Mysuru: The pre- monsoon showers from January to May, which contribute 12 per cent of the state's annual rainfall, have intensified of late, but they are overall deficit by 20 per cent this year, according to the weathermen. But the storage of water in the dams of the Cauvery catchment area is ad

Bengaluru: An ambulance driver was arrested by the police for allegedly using his ambulance as a cab to ferry office-goers during peak traffic hours. The accused is identified as Bala. It is gathered that the incident came to light after one unsuspecting motorist, Rana Patel, had given way to

Bengaluru: A case of alleged sexual harassment filed against Bangalore South BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya has been dropped by the Karnataka State Commission for Women on Tuesday, April 23. It is gathered that the complaint was dropped by the Karnataka State Commission for Women after they received

Bengaluru: At least three students from the city died and six sustained injuries after a speeding lorry crashed into their broken down Tempo Traveller in Chitradurga on Monday, April 22. The deceased are Karthik Gowda (20), Harsha (20) and Sreenidhi (20), all students of Vijaya College in Basavan

Police officials in Kalaburagi shut down an operation run by the BJP IT cell in which the members of the cell were calling up voters from a room inside a government building in the district. Election flying squad officials along with police officials arrived at the office space after they receive

Bengaluru: Ride-hailing platform Ola is in discussions with luxury carmakers, including Audi, Mercedes and BMW, to launch a subscription-based service under its self-drive offering, according to sources. Ola has been running a small-scale pilot of the self-drive service in Bengaluru currently, an

Bengaluru: Two JD(S) workers from Karnataka, who were on a visit to Sri Lanka, have died in the multiple blasts in the island country, according to Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. "External affairs Min. @SushmaSwaraj has confirmed the death of two Kannadigas, KG Hanumantharayappa and M

Chikkamagaluru: In a tragic accident, a driver of an oil tanker died after the tanker rammed into a bridge near Birur in Kadur taluk. The deceased has been identified as Lingaraju (50) a resident of Hassan. It is gathered that the accident took place when the tanker was moving towards Birur fr

With the Lok Sabha 2019 elections underway, the Income Tax (IT) department is in the process of seizing large amounts of cash being transported allegedly by political entities. In fact, reports lead us to believe that sleuths seized around Rs 4.5 crore in cash from raids in Karnataka, and Goa on Sat

Bengaluru: Congress MLA for Chamarajpet Zameer Ahmed Khan, on Saturday sparked a massive controversy by making a personal attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi by stating “Modi’s wife left him because his face was not right’ Addressing the presspersons here Zameer slammed BJP’s candidate for Hav

Raichur: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday, April 19 arrived in Raichur to meet the parents of Madhu, an engineering student, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances and expressed his condolence. It is gathered that Siddaramaiah met Nagaraj, the father of the deceased and exp

Raichur: Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the suspicious death of a female engineering student here. Recently, an engineering student's body was found hanging. Acting on the complaint filed by the girl's parents, the Raichur police have arrested an accused. It has been suspect

Bengaluru, Apr 18: A large section of the Marwadi trader community of the city was in for a rude shock as many found their names missing from the electoral roll when they turned up for voting in the Lok Sabha elections Thursday and alleged it was a 'conspiracy'. Upset over not being able to vote

Bengaluru, Apr 18: An estimated 61.84 per cent voter turnout was reported in the elections to 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka in the first phase on Thursday with a direct contest between the ruling Congress-JD(S) alliance and the BJP. Dakshina Kannada recorded the highest turnout of about 72.97 p

The Election Commission on Wednesday suspended a General Observer belonging to Karnataka IAS cadre for allegedly checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's helicopter in Odisha's Sambalpur on Tuesday. Mohammed Mohsin was suspended with immediate effect for acting contrary to the instructions of the

Mysuru: A young woman while alleging that BJP MP candidate from Mysuru, Pratap Simha sexually harassed her has released audios and chat messages reportedly sent by the BJP leader on social media. The woman further alleges that Pratap Simha has cheated many other women including her. “He pretends

Siddaramaiah, former Chief Minister, said that recent history has shown that a united Opposition can easily defeat the BJP and the coalition partners in the State would go on to win at least 20 of the 28 seats in Karnataka in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Interacting with mediapersons here

Bangalore: The Income-Tax Department Tuesday said it is conducting searches at about a dozen premises in Karnataka on charges of tax evasion. The raids are being conducted in state capital Bangalore, Hassan and Mandya and the department said the action is aimed against tax evaders and blackmoney