Karnataka

New Delhi, Dec 23: Ahead of the annual Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas, the government on Monday assured the NRI community that it is working on providing them voting rights. "EC is working on it, there are two suggestions - proxy voting or Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) be kept in embassies or they may come and vote. They will soon come up with a solution," external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said

Mangaluru, Dec 23: In an unfortunate incident, multi-talented personality Seetharama Heggade, drowned when he ventured into the waters of Arabian Sea to undertake 'samudra snana' on Monday on the occasion of Ellamavasye near Marigudi in Suratkal. 65-year-old S R Heggade was an author and editor of a publication. He had also served in the armed forces. He ventured into the sea near Marigudi in the

Kasaragod, Dec 23: In a shocking incident, a young activist of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) was brutally hacked to death by a gang of miscreants in Kasaragod. Zainul Abid (24), who was attacked with sharp weapons at his shop in Chakkar Bazaar, Kasaragod, on Monday night, breathed his last at a hospital in Mangaluru. Sources said that the assailants stormed into his shop at around 9 p.m

Mangaluru, Dec 23: Fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari's wife Padma and his 14-year-old son were detained at Mumbai international airport late evening on Monday, after they arrived from Singapore, official sources said. Though Intelligence Bureau sources said the duo was deported to India, Mumbai police maintained they were arrested when they landed from Bangkok. Their arrests are likely to build

Kasaragod, Dec 23: The police have registered cases against five youth following complaints of sexual assault of a 17- year-old girl. The incident came to light after the girl, a Plus One student, residing at Kodakkad near Cheruvathur, on Monday lodged a complaint with the Cheemeni police charging the youth, including her boyfriend, with sexually assaulting her on Sunday after forcing her consume

Mangaluru, Dec 23: Hundreds of families flocked to the local beaches along the coast in Karnataka to take a dip in the sea on Monday on the special occasion of Ellamavasye. People were at the sea shore as early as 5 a.m. to take a dip in the sea in beaches at Someshwar, Padubidri, Kaup, Malpe, Yermal and other places.. This ritual went on for most part of the morning and noon as families including

Belagavi, Dec 23: A tiger on the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) campus at Mache village on the outskirts of the city on Monday morning triggered panic among students and staff. Sources said the tiger was sighted by Shivaraj Hugar, a Master of Computer Application student from Kalaburagi, near a tennis court of the varsity on Monday morning. He ran into the gymnasium and informed the

Mysuru, Dec 23: It is one of those freak surprises thrown by nature. A goat at the Solapur hamlet in H.D. Kote taluk of Mysuru district in Karnataka has given birth to two stillborn kids on Monday with a striking resemblance to a human face. The goat gave birth to first human-like still-born kid at around 6.30 am. Five hours later it delivered another kid, this time a female with human features

Bengaluru, Dec 23: The tabling of an amendment bill that empowers the government to take over œmismanaged  mutts has not gone down well with heads of religious institutions and mutts. They have threatened to launch a Statewide protest against it, accusing the government of targeting them. The Siddaramaiah government introduced the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments

Bengaluru, Dec 22: The BJP?national?executive meeting is likely to be held in Bengaluru in January next year. This will be the first national executive meeting of the BJP to be held outside New Delhi after the party took over the reins of power at the Centre in May this year. The BJP National?Council had met for a day in New Delhi in August this year to ratify the appointment of its national