Udupi: A gang of three unidentified men hacked a recreation club owner to death in Manipal, here on Sunday, July 29. The deceased has been identified as Guruprasad Bhat (45) resident of Puttur in Udupi. The miscreants who came in a Maruthi Omni car barged into his recreation club in '7th Heaven'

Bengaluru: Over 1,000 "war rockets" of the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore state, Tipu Sultan, were found in an abandoned open well at Bidanooru Fort in Karnataka's Shivamogga district, said an official on Saturday, July 28. "Excavation of the open well in the fort at Nagara near Shiva

Belagavi: A newborn baby died in a hospital here due to non-availability of treatment following the ongoing strike by private doctors against the controversial National Medical Commission Bill introduced by the union government. The newborn baby's father Basappa, alleged that the baby developed r

A 15-year-old Bengaluru resident, who had gone missing on Tuesday, was found dead in a lake in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada on Thursday. Yashwant Sai, an SSLC student from Hoodi, was found in the Guruvayanakere lake in Dakshina Kannada two days after he went missing from his home in Hood

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to BJP MLA D Vedavyas Kamath representing Mangaluru South Constituency as well as the State Election Commission. Justice B Veerappa ordered the issuing of notices to them after hearing an election petition filed by the defeated Cong

Mangaluru: A woman has filed a complaint against city-based advocate alleging rape after promising marriage. The woman has named Mohammed Ismail, a resident of Surthkal in her complaint filed with Mangaluru Women's Police Station. As per the complaint, the woman got acquainted with Ismail afte

Bengaluru: The SIT probing journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh's murder has stumbled upon a diary with a 'hit-list' which has the name of film and theatre personality Girish Karnad's name on top, the police said on Wednesday. Girish Karnad is among the most vocal critics of hardline Hindutva whose

Mangaluru: A 21-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the fifth floor of a commercial complex at Felix Pai Bazaar Road here on Wednesday, July 25. The deceased has been identified as Guruprasad, a resident of Jeppinamogaru. He was pursuing his first-year engineer

Bengaluru: A pre-teen boy, suffering from Thalassaemia took charge as the honorary in-charge of VV Puram police station for a day on Tuesday, July 24. The boy, Shashank (12) who aspires to don the Khaki uniform some day, expressed his desire of becoming a police officer while he was undergoing tr

New Delhi: In a first, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has issued an order to not allow access to media personnel inside the Vidhana Soudha- the state assembly building. Times Now has learnt that the office of the Chief Minister has asked Director General (DG) office to make separate enclos

BENGALURU: On July 5, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy announced a partial crop loan waiver for farmers of Karnataka. Three weeks later, the process hasn’t moved an inch. In fact, the government is yet to reimburse banks for the waiver announced by the previous Siddaramaiah government, leave alone

Bengaluru: Wearing a flimsy helmet can be as dangerous as not wearing one at all. The recent incident with a 19-year-old college student is a testament to the importance of wearing sturdy helmets. Preethi Chopra, a first-year B.Com student at Surana College in Jayanagar, was on her way back from

HASSAN/MYSURU: KR Kavitha, 40, did not waste time complaining to the local authorities when she saw an uprooted tree blocking the road while she was rushing her injured father to a hospital in Sakleshpur town on Thursday evening. Taking an alternative road full of potholes and slush would have wo

BENGALURU: A routine exercise of freeing up lockers at the famous Bowring Institute club here led to a shock discovery of cash, jewellery and property documents, all worth around `550 crore, from three of them. The lockers belonged to a member who has been with the club since 1993. To top it, the cl

BENGALURU: For the third time, Kerala has emerged the best-governed state in India among the larger states, as per the Public Affairs Index 2018 released by Bengalurubased think tank, Public Affairs Centre. Karnataka has bagged the fourth position. Among the smaller states, Himachal Pradesh has s

Mangaluru: After alleging that the police department has failed to tackle the rampant cattle theft menace in the district, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has decided to launch a 'Gau Raksha Dal' in all villages of the Dakshina Kannada district to prevent the theft and illegal transport of cattle. Addr

Udupi: In a major development to the mysterious death of Shiroor seer Lakshmivaratheertha Swamiji, the Udupi district police have detained a woman employee of the seer. Shiroor seer Lakshmivaratheertha Swamiji died on July 19, Thursday owing to multiple organ failure. The doctors of the private h

Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team has nabbed another suspect in connection with the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. The SIT Karnataka investigating officers probing Lankesh's killing said they had nabbed 50-year-old Mohan Nayak from Sullia. He was produced before the 3rd