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Father kills newborn baby girl; arrested

Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a father killed his newborn baby girl at his residence near Banaswadi on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as 20 days old, Kapita. The accused Gokul (21) a swimming pool cleaner hails from Nepal. It has been alleged that he brutally killed his dau

Two Medical Colleges charged for demanding excess fees

Bengaluru: Two medical colleges in the city have been charged for demanding excess fees from students. The college allegedly demanded the students to pay excess fees and the ones who failed to pay would be marked absent. It is illegal for colleges to make their students pay excess fees over an

Congress leader's son join BJP party

Ramanagara: Congress MLC C.M. Lingappa's son Chandrashekar joined BJP party ahead of Ramanagara byelection. MLC C.M. Lingappa had opposed the Congress party's decision to give up the byelections to thier coalition party - JD(S). Chandrashekar joined the saffron party at BJP state president B.S

Cong-JDS alliance to fight BJP unitedly in LS, assembly bypolls

Bengaluru: The ruling Congress-JDS coalition in Karnataka Tuesday announced its decision to put up a united fight against the BJP in the November 3 bypolls to three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats. After meeting JDS leaders here late tonight, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said both the pa

Sudha Murthy inaugurates Mysuru Dasara

Mysuru: Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murty inaugurated the Mysuru Dasara at Chamundi Hill today morning in the presence of elected representatives and other dignitaries. CM H D Kumaraswamy, district in-charge minister G T Devegowda, Tourism Minister Sa Ra Mahesh, MP Prathap Simha and othe

7 year old girl's fingers crushed for not studying

Bengaluru: A seven year old girl was tortured by her aunt and uncle for not studying well in her academics. The victim's aunt clipped her finger using a cutting plier. Seeing the condition, the grandmother rushed the girl to a nearby hospital. The hospital, noticing that this was no ordinary i

Anitha Kumaraswamy to contest for Ramanagara assembly

Bengaluru: Former MLA, Anitha Kumaraswamy, wife of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has been chosen as the party candidate for Ramanagara assembly by-election. Anitha, who will contest the Ramanagara bypoll on a JD(S) ticket, will file her nomination papers on October 11 at 10.45 am. The former

400 H1N1 cases detected in Karnataka

Bengaluru: Around 400 people were diagnosed with Influenza-A (H1N1, also known as 'swine flu') in Karnataka state. The maximum number of cases were reported in Bengaluru city (89 cases). Bengaluru had the highest number of 89 cases. Shivamogga - 43 cases and Dakshina Kannada, 24 cases. Of t

Special tourist buses arranged for Mysuru City Darshan during Dasara

Mysuru: The Tourism department, Karnataka State Development Corporation (KSTDC) and the BMTC have organised special buses ‘Open Bus Tour,’ which will take tourists around Mysuru city during dasara festivities from October 10 to 20. An open vehicle with 32 seats will be arranged. Tickets will cost

Congress, BJP surprised at Lok Sabha by-polls in Karnataka

Bengaluru: The Election Commission's decision to hold by-elections to three Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka on November 3 has surprised political parties who question the logic, with general elections due early next year. Those elected in the by-poll will have just about five months in office till t

Karnataka: Govt school teacher arrested for sexual assault on orphaned girl students

Kalaburgi: A 51-year-old physical education teacher of a government high school in Kalaburgi was arrested by the police on Friday on charges of sexual abuse and molestation of female students. The accused, Basavaraj was arrested following a complaint filed by the Superintendent of a state-run Bal

Mistaken identity led to murder of accountant: police

Bengaluru: The city police arrested three persons in connection to the mistaken identity murder case of a 23-year-old accountant at K.R. Puram in Bengaluru. Sai Vardhan, Sunil Kumar, and Kiran were arrested by the police while three others - Vishal, Vishwas and Arbaz - surrendered before the cour

Karnataka launches scheme to fund startups run by SC/ST youth or those with rural focus

BENGALURU: The State Government on Friday launched Unnati, its ambitious programme aimed at promoting technology startups steered by SC/ST entrepreneurs as well as those that are developing a product or a solution with a strong rural-focus. “We will support these startups by way of funding which

Karnataka bus driver loses job for letting Monkey drive

New Delhi: A Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus driver lost his job after a video of him allowing a Gray langur (Hanuman langur) to take charge of the wheels has gone viral. The video which has been spilling over the social network for a few days now shows Prakash, from KSRTC’

Newly elected deputy mayor of Bengaluru dies of cardiac arrest

BENGALURU: Deputy mayor Ramila Umashankar, elected just last week as the Deputy Mayor of Bengaluru, died on Thursday night from cardiac arrest. A first time councillor in the BBMP council, she was just 44 years old. Ramila was the JDS councillor from Kaveripura ward in Govindarajanagar. She wa

Janardhana Reddy 's aide gets a non bailable warrant

Bellari: The Karnataka Lokayukta Special Investigation Team (SIT) who were probing into the mining baron Janardhana Reddy and his aides arrested one of the partners from Obalapuram Mining Company, on Wednesday. The accused are BV Srinivasa Reddy, and also issued non-bailable warrant against MLAs

Heavy rain forecast for Karnataka as cyclone looms

Heavy rains have been forecast for Karnataka over the weekend due to a low pressure trough that is expected to form over Arabian Sea, an official from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. "A low pressure is expected to form over southeast Arabian Sea, which can further inte

In 11 years, liquor sales up 77%, revenue 273% in Karnataka

BENGALURU: In the past 11 years, the consumption of liquor in Karnataka has grown by 77% and the excise revenue by a staggering 273%. Sale of alcohol — Indian Made Liquor (IML) and beer— surged from 468.8 lakh boxes in 2007-08 to 830.6 lakh boxes in 2017-18, while revenue increased from Rs 4,812 cr