State news

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

Immersion of idols banned in Cauvery till September 9

Whirlpools and deep pits formed on the riverbed of the Cauvery, and huge quantum of water being discharged from Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS), have prompted the district administration to ban the immersion of Ganesh idols in the Cauvery near Srirangapatna till September 9. Bathing ghats and some other

AAP to launch campaign for national policy on agriculture

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will launch a nationwide campaign to pressure the Union government to announce a national policy for agriculture, AAP leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia has said. Addressing presspersons here on Sunday, Mr. Sisodia said that this campaign will be launch

Modi or Shah may launch BJP yatra in Karnataka

In what is being seen as an election campaign in advance, the principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to launch a Statewide ‘Parivarthana’ (transformation) yatra, tentatively from November 1. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the party’s core committee, hel

Security stepped up at Dera centres in Bengaluru, Mysuru

Security has been stepped at the Dera Sacha Sauda Ashram branches on the outskirts of Mysuru and Bengaluru following the conviction of the cult’s chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, in a rape case and the violence that ensued in parts of north India. Soon after the verdict was announced on Friday, hu

Bidar Municipal Commissioner arrested on corruption charge

The Bidar Market Police on Saturday arrested K. Narasimhamurthy, Commissioner of Municipal Council, and S.M. Hemesh, senior registrar, on corruption charge and produced them before the jurisdictional court which sent them to judicial custody. The arrest comes after a complaint on Friday by Balabh

Ganapathi’s mobile call record details, messages erased: FSL report

Was key evidence related to the death of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mangaluru, M.K. Ganapathi brushed under the carpet? Ganapathi allegedly killed himself in a lodge in Kodagu last year. A report by the Forensic Science Laboratory, submitted to the Criminal Investigation Department, notes t

Call for voluntary bandh of VTU engineering colleges

Condemning the functioning style of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), the Students’ Struggle Committee at the varsity under the aegis of All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) have given a call for voluntary bandh of VTU engineering colleges on September 1. S.H. Hanumanth,

Trains to Haryana, Punjab cancelled

Following volatile situation in Haryana, Jammu and Punjab region, the South Western Railway (SWR) has cancelled express trains to Chandigarh and Vaishno Devi on Saturday. Accordingly, train no. 22685, Yesvantpur-Chandigarh Superfast Karnataka Sampark Kranthi Express; Train No. 82651, Yesvantpur-S

90 infant deaths reported at KTK hospital since Jan: report

BENGALURU: Days after the Gorakhpur incident, the Karnataka health department has said 90 infant deaths were reported from a district hospital in Kolar since January, of 1,053 babies admitted. A report in this regard was submitted by the director, health and family welfare services, to the princi