Karnataka

Mar 14: Facebook Inc said on Wednesday some users around the world were facing trouble in accessing its widely used Instagram, Whatsapp and Facebook apps, making it one of the longest outages the company has suffered in the recent past. The Menlo Park, California-based company took to Twitter to inform users that it was working to resolve the issue, which had been plaguing some users for over 10

Bantwal, Mar 14: A teacher of a school at Mogarnad in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district has been booked for alleged corporal punishment. According to a press release from Superintendent of Police B.M. Laxmi Prasad, during a social studies class at the school on Tuesday teacher Abdul Khader is said to have found a mistake in the notebook of the student. The teacher allegedly pressed the

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Breaking the logjam over the long-drawn seat-sharing deliberations, coalition partners Congress and JD(S) on Wednesday finally came to an agreement. The Congress will contest 20 Lok Sabha seats, while the JD(S) will field its candidates in eight constituencies including two in coastal belt of Karnataka. The JD(S), which had rattled the Congress by demanding 12 out of the 28

Hassan, Mar 13: The JD(S) has officially declared that Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of the former prime minister H D Deve Gowda will be the party candidate from the Hassan Lok Sabha seat in the April-18 General elections. In an election rally, Gowda officially declared Prajwal, son of State Public Works Minister HD Revanna, as the party's candidate. Mr Gowda, who is presently representing the

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji has earmarked 34% of Wipro Ltd shares worth ₹52,750 crore ($7.5 billion) for his philanthropic activities, a statement said on Wednesday. “Azim Premji has increased his commitment to philanthropy, by irrevocably renouncing more of his personal assets and earmarking them to the endowment, which supports Azim Premji Foundation’s philanthropic activities

Udupi, Mar 13: The CID sleuths of the Forest department have arrested two persons in the town, when they were allegedly trying to sell off an elephant tusk weighing over two and half kgs. According to official sources, the accused Poonacha and Ganesh, the residents of Kodagu district, were allegedly trying to sell the elephant tusk, were trapped by the Forest officials, in the guise of buyers. The

Shivamoga, Mar 13: Taking a jibe at JD (S) chief HD Deve Gowda, BJP leader K. S. Eshwarappa on Wednesday said if the former prime minister had 28 sons, he would have fielded all of them from different constituencies in the forthcoming general elections. The senior BJP leader from Karnataka was indirectly accusing the JD(S) supremo of dynasty politics. While Deve Gowda himself is a sitting MP, his

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Karnataka BJP Chief BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said Dr Umesh Jadhav will contest elections from Kalaburagi against Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, while Tejaswini Ananth Kumar is likely to contest from Bengaluru South. However, the former Karnataka chief minister said the final decision will be taken by party high command. "Dr Umesh Jadhav will contest elections from

Kasaragod/Mangaluru, Mar 13: The Indian National Congress, which has been trying to wrest Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for past three decades, is reportedly mulling to field U T Ifthikar Ali, younger brother of Karnataka’s minister for urban development and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge U T Khader, in the 17th Lok Sabha elections. The coastal

Shivamogga, Mar 13: Two teachers, including the principal of a residential school in Maluru village of Karnataka's Shivamogga city have been suspended after a video apparently depicting them hugging each other surfaced on social media. Karnataka residential educational institutions society Nandan Kumar JV on Tuesday evening suspended the principal and a physical education teacher of Morarji Desai