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Mangaluru, Oct 2: Sasikanth Senthil, the former Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, has said that he had expected backlash from a certain section of the society for quitting the IAS in protest against undemocratic steps being taken by the union government. Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the launch of Gandhi 150 Chintana Yatre at Sri Brahma Baidarkala Garodi Kshetra, Kankanady

Uppinangady, Oct 2: The police have seized 29 heads of cattle, which were being transported in a truck, and arrested one person at Nelyadi near Uppinangady. On Tuesday morning, police, acting on a tip-off, intercepted a truck coming from Hassan to Mangaluru. Police, who stopped the truck near Nelyadi, while checking the vehicle, found that 29 buffaloes were being transported in the truck without

Bengaluru, Oct 2: Rich tributes were paid to Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation on his 150th birth anniversary day by the leaders of the BJP, Congress and the JD(S), in the state, here on Wednesday. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, paid homage to Mahatma, by placing wreaths at the statue located in the Vidhana Soudha premises and remembered the great soul. The Chief Minister also paid tribute

Ballari, Oct 2: Congress leader and Member of the Karnataka Legislative Council KC Kondaya on Wednesday came in support of disqualified MLA Anand Singh, on the creation of new district Vijayