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First Blue Whale case in Bengaluru; two boys caught playing game

BENGALURU: It's unnerving, and true. The Blue Whale Challenge-a 50-day deadly online game that asks the player to commit suicide in the climax -has entered Bengaluru. In the first reported case yet, two friends hooked to the game are being counselled against playing the game further. The boys, ag

Gauri Lankesh assassination: Karnataka offers Rs 10 lakh reward for clues

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Friday announced Rs 10 lakh reward for information or clues leading to the killers of journalist-cum-activist Gauri Lankesh who was gunned down here on Tuesday. “The state government has decided to reward Rs 10 lakh to any person providing information or clu

ISRO calls Bengaluru students to launch 'Water Rocket'

Bengaluru,7 September 2017 : The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has invited applications from high school students in Bengaluru to participate in a selection process, getting through which will allow them to launch a water rocket at the 24th session of Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency F

Siddaramaiah strangling democracy, says Joshi

Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar has said that whatever might be the hurdles posed by the Congress-led state government in the State, the BJP would go ahead with its Mangaluru Chalo programme. Speaking to presspersons before the launch of Mangaluru Chalo motor

Family appeals against giving political colour to Gauris

Bengaluru, Sep 7 (PTI) Amid a political slugfest over the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, her family today made a plea against giving political colour to it, even as her kin appeared divided on who should probe the brutal killing that has sparked a nationwide outrage. The family als

HC dismisses PIL plea seeking ban on BJP’s public event, rally

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL petition, which had sought a direction to the State government not to permit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its youth wing to hold either a public meeting or a bike rally in Mangaluru on September 7. A Division Bench comprising Chief Jus

400 people die daily in road crashes in India; Karnataka among top 10 states with highest deaths

New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) In order to curb road crashes, which kill over 400 people every day -- nearly half of them in the 18-35 age group, the states should utilise a portion of the central road fund (CRF) to fix "accidental spots", Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. Releasing the Road Accid

Gauri Lankesh murder: CM Siddaramaiah orders SIT probe, Home Minister Rajnath Singh asks for report

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said that the probe into the murder of veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh would be carried out by a Special Investigation Team led by the Inspector General of Police (IG). Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked the Home Secretary for a report co

Fearing communal unrest, Karnataka govt cracks down on BJP rally, several leaders arrested

Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders were detained by police in several parts of Karnataka ahead of motorcycle rally by its youth wing to protest the alleged killings of Hindu activists in the coastal districts of the state, an action officials said, taken to avoid communal tension from flarin

Another missing toddler found dead in Kasaragod

Kasaragode,4 September 2017: A toddler who had gone missing on Sunday from Cheroor kadavu near Chengala was found dead on Monday, in an incident resembling the death of Sana Fathima,a four-year-old girl in the same district last month. The body of two-and-half year-old Shaiban,was found from near Th

One man injured as car and bus collide

Udupi, 4 September 2017: One man was badly injured in an afternoon crash between car and passenger's bus on NH 66. The bus was on its way to Kaup from Udupi and had a stop near Udyawar petrol bunk to pick passengers, as a car driver was driving speedily hits the bus and a man besides car driver was

BJP State leaders stumped by choice of Anantkumar Hegde

The inclusion of Anantkumar Hegde, Uttara Kannada MP, into the Union Ministry has come as a surprise decision, according to several BJP leaders in the State. Though Mr. Hegde is five-time MP and State BJP vice-president, he was not in the list of probables of State leaders to find a spot in Prime

No cold war with CM, says KPCC chief G. Parameshwara

Reacting to media reports about widening differences among senior leaders of the ruling Congress after induction of three ministers in the Siddaramaiah Ministry last week, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G. Parameshwara on Sunday clarified that there was “no cold war” between h

Javadekar, Piyush Goyal review BJP state unit’s poll preparations

Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, who have been appointed election in-charge and co in-charge respectively for the Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka unit, on Monday reviewed the party’s poll preparations in the State. Both the Union Mini

Runaway nephew of Karnataka Minister found in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Nephew of Karnataka Minister for Municipal Administration Eshwara Bhimanna Khandre and two other boys, who ran away from their home in Bidar, on August 31 were found in Hyderabad. The minister arrived at Hyderabad on Friday, to escort them back. The class V students aged between 8 and 10

Karwar: Group of students allegedly harass girl, vandalize hotel; 54 including lecturers detained

An alleged drunken brawl led to a hotel being vandalised in Karwar and the detention of over fifty students from Mandya in Karwar. The incident occurred over the weekend. Cases were filed against five individuals including two lecturers. The incident took place on Friday night when a group of 54

Yeddyurappa’s lunch with Dalits a ‘political gimmick’: Siddaramaiah

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has dubbed BJP state president B.S. Yeddyurappa’s lunch with Dalits at his residence in Bengaluru on Monday as a “political gimmick”. Speaking to reporters on his arrival at the airport in Mysuru, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the BJP leader was resorting to such political gim

Karwar-Yeswantpur Express diverted following land slide

Following land slide in Sakleshpur and Subramanya Road section of Mysuru Division of the South Western Railway, the service of Karwar-Yeswantpur Express (train number 16516), which left Karwar on Tuesday, will be diverted via Shoranur, Salem and Tirupatur. The service will have stops at Kannur, Pala