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Hyderabad: The glaring contrast in development, especially in agricultural and welfare, between Telangana and Karnataka is now being noticed by people, who are travelling in the two States. And most say it is not exaggeration, when people of Raichur, including elected representatives, demanded merger of the district with Telangana after being impressed with the welfare […]
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Hyderabad: What do you imagine when someone says the word ‘office’? Concrete building, cubicles, desktops, and coffee machines, right? But this Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer turned the word around and gave it a whole new meaning. Parveen Kaswan, an IFS officer from Karnataka shared an image on Twitter and captioned it “Office!!” and it […]
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Bengaluru: In a major development, Karnataka High Court has observed that a husband asking his wife to pursue higher education and talking to his wife on when to have baby can not be considered as cruelty. The bench headed by Justice H.B. Prabhakara Shastri on Wednesday also quashed charges alleging harassment by husband and mother-in-law […]
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Bagalkot: Mudhol hounds, Karnataka’s breed of indigenous dogs, have joined the Special Protection Group (SPG) squad which provides security cover to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said on Thursday. A team of SPG comprising two doctors and soldiers had visited the Canine Research and Information Center, (Mudhol hound), Timmapur, (CRIC) and taken two male puppies from […]
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Kolar: Two passengers were killed on the spot and 10 injured as a private bus turned turtle after the driver lost control of the vehicle in Kolar district of Karnataka on Wednesday. According to police, the incident took place near Virupakshi Gate on the National Highway-75 near Mulbagal city. The deceased have been identified as […]
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Shivamogga (Karnataka): Karnataka police clamped prohibitory orders in Shivamogga city following two incidents of stabbing of youth reported on Monday in the violence that broke out after removal of the Veer Savarkar’s flex from a circle by group of people. The group also attempted to install flex of Tipu Sultan in its place. Police sources […]
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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy preparing for the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh to be held later this year, as well as in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in 2023, besides other states. While the BJP is working on a political strategy to help it win above […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka police have arrested a man on charges of having unnatural sex with cows in Bengaluru, police said on Monday. Identified as Manjunath, the 34-year-old is a resident of Gejjalagere village near Maddur town in Mandya district. Chandra Layout Police arrested him on a complaint by his friend who caught him red-handed. According […]
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Bengaluru: Karnataka Police have arrested a gang of three miscreants on charges of robbing a software professional posing themselves as gays in Bengaluru, police said on Wednesday. According to police, the accused persons used a gay dating app to trap the victim techie. The arrested robbers have been identified as Sameer Pasha, Mohammad Ismail and Salman […]
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Bengaluru: The political slugfest over the serial killings in coastal Karnataka region has threatened to create more divide between communities in the communally sensitive region. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s gesture of paying visit only to the BJP activist’s residence and announcement of a compensation package to the family of the Hindu youth and turning a […]
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Bengaluru: After the hijab crisis, boycott call for Muslim traders and the killing of Bajrang Dal activist, the murder of three youths in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada is now flaring up the communal reactions. Prohibitory orders have been clamped and the state police department is crossing its fingers over the developments. The killing spree […]
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Dakshina Kannada: A gang of miscreants allegedly hacked a Muslim youth to death in Karnataka’s Mangaluru district, hours after the state Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s visited the family of slain BJP activist Praveen Kumar Nettaru, police said. The deceased Muslim youth has been identified as Mohammed Fazil, a resident of Mangalpete near Surathkal, located on the […]
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Raichur: Four college girl students have gone missing suspiciously from the Raichur city of Karnataka, police said on Monday. The police have launched a hunt for them in neighbouring states — Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The girls have been identified as Monica, Bhagyashree, Bhavani, studying in Class 12 and Nandini, studying in Class 11 at Raichur […]
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Dakshina Kannada: Karnataka police have booked eight students under Pocso Act (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) in connection with hosting a kissing challenge at a private residence in Mangaluru city, police said on Friday. A video of minor students of a reputed college smooching in the presence of others at a private residence […]
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Dakshina Kannada: The video of students of a reputed college kissing in the presence of other students at a private residence has gone viral on social media stirring a hornet’s nest in Mangaluru city in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada in Karnataka. N. Shashikumar, Mangaluru Commissioner of Police, stated on Thursday that the incident […]
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Mumbai: A fire broke out on-board the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya while it was sailing off Karwar in Karnataka, officials said here on Wednesday. The incident occurred during a planned sortie for conducting sea trials of the aircraft carrier. Upon noticing the blaze, the ship crew immediately launched fire fighting operation using the ship’s fire-fighting […]
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Bengaluru: As many as 13 Muslim educational institutions have sought Karnataka government’s permission to set up Pre-University Colleges in Dakshina Kannada which would enable Muslim girl students to wear hijab inside classrooms. According to sources in the Education Department, all the applications have sought consent to open PU colleges (first and second PUC) in the […]
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Tumakuru: A family that rears parrots at home here have announced Rs 50,000 cash for those who can find their favourite bird which went missing. According to Ravi, an animal activist and the owner of the bird, their family nursed two African grey parrots at their home in Jayanagar locality of Tumakuru district. One of […]
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Nagarkurnool: For the first time this monsoon season, Srisailam project is getting inflows with irrigation department releasing water from Jurala project into downstream. Following heavy rains in the upstream areas of Karnataka, Jurala project is receiving inflows from Almatti and Narayanpur projects. Accordingly, the water level in Jurala project has reached the full reservoir level […]
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Hyderabad: Researchers from the University of Hyderabad (UoH) along with other researchers have developed artificial intelligence-based models to predict the risk of the rare but life-threatening fungal infection, Mucormycosis, among Covid-19 patients at the time of discharge from the hospital. The collaborative study included a dataset of 1,229 Covid-19 positive patients and 214 inpatients, Covid-19 […]
