalgund taluks in