Udupi: The Forest Department staff at Pambur in the Belle village caught a four-year-old female leopard that had been spotted in the area and later released it in the Western Ghats forest on Thursday, September 20. Monica Mathias, a resident of the area, had spotted the leopard near some shrubs f

Bengaluru: Police busted two gangs of robbers and arrested eight people involved in various cases here. The accused used to pick pockets of passengers using Majestic bus stand and carry out house thefts. Police in raid arrested six people and recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash and gold valuables wort

Mysuru: Till now, Dasara festival has always had stalls that showcased mostly the cultural, artistic and food diversity of the state. However, for the very first time, almost all the Universities of the state are going to open their own stalls at the Dasara venue, this year, showcasing the education

Bengaluru: The state government has listed nine districts to manufacture items like solar power goods, LED lights, sanitary goods, mechanised toys etc as part of its ‘Compete with China’ scheme. The state government has identified nine districts to start innovation and product diversification. Pr

Udupi: The Karkala Rural Police arrested three persons on Monday, September 17 who tried to hide the dead body of a woman and tamper with evidence. The arrested are John (57), Sunil (30) of Sacharipete and Padmanabha (42) of Mundkur. The deceased is identified as Girija of Mundkur village. Gir

Bengaluru: All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists has planned for a 24 hours bandh against the proposed E-pharmacy policy. As per the bandh drugs will not be available across Karnataka in the medical stores The bandh will start on September 27 midnight and continue till 28 midnight.

Bengaluru: A survey conducted by the state government has found that several Sevalal Cultural Centres across the state are in a dilapidated state. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has therefore launched a programme focussed on reviving 1500 of these centres in order to preserve the culture, art and tra

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar and few others on the basis of an alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions case, officials said. The agency has booked Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an employee at Karnataka Bhavan in

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District In-charge and Urban Development and Housing Minister U T Khader opined that the existing guidelines in the sand mining policy, meant for coastal districts should be relaxed as none was coming forward to extract sand from the non-CRZ areas resulting in a shortage

Bengaluru: The State government, on Monday, September 17, lowered the price of petrol and diesel by Rs. 2. Three other states, namely Rajasthan, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, have already cut state taxes on fuel. The CMO sources have said that on Sunday, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had a mee

The motorcycle used in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh has been found, a senior official of Maharashtra Police's Anti-Terrorism Squad said late Saturday evening. A special investigation team (SIT) of the Karnataka Police and the Maharashtra ATS are probing links of the accused involved in

Bengaluru: The bail application submitted by the Karnataka Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar and three of his co-accused- Sunil Sharma, Anjaneya and Rajendra in the Income Tax case was accepted by the Special Economic Offences Court in Bengaluru on Saturday, September 15. The court has order

BENGALURU: After days of defending its legislators and putting up a united front, the Congress on Friday decided to approach the Income Tax department with a complaint against BJP. While the party has urged the I-T department to investigate the source of money being “offered” to its legislators,

Bengaluru: A movement aimed to spread awareness on mental health among 10,000 people has been launched here by a non-profit organisation. The White Swan Foundation, with its mission to deliver knowledge services for mental health and wellbeing, has announced the launch of "Mission 10K" programme.

BENGALURU: Of the 30 districts across Karnataka, 23 districts have been declared drought-hit due to deficit rainfall in the monsoon season, an official said on Wednesday. "Though the monsoon (June-September) was near normal in coastal, south interior and Malnad regions with record rainfall causin

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru Rural police, the Anti Rowdy Squad of Mangaluru South division and the officials of Mines and Geology, in a joint operation, seized over 78 loads of sand, which were stored illegally at Valachil, Adyar and Arkula, on Thursday, September 13. The worth of the seized sand is es

Officials of various departments are making preparations to receive President Ram Nath Kovind in Belagavi on September 15. He will be inaugurating the yearlong platinum jubilee celebrations of Karnatak Law Society in the city. Officials of the Public Works Department and city corporation are r

Udupi: A 55-year-old man riding a two-wheeler was crushed to death by a container truck at Santhekatte near here on Wednesday, September 12. The deceased has been identified as Gangadhar Kanchan, a resident of K G Road, near Uppoor village. It is learnt that Gangadhar and the truck were moving