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According to police, after the sexual assault by the accused, the victim mother fell sick and was admitted to Puttur government hospital.

According to Superintendent of Police C.B. Rishyanth, who reached the accident spot, the car driver was drunk and had dozed off while driving near the Kananakatte Toll Gate on National Highway 13.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has decided to close schools from Class 1 to 9 in Bengaluru till the end of January following the recent surge in the Covid cases in the city. Minister for Education B.C. Nagesh confirmed this on Wednesday. He said that since the number of infections have crossed the 10,000 mark in […]

Haveri: Upset over the rejection of his loan application, a man allegedly set the bank on fire in the Haveri district on Sunday. The accused has been arrested and a case has been registered at Kaginelli police station under Sections 436, 477, 435 of the Indian Penal Code, said the police. According to the police, […]

Bengaluru: The Cyber Crime Police in Karnataka have arrested a person for allegedly cheating as many as 26 women on the pretext of marriage. The accused used matrimonial sites to find his victims. He landed in prison after making an attempt to dupe a woman who works in the police department. The accused has been […]

Sangareddy: As Karnataka State is witnessing a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, officials in Sanagreddy district set up a check post at Hasselli village in Nyalkal Mandal. The check post was setup to conduct screen tests on persons who were crossing the border. Since the officials in Bidar have also imposed lockdown, […]

The night curfew has been extended till January 19 and weekend curfew is also being imposed as preventive measure to check the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic.

Hyderabad: Even as India’s unemployment rate reached a four-month high of 7.91 per cent in December, Telangana made it to the top five States with lowest unemployment rates and secured fourth spot with just 2.2 per cent. However, the State topped all others in lowest rural unemployment rate at a meagre 0.4 per cent. While […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka has become the first state in the country to adopt cashless payment solutions to facilitate education scholarship fee payment for eligible students. e-RUPI allows cashless payment solutions through a digital QR or SMS string which can be easily redeemed at the identified institute. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), State Bank of India […]

Bengaluru: With the state witnessing a rise in Omicron cases, the Karnataka government has decided to impose a night curfew from December 28 from 10 pm to 5 am for ten days. The announcement came after Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai chaired a meeting with cabinet colleagues, the state chief secretary, and other senior officials […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka police arrested three persons and seized over 4 kg ambergris (whale vomit) worth Rs 4 crore, here on Saturday. According to South East Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Srinath Mahadev Joshi, based on a tip-off, the police arrested the accused near Bengaluru’s Mico Layout. “The accused had brought Ambergris from Tamil Nadu to […]

Centurion: India opener Mayank Agarwal says his time away from the national team was spent in understanding his mind space, something which India coach Rahul Dravid has always emphasised on and it benefitted him immensely as he reclaimed his place in the side. The 30-year-old from Karnataka had lost his place in the team after […]

Mangaluru: Animal lover Rajni Shetty and her husband has devoted their life to stray animals, mostly feeding, giving shelter and treating them in their Mangaluru house. “We feed 800 stray dogs every day and look after dozens of dogs, cats, rabbits, birds in our house. We are also providing treatment to the injured animals”, said […]

Jaipur: Tamil Nadu came up with a superb all-round performance to crush Karnataka by 151 runs to progress to the semifinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy domestic 50-over tournament here on Tuesday. Sent in to bat by Karnataka captain Manish Pandey, Tamil Nadu first amassed 354 for eight in 50 overs and then dismissed the […]

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has called for applications by transgender candidates for the recruitments in the state police department for the first time. As per the Amendment of Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977 to facilitate providing one per cent jobs to transgenders, the Karnataka Police department has called for applications from transgenders for […]

Bengaluru: Three staffers working at a reputed hospital in Bengaluru have been booked for forcing a Dalit employee to clean the manhole to unclog sewers, police said on Tuesday. The hospital housekeeping supervisor D. Raja, Gilbert and the administrator have been booked under Section 3(1) (J) of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act -1989 and […]

Hyderabad: Telangana will see investments of Rs 6,000 crore in electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing over the next five years. The investments are based on EV companies’ outlay in manufacturing capacities, mostly in EV components and assembly-line production, followed by investments in battery manufacturing. Emerging clusters in the State such as Chandanvelly-Sitarampur and Divitipalli are drawing […]

Davanagere (Karnataka): A video of a man being thrashed and paraded by public for allegedly killing his newborn baby girl is doing rounds on social media. The man has, however, refuted the allegations and lodged a complaint with police saying the baby died of cancer. The localities alleged that Mansoor had killed his newborn baby […]

Hassan: In a case of drunk driving, a truck driver hit several vehicles before colliding with a bike, killing three of the four riders, including twins and their mother in Hassan district of Karnataka, police said. The accident happened on Sunday at midnight. The deceased have been identified as three-year-old Pranathi, Pranav and their mother […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Commission for Backward Classes plans to visit Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to study Socio-Economic-Educational and Employment Survey for the Backward Classes or Caste conducted in the two States. This will be followed with visits to Maharashtra, Chattisgarh and Orissa where the caste survey is under progress. The decision to this effect was […]