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

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