News Karnataka

Cong stages rally mocking BJP for its failure in upstaging coalition govt

Bengaluru 2019-01-17 18:29:57

Bengaluru: Mocking Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its failed attempt to upstage the Janata Dal (S)-Congress coalition government, members and workers of the s...

6,701 people from state selected for Hajj pilgrimage this year

Bengaluru 2019-01-17 18:07:51

Bengaluru: The Indian Hajj committee selected 6,701 from the state for this year's Hajj pilgrimage. All the beneficiaries will be selected through a lottery sys...

Mudigere-Shishila road: NHAI seeks permission to cut 20 lakh trees

Bengaluru 2019-01-17 16:31:28

Bengaluru: The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has sought permission from the state forest department to cut a whopping 20 lakh trees to make way for...

Karnataka cable operators to hold strike on January 24, screens to go dark

Bengaluru 2019-01-17 13:02:20

Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Cable Television Operators Association have announced that they will be on strike on January 24 between 6 AM and 10 PM. They are...

India to launch imaging satellite Microsat-R on Jan 24

Bengaluru 2019-01-17 10:52:07

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch an imaging satellite Microsat-R along with a student payload 'Kalamsat' from its spaceport...

Karnataka political drama over 'Operation Lotus' continues

Bengaluru 2019-01-17 06:34:30

Bengaluru: The political drama over alleged "Operation Lotus" to destabilise the Karnataka government continued on Wednesday with the Congress preparing fo...

K C Venugopal mocks at media for telecasting false news on 'Operation Lotus'

Bengaluru 2019-01-16 22:49:12

Bengaluru: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday, January 15 had mocked at media saying that they were showing “episodes” of “political se...

Electors in Karnataka down by nearly forty thousand

Bengaluru 2019-01-16 20:38:43

Bengaluru: Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kumar has said that the election officials have received 17.45 lakh applications for inclusion, deletion and modifica...

Devotees lead cows on burning hay during Sankranti celebrations

Bengaluru 2019-01-16 18:08:02

Bengaluru: In a ritual seeking good fortune and protection from any harm, the devotees in Bengaluru, led the cows decorated with garlands and bells, over burnin...

8-year-old resolves to have toilet at home; parents pledge gold to build it

Mangaluru 2019-01-17 18:17:51

Mangaluru: An eight-year-old girl's resolution to have a toilet at home made her parents pledge their gold to build it for her.

A J Hospital to launch coastal region’s first obesity clinic

Mangaluru 2019-01-17 10:13:52

Mangaluru: A J Hospital, through its Surgical Gastroenterology Department, is launching an exclusive Obesity Clinic on Saturday, January 19. It is the first-of-...

Media should not highlight unwanted news for TRP: Siddaraju

Mangaluru 2019-01-16 23:09:49

Mangaluru: Karnataka Media Academy President M Siddaraju urged the journalists not to highlight unwanted news, but to give more importance to the issues which a...

Differently abled need not run around for free housing: UTK

Mangaluru 2019-01-16 22:59:17

Mangaluru: "The differently abled need not go to panchayats under the housing scheme, but the government itself would take the list of differently-abled people...

Moily demands Kateel's apology for Vijaya Bank merge statements

Mangaluru 2019-01-16 22:25:14

Mangaluru: The proposal of merger of Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda has evoked widespread criticism. However, a letter issued by MP M Veerappa Moily states tha...

Nalin blaming Moily on Vijaya Bank merger only for political mileage: UTK

Mangaluru 2019-01-16 18:21:27

Mangaluru: State Minister for Urban Development and Housing and Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister U T Khader alleged that MP Nalin Kumar Kateel...

District admin gears up of LS polls, 16,97,417 voters to cast votes this elections

Mangaluru 2019-01-16 13:56:08

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district administration has announced the total number of voters as 16,97,417 for the upcoming Lok Sabha (LS) election, on Wedn...

Photo exhibition brings reformer Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay alive

Mangaluru 2019-01-16 13:25:01

Mangaluru: A photo-story exhibition narrating life and times of social reformer and freedom fighter Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was inaugurated in Mangaluru o...

MIA employees oppose privatisation move, 2 companies leave

Mangaluru 2019-01-15 22:56:08

Mangaluru: Close on the heels of the union government's decision to privatise Mangalore International Airport along with the other five airports, two companies...

