Bengaluru: Neelamani N. Raju, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1983 batch, has been appointed the first woman Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG-IGP) of Karnataka, it was announced on Tuesday. She succeeds Rupak Kumar Dutta, who is retiring. Raju, 57, was earlier th

Bengaluru: Kannada film superstar Upendra on Tuesday announced formation of a new political party which will contest the coming assembly elections in Karnataka early next year. “I want my party to be run by the people for the people to meet their needs. It is an open platform for people to bring

Madurai: The Madras High Court today came down heavily on self-styled godman Nithyananda for giving “false” information to the court and asked why action should not be taken against him. Justice Mahadevan wondered how could Nithyananda claim he was the 293rd pontiff of the Madurai Adheenam mutt,

NEW DELHI: Tipu Sultan — a freedom fighter or a tyrant? Noted historians believe he was neither. But many of them do agree that the 18th-century Mysore ruler stands in history as a symbol of resistance to British colonial expansion. A raging debate on Tipu Sultan’s legacy has sparked a war of

Mandya (Karnataka): Nine people were killed and 30 injured after a tempo ammed into a tree in Mandya’s Thore Settihalli Village. The injured were immediately admitted to a nearby hospital. A case has been registered by the police and an investigation has been launched. ANI

Bengaluru: Google on Friday launched a day-long Mobile Developer Fest here to train young students in the latest mobile technologies. The event, which aims to train two million developers in the country, was conducted at the CMR Institute of Technology. It will be held in leading engineering coll

Bidar (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated the 110 km railway track from Bidar to Kalaburgi in Karnataka, which will reduce distance from Bengaluru to New Delhi and upcountry destinations by 380km and save 6-8 hours of travelling time. “Though the new rail line was initia

Ujire: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asserted that India could not lag behind in the "digital currency era", as he took a dig at "stalwarts" who had mocked his government's push for digital transactionsFile image of Narendra Modi. Reuters. File image of Narendra Modi. Reuters "Now an er

Bengaluru (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President B.S. Yeddyurappa should tender his resignation from the Lok Sabha as he also has a case registered in his name. The Chief Minister reaction came after Yeddyurappa demanded re

Bengaluru: After BJP MLAs alleged that the ruling Congress “forced” President Ram Nath Kovind to praise Tipu Sultan, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday that his speech was not prepared by the state government. “We have not prepared the President’s speech. We have not even sen

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will offer worship at the famous Lord Manjunatha temple at Dharmasthala in Karnataka on October 29. Modi will also attend a function organised by the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural development Project (SKDRDP) in the temple town in Dakshina Kannada district, offici

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a suicide abetment case against Karnataka Minister K.J. George, the then Bengaluru City’s Additional Director-General of Police (Intelligence) A.M. Prasad and Inspector-General of Police Pronav Mohanty in connection with suicide of Deputy Superinten

Observing that the bureaucracy in Karnataka appears to have “collapsed” as the applications by citizens have been kept pending for years, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday advised the State government to get its act together to prevent its administration from becoming a laughing stock. A Divis

In the wake of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registering an FIR against Minister K.J. George in the case pertaining to suicide of DySP M.K.Ganapathy, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar and Dharwad MP Pralhad Joshi have demanded the Minister’s resignation. Sp

Mangaluru, Oct 26: Passengers from city now can fly Sharjah directly. Air India Express is starting the service from October 31 once a week on every Tuesday. Flight no IX883 will depart from Mangaluru at 8.40 am local time and will reach Sharjah at 11.05 UAE time. Flight no IX 888 will depart

Cracking the whip on its eight non-teaching employees for their alleged involvement in the fake marks card scam, Kuvempu University has dismissed four of them and has decided to nullify the service seniority of four others. A racket related to issuance of fake marks cards and awarding high marks

Abdul Karim Telgi, who was convicted for masterminding a multi-crore fake stamp paper racket, passed away at the Trauma Care Centre in Victoria Hospital on Thursday. He was declared dead at 3.55 p.m., doctors said. The 56-year-old was admitted to Victoria Hospital 10 days ago with meningitis. Doc

Bengaluru: Police on Wednesday said they were yet to examine a video clipping in which noted historian Ramachandra Guha is purportedly making allegations linking the killing of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh with the Sangh Parivar. The BJP has criticised the delay in lodging an FIR against the