People desperate for government jobs go to extreme lengths, Sanjay Kumar Uded being one, who forged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s signature, on a fake recommendation letter to get a government job of a typist. Sanjay Kumar, a 30-year-old BSc graduate hailing from Karnataka‘s Belagavi district, has been arrested on being complained by high[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Karnataka government has added more taluks in the drought-hit after the rain deficit hits the state second year in a row. The state is facing a major water crisis after the northeast monsoon disappointed the farmers. The government has declared 88.6% of the area as dry. 156 taluks out[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Congress leaders in Karnataka are reportedly fighting within the party in order to control the power center in the state, and former CM Siddaramaiah and Congress President G Parmeshwara are rubbing their shoulders against each other after the cabinet expansion of JDS-Congress-led government. Karnataka Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy who was expecting a[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Ruling coalition partners in Karnataka JDS and Congress are facing little music of discomfort as the local leaders of JDS are not happy with the ‘Big brother’ attitude of its senior partner Congress. As per sources a group of local leaders met Party Supremo HD Deve Gowda and urged[Read More…]
Bengaluru: A Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) worker H. Prakash was killed by four assailants due to alleged personal rivalry in Karnataka’s Maddur town in Mandya district, police said on Monday. “Prakash, 50, was attacked by four men with a machete on Monday evening due to suspected personal rivalries. He succumbed to[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Congress Belgavi MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi has threatened to quit the party on Sunday after being dropped from the Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy cabinet. Several other MLAs from the party who are miffed up with the reshuffle in the state cabinet led by JDS sulked over the denial of a[Read More…]
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA and member of Karnataka Legislative assembly N Mahesh was allegedly found checking out a picture of a girl on his phone during the Assembly session on Monday. Despite knowing the rule if not carrying phones, Mahesh not only carried his mobile inside the House but[Read More…]
Chamarajnagar: 35 women devotees who were on their way to Sulawadi Maramma Temple in Chamarajnagar district had landed at another Maramma Temple in Rampura after the driver took them there by mistake. Earlier more than 90 people were admitted to hospital after eating the poisonous Prasad. 14 people have reportedly[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Sandalwood actor Rashmika Mandanna underwater photo shoot caught up a storm after her picture went viral. Kannada actor Mandanna did a photo shoot to create awareness about water pollution and this particular shoot was an attempt specifically for Bellandur Lake. In the pictures, she could be seen floating underwater[Read More…]
Mysuru: A wild tusker died while crossing railway fences near Nagarhole National Park on Saturday morning. The railway fence which has been placed to protect them from speeding train became fatal and the young tusker lost his life in an attempt to cross it. As per reports the 42 –years-old[Read More…]
Mysuru: The Karnataka police have submitted a closure report in a case which involves former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who allegedly violated the rules of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), after the investigation. The police have submitted the closure report to the court. The closure report has brought some relief for[Read More…]
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has disposed of the pleas challenging the recommendations of a panel to grant minority status to the Lingayat sect after the Center told that they were considered as Hindus since the first census in 1871. A division bench of Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and justice S[Read More…]
A 36-acre lake in a village of Hubballi district in Karnataka was drained out after a body of HIV positive woman was found in it. The villagers refused to drink water from the lake, believing that it was contaminated with HIV. Authorities first told villagers that they would test the water, but no one[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Saudi Arabian Ambassador Doctor Saudi Mohammed Alsati met with the Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy at Vidhan Saudha on Tuesday. After the meeting both the leaders agreed to open a consulate office in Bengaluru shortly. Mohammed Alsati stated that nowadays several people are traveling from the Karnataka to Saudi Arabia.[Read More…]
In India’s prestigious college, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, a 30-year old researcher died when an explosion happened in a lab facility. Three others sustained injuries. Reportedly, the accident happened at 2.20 PM when a cylinder exploded in the Aerospace Department’s Laboratory for Hypersonic and Shockwave. Manoj Kumar who died along with[Read More…]
On Wednesday, Bengaluru Police, in a tweet which went viral on the internet, took a dig on the drug circuit of the city. the Bengaluru Police tweeted, “Is your peddler not picking your calls? Drop his number here and we’ll make sure all the scores are settled.” Is your peddler[Read More…]
A 34-year-old woman undergoing heart surgery at Yangon General Hospital in Myanmar, received two units of rare HH blood group all the way from Karnataka via courier, perfectly-preserved, and all thanks to Sankalp India Foundation. Sankalp India Foundation keeps a track of the various rare blood groups that might be needed in[Read More…]
Belgavi: Amidst the speculation of leaving the Congress party, Municipal Administration Minister, Ramesh Jarkiholi rubbishes the claim of leaving the party and blames certain party leaders behind this conspiracy. The moment caught up the heat recently hen he walked out of the cabinet meeting and told media that certain “self-proclaimed influential[Read More…]
In our day-to-day lives, we generally don’t spend all that much time thinking about HIV if we don’t have it. We, therefore, pick up pieces of information here and there—some of which we’ve heard in passing, others of which may be years outdated. In the end, we often hold these[Read More…]
BJP Karnataka Chief BS Yeddyurappa along with his son and Shivamogga parliamentarian BY Raghavendra visited the residence of Congress leader and Water Resources Minister of Karnataka DK Shivakumar on Wednesday. According to the media reports, the hour-long discussion between two senior leaders was focused on tank development and water-related issues in[Read More…]
Just days after filing a sexual harassment complaint against lawyers, a law intern has been found dead where she was staying in Bengaluru. Reportedly, the intern belongs to Andaman & Nicobar and had come to the city to intern for Jayanth Pattenhetti Associates. She worked under Chandra Naik and Chetan[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Veteran Kannada cine actor M.H. Ambareesh passed away at a private hospital here on Saturday night following a heart attack, said a duty doctor. He was 66. “Ambareesh died after a massive cardiac arrest a couple of hours after he was brought to our hospital due to breathing problem[Read More…]
Mandya: In a fatal bus accident, at least 25 including five children have reportedly died after the bus fell into Vishweshwaraiah Canal near Mandya earlier today. Farmers working in the nearby fields immediately reached the spot and started the rescue work and managed to pull out some passengers. The bus which[Read More…]
In Nanthoor, a locality in Karnataka‘s Mangalore, on early hours of Wednesday a gas tanker toppled resulting in a traffic. The incident occurred when the tanker’s driver lost control of his vehicle, resulting in its toppling. Luckily, no mishap was reported. The timing of the incident is said to be[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday said the southern state was open defecation free in its rural areas. “Earlier statistics showed that only half or one-third of the rural households had individual toilets, but presently, all the 70.2 lakh rural households in the state have been provided with[Read More…]