State level conference on ‘India’s Path of Development in Era of Globalisation’

Mysuru 2019-01-16 22:43:28

Mysuru: Department of Economics and Political Science of Vidyavardhaka First Grade College will be conducting a one-day state level conference on ‘India&r...

Dejected II PUC student commits suicide after FB live stream

Mysuru 2019-01-13 12:09:22

Mysuru: Yasmeen Taj (19), a resident of Metagalli located on the city outskrits and a second year PUC (Commerce) student of a private PU college, comm...

Medium of Instruction controversy: Dalit activists gherao writer Champa

Mysuru 2019-01-12 13:37:05

Mysuru: Hundreds of Dalit activists gheraoed writer Chandrasekhar Patil (Champa) in Mysuru on Saturday for opposing the state government's decision to convert 1...

Ganjam Jewellers to conduct two-day exhibition of fine jewellery

Mysuru 2019-01-10 20:15:50

Mysuru: As part of ‘International Year of Bird’ and to mark 100th anniversary of the signing of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) - one of the ea...

MCC commissioner suspends labourer based on viral video of diesel theft

Mysuru 2019-01-10 18:16:09

Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner has informed that the municipal corporation labourers who were stealing diesel from the corporation's reg...

Tahsildar clears illegally encroached land at Doddakere ground in Mysuru

Mysuru 2019-01-10 17:37:59

Mysuru: Illegal encroachment of land at Doddakere ground, opposite Mall of Mysuru was cleared as per the orders of Tahsildar Ramesh Babu.

'Beef gang' butchers five cows, villagers shocked

Mysuru 2019-01-10 17:32:01

Mysuru: The bones and some other body parts of as many as five cattle that were stolen from a shed were found disposed at Dadadahalli of Mysuru, on Thursday, Ja...

50 percent of middle managers in IT industry will be irrelevant: Mindtree chief

Mysuru 2019-01-08 20:55:36

Mysuru: In the last one and half years, enough research has come in saying that 50 percent of the middle managers in the IT industry are going to beco...

'Wonder Kid' Ishan Chetan is youngest brand ambassador for Swacch Bharath Abihyan

Mysuru 2019-01-07 22:16:16

Mysuru: Master Ishan Chetan who is taking out an awareness campaign against the use of banned plastic for the past five months, the youngest person to do so, ha...

Udupi dist to hold 'Alupotsava' - Heritage Walk and Folklore Fest from Jan 25

Udupi 2019-01-16 20:58:10

Udupi: The District Administration along with the Udupi Tourism Department has organised 'Alupotsava'-Heritage Walk and Folklore Festival from January 25 to 27...

Udupi native imprisoned for carrying banned medicines released by Kuwait court

Udupi 2019-01-16 11:12:01

Udupi: Shankar Poojary, a resident of Basrur, near Kundapur, who was arrested for allegedly carrying banned drug parcel to Kuwait about seven months ago, h...

Extensive precautionary measures taken to check monkey fever: DC

Udupi 2019-01-15 18:51:57

Udupi: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Priyanka Mary Francis, on Monday, January 14, said that there has not been any case of monkey fever in Udupi district so far, bu...

Parked car bursts into flames after owner starts engine

Udupi 2019-01-14 17:04:15

Udupi: In an unfortunate incident, a fire broke out inside a parked car, causing huge losses to the owner. The car was reportedly parked outside the Geethanjali...

200 fishing boats leave for two-day search for missing boat and crew

Udupi 2019-01-13 14:40:34

Udupi: As many as 200 deep sea fishing boats departed from the Malpe port on Saturday, January 12, in a bid the "Suvarna Thribhuja", the fishing boat that went...

Vehicle topples into river, one woman loses life

Udupi 2019-01-12 16:19:43

Karkala: A woman was killed when a Bolero vehicle accidently fell into Shambhavi river.

State-level Junior Handball tourney from Jan 17

Udupi 2019-01-12 14:54:51

Udupi: Udupi District Handball Association affiliated to Karnataka Handball Association, Bangaluru will organize state level 17th Junior Handball championship f...

Monkey fever scare grips Udupi, Shivamogga

Udupi 2019-01-12 12:40:25

Udupi: The death toll of monkeys in different parts of Udupi district has shot up to eight since the past one week. Latest, a monkey was found de...

Death toll of Monkeys shoots up to eight in Udupi district

Udupi 2019-01-12 09:28:23

Udupi: The death toll of monkeys in different parts of Udupi district has shot up to eight for one week. Latest, a monkey was found dead near Hirgana villages o...

