Bengaluru: In an interesting turn of events, the arrest of three pickpocketers here has enabled the Ramamurthynagar police nab the culprits who had burgled the house of a retired IGP on June 11. Amaresh, a resident of Vijayapura in the North Karnataka region, worked as a mason in the city. During

BELAGAVI: Yakkundi village near Vijayapura wasn’t celebrating just any birthday. Its oldest resident — Sayavva Siddappa Tambake — turned 109 years young on August 3. And the village celebrated the momentous occasion in a grand manner.Wearing a beautiful Ilkal saree in dark green with a red border an

Karnataka on Tuesday launched a round-the-clock information and grievance helpline for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) across the state. "The 'Kalyana Kendra' (welfare centre) helpline will allow members of these communities to get information on the state's welfare programmes f

A leopard that had been spreading panic among villagers near Kundapur in Karnataka's Udupi district for the last few weeks has been trapped by forest department officials. The animal was caught at Malady village near Kundapur on Sunday, people familiar with the matter said. Villagers said after t

Mysuru: Four from a family met a watery grave here as a vehicle they were travelling in plunged into an open canal at Kamaravalli in Periyapatna Taluk. The deceased have been identified as Palaniswami (50), his wife Sanju (40), daughter Poornima (17) and son Nikhil (15). It is gathered that th

Shivamogga: A tense situation prevailed at Ranganathapura, Shikaripura after a Dargah building was demolished to facilitate the road widening work on Saturday, August 4. Several people gathered at the spot objecting to the demolition of the building and got into a verbal spat with the officials o

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Karnataka arrested 24-year old Prashanth Poojary on Friday (3 August) night taking suo moto notice of a post on Facebook, The News Minute has reported. Poojary, a Kudla native, is the admin of the Facebook page Kudla Trolls where a post ‘trolling’ the Karnataka C

Karnataka has now joined the ranks of States that are using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or drones in governance. The State on Thursday launched a pilot project under which drones will be used in agriculture, urban development and policing. The demonstrative application projects using drones

Bagalkot: The mutilated body of a four-year-old boy was recently found at Bundagani village in the Rabakavi Banahatti taluk of the Bagalkote district. The victim has been identified as Muthappa Amajogola. Reportedly, the killers had chopped off his genitals, and had even made away with an earring

Shivamogga: The excise department in Shivamogga is going high-tech. They have decided to use drones to identify the ganja (marijuana) growing fields and their producers effective from Wednesday, August 1. A demo was organized at Kunchenalli village on Thursday. The drone camera team was accompanied

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Bengaluru on Thursday arrested a woman who was trying to smuggle cocaine and ketamine by hiding the substances in packets of noodles kept in her handbag. Authorities said that she was travelling from Mumbai to Bengaluru with the drugs. The accused was identif

Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) which is probing the murder of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh has inched further by seizing two bikes used by the culprits to execute the murder plan. The bikes were seized on Wednesday from a house in Kunigal by a police team led by CPI Raju

Bengaluru: The call for a bandh across 13 districts in north Karnataka received almost no public response and the local authorities have dubbed it a total failure. The JDS-Congress government in Karnataka successfully doused the fire by turning the tables on the opposition BJP which they claim was b

The teenage years are notorious for being the rebel period in a person’s life. Every restriction set by our parents feels like a new challenge to be thwarted at the earliest. Honestly, did we even know why we had half the fights we had with our moms and dads? Getting over that phase is a major relie

Hunsur: Unable to repay the loan, a young tobacco farmer committed suicide by consuming poison on July 30 at Hunagalli in Hanagodu Hobli here. The deceased farmer has been identified as Manchegowda (35), son of Siddegowda. He leaves behind parents, wife and two children. It is gathered that Ma

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has blamed the media for the flare-up of the demand for a separate statehood for north Karnataka, saying if anything went wrong in future, it would be held responsible. "You (media) are responsible for flaring up of separate North Karnataka stat

Losing our loved ones can often shatter us completely, more so when we lose our children to unforeseen circumstances. But Basavaraj, a clerk who works in MPHS Government High School in Kalaburagi's Maktampur in Karnataka, decided to honor his daughter by doing a good deed. After his daughter's

Bantwal: A group of men allegedly attacked two youth while plying in a car in Farangipet here, on Sunday, in a suspected act of moral policing. The aggressive mob that waylaid the car in Farangipete attacked the youth in the car. Later the police dispersed the crowd. It is gathered that Suresh