Karnataka

Mysuru, Apr 29: The Karnataka government has nominated Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son, Dr Yathindra, as the chairman of Varuna Assembly constituency Housing Programmes Awareness Committee. The post is usually meant for MLAs as he or she is responsible for the implementation of all housing schemes and projects in the respective constituency. However, there are examples of the MLAs asking the

New Delhi, Apr 29: With unverified news reports stating that India’s most wanted underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim is in a critical condition after suffering a heart attack, his close aide Chhota Shakeel has dismissed them as baseless, saying Dawood is ‘fit and fine’. Speaking to an Indian news paper, Shakeel also refuted reports, some in the Pakistani media, that Dawood had passed away following

Bengaluru, Apr 29: Senior leader K?S?Eshwarappa’s tirade against state BJP president B?S?Yeddyurappa may cost him the post of Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council. A section of MLCs in the Yeddyurappa camp, including D S Veeraiah, B?J?Puttaswamy, and Lehar Singh Siroya, is said to be working towards divesting Eshwarappa of the post he holds in the council, which is of the cabinet rank

Udupi, Apr 28: In a tragic incident, two men accidentally drowned in a well at Subrahmanya Nagar in Udupi village on Friday afternoon at around 1.30 pm. The deceased have been identified as Honnappa Gowda, 45, a resident of Kaikamba near Kukke Subramanya DK district and his relative Lokesh, 24. They were living in a rented house of Udupi in Subrahmanya for the last four years. Honnappa Gowda and

Bengaluru, Apr 28: Reiterating that the Yettinahole water diversion project will not harm Dakshina Kannada district, Chikkaballapur MP and former chief minister M Veerappa Moily has said that the works on the project will be completed in one-and-a-half-years, i.e., by the end of 2019. Speaking to reporters in Tumakru, Moily said, “Major hurdles to Yettinahole project are cleared. The project will

Bengaluru, Apr 28: The much-awaited "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion" today released in Karnataka with moviegoers enthusiastically paying up to Rs 1,600 for a ticket. As much as 75 per cent of the screens available in the state are showing the SS Rajamouli-directed multi-lingual film. In Bengaluru alone, 72 out of the 94single screen theatres are screening it, reflecting the frenzy the film has

New Delhi, Apr 28: "Hello, I am an ISI agent. But I don't wish to continue any further and want to remain in India," said a passenger after he got off an Air India flight from Dubai at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi today. Muhammad Ahmad Sheikh Muhammad Rafiq, a Pakistani passport holder, approached a help desk at the airport and told an official at the counter that he wanted to

Managluru, Apr 28: Over 80 per cent of students studying in Centre For Advanced Learning (CFAL), Mangaluru, have qualified to appear for JEE Advanced -2017. Considering the difficulty of this examination, this is a remarkable achievement by CFAL students. Adithya Upadhyaya has scored 264 out of 360 marks and therefore is the among the toppers of Karnataka. 13 students have scored marks above 200

Mysuru, Apr 28: A graduate student was arrested for uploading the photos and mobile numbers of fellow female students to a sex service site. Jayant Kumar, a final-year student of Environmental Science at the Mysore University, claimed he was being hounded by three girls in his year because he scored better than them in the semester exams. In his confession, Kumar says these girls scored very low

Mangaluru, Apr 28: Accusing the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government of betraying the people of the country after promising 'acche din', Congress leader Kavitha Sanil said that they would teach BJP a lesson in the next election. Ms Sanil, who is also the Mayor of Manglaur, was speaking at a protest meet organised by the Dakshina Kannada district unit of the Youth Congress in front of