Cong all set to pass ‘No Confidence’ motion in ZP to dislodge BJP

Dharwad 2019-01-07 20:29:51

Dharwad: In order to dislodge the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Zilla Panchayat presidential post, its Congress members are ready to pass the ‘No Confid...

WATCH LIVE : 84th All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

Dharwad 2019-01-05 11:04:49

Dharwad dist admin seeks additional Rs 2 cr for Kannada Sahithya Sammelana

Dharwad 2019-01-01 10:10:43

Dharwad: With less than 72 hours to go for the 84th edition of the Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, which will be held in Dharwad between January 4 and...

PSI dances with rowdy-sheeters, Commissioner assures strict action

Hubballi 2018-12-28 14:15:31

Hubballi: A video of Hubballi suburb PSI, Basavaraja Hoogara, dancing with rowdy-sheeters Durgappa Bijawada and Shivraj Gowri, both serving three years of impri...

I’ve not contacted Ramesh Jarkiholi: BSY

Hubballi 2018-12-26 19:15:26

Hubbali: As the rebel leader of the Congress party Ramesh Jarkiholi seemed upset over the high command's decisions in the state coalition cabinet expansion, all...

Gudageri police station ranks 5th on list of best police stations in country

Dharwad 2018-12-22 14:44:25

Dharwad: The Gudageri police station in the Dharwad district has ranked as the fifth best police station in the county. The list of top ten best police stations...

Couple seeks votes for PM Modi on marriage invitation cards

Hubballi 2018-12-15 17:49:10

Hubbali: Every couple wants something special to be done for their wedding, be it the invitation card, marriage hall décor, or food. Here’s a coupl...

Mother kills own children in Hubballi

Hubballi 2018-12-12 17:18:15

Hubballi: A mother of two strangled to death her own children with a veil. Her extreme step was reportedly triggered by domestic dispute.

Panic-stricken villagers flush out lake after fishing out HIV+ woman's dead body

Dharwad 2018-12-06 13:08:45

Dharwad: A dead body of a 40-year-old woman was found floating in a lake in Moraba village of Dharwad. Very little did the local administration know that a...

Shivakumara Swamiji's health back to normal: Dr. Paramesh

Tumakuru 2019-01-17 16:53:26

Tumkur: Siddaganga Hospital doctor Dr. Paramesh has confirmed that the health condition of the Centenarian Pont...

Vatal Nagaraj protests against State and Centre with several demands

Karwar 2019-01-17 16:03:18

Karwar: While protesting against the state and central governments placing several demands, President of Kannad...

Youth Congress workers picket BSY's residence in Shivamogga

Shivamogga 2019-01-17 14:56:44

Shimoga: BJP state President Yeddyurappa's Vinobha Nagar house in Shivamogga was picketed by the youth Congress workers, on Thursday mo...

Monkey fever scare intensifies in Shivamogga, Kundapura area

Shivamogga 2019-01-17 14:26:19

Shivamogga/Udupi: The Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) has claimed nine lives in Shivamogga so far and the latest reports claim that the KFD vi...

Seven out of 18 Bhatkal fishermen detained by Iranian authorities freed

Karwar 2019-01-17 12:05:51

Bhatkal: Seven out of 18 fishermen from Bhatkal, who were in the custody of the police in Iran for over four months for violating...

67-year-old kidney donor biking 10000 km for organ donation

Shivamogga 2019-01-16 22:37:03

Shivamogga: A 67-year-old Pramod Lakshman Mahajan, a member of ReBirth Foundation, Pune is achieving a feat tha...

MLA Anand Singh appears before City Civil Court, gets bail

Ballari 2019-01-16 18:02:30

Ballari: Congress MLA Anand Singh appeared before the City Civil Court here on Wednesday, January 16 for a hear...

Ex-CM Siddaramaiah lashes out at BJP terming it ‘shameless’

Chikkamagaluru 2019-01-16 17:52:09

Chikkamagaluru: As the Congress-Janata Dal (S) coalition government got a whiff of ‘Operation Lotus&rsquo...

K C Venugopal orders for ‘MLA Meet’, all 3 missing Cong MLAs return to B'luru

Belagavi 2019-01-15 23:10:59

Belagavi: On the orders of the AICC General Secretary and Karnataka In-charge K C Venugopal, Forest Minister Sa...