Bengaluru: Reacting to the shocking demise of the pontiff of Shiroor Matha Sri Lakshmivaratheertha Swami, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, on Thursday, July 19, said that the government would order an inquiry into his death. Replying to queries by media persons, the CM said, "Some people have expr

Mangaluru: An alleged "miscommunication" between MESCOM officials and a contractor roped in for maintenance work, resulted in the exposure of several workers to electric shock, killing at least one. The incident happened at Maravoor Junction here on Wednesday, July 18 during the repairs to a high

Bengaluru: Less than a fortnight after Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy proposed a hike in fuel prices, the state transport corporations are now contemplating a bus fare hike. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Transport Minister DC Thammanna said that a proposal on this has been presented bef

Bengaluru: In a new twist to the row over iPhones being gifted to Parliamentarians, Minister for Medium and Major Irrigation and Medical Education D K Shivakumar, on July 17, claimed that the iPhones were his personal gift and the government had nothing to do with it. "Gifting an iPhone was my pe

Bengaluru: The recent uptick in mob lynchings related to rumours about 'child lifters' spreading on WhatsApp has prompted the Bengaluru police to initiate an awareness campaign to bring a stop to such incidents. This decision came on Monday soon after a Hyderabad techie was killed in a mob attack

Bengaluru: The craze for selfies claimed the lives of two young techies when they were swept away in Cauvery river at Mekedatu in Ramanagara district on Sunday while trying to click a picture of themselves. The deceased - Shamir Rahman (29) and Bhavani Shankar(29), natives of Bidar were employed

Mangaluru: In a shocking incident, a student from the northeast was allegedly molested in broad daylight in the city on Sunday, July 15. The girl, studying nursing in a private college, was walking towards the paying guest accommodation near Mallikatte at 5 PM. All of a sudden a miscreant who was

Udupi: Following his public outing as a stalker, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike Honorary President of the Udupi district unit Santhosh Shetty has been remanded to judicial custody till July 28. He was sent to Mangaluru prison after he was produced at the residence of the magistrate of Udupi sessions cour

Mysuru: A government school in a remote village in the Mysuru district of Karnataka, has been painted to look like a train to put a check on the migration of its students to private schools. The school is located in the Nanjangud taluk. "Government schools are shutting down these days because

Bidar: Rumours being spread over Whatsapp yet again provoked the mob, this time in Bidar to lynch a 32-year-old techie and critically injure three others over suspicions of them being child abductors. The deceased, Mohammad Azam was a software engineer at Google. Azam along with three of his frie

Mysuru: Due to good rainfall this year, Chief Minister H D Kumarswamy called upon the district authorities and elected representatives to plan Dasara celebration in a grand manner. Apart from regular colourful programmes, he also called upon the authorities and elected representatives to come out wi

Mangaluru: The Dakshina Kannada district police have arrested three persons who are alleged to have uploaded an obscene photo of a lady on social media. The arrested have been identified as Sandesh, Jagadish and Naveen. It is gathered that Sandesh had captured nude pictures of the lady after b

Bengaluru: The state Assembly building, Vidhana Soudha, witnessed a rare bonhomie among three arch-rivals: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, his predecessor Siddaramaiah and leader of the opposition BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday. A few minutes before the lunch break Yeddyurappa and Siddaramaiah had tra

Mangaluru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) police busted a prostitution racket being carried out from a rental apartment at Kottara Chowki here and arrested two persons, including a woman on Thursday, July 12. Sajith Shekar (30), a Padubidri resident is one of the arrested persons while the identity

New Delhi: A major tragedy was averted after two IndiGo aircraft came face-to-face over Bengaluru airspace, seconds away from a mid-air collision. The incident occurred on Tuesday when 6E 779 (from Coimbatore to Hyderabad) and 6E 6505 (from Bengaluru to Kochi) were just 200 feet away from each ot

Bengaluru: A class nine student of a Bengaluru school committed suicide, on Tuesday night as he was not elected as class leader. The boy, Dhruvraj(14), a student of Baldwin Co-Education Extension High School, RR Nagar was found hanging at his residence in Rajarajeshwarinagar, southwest Bengaluru.

Madikeri: The Excise Department officials arrested two persons for possessing deer meat at Tholpatti Gate, Kutta Gadi here on July 11. The officials confiscated 3.3 kg deer meat from the accused identified as Vijesh and Ajeesh, both residents of Mahe. Acting on a tip-off that the meat of the w

Bengaluru: BM Farooq, a Mangaluru-based businessman and one of the richest MLCs in the Legislative Council has said that he would use the money that he receives as salary and allowance to help needy patients. With assets over Rs 770 crore, as per an election affidavit filed by the JD(S) leader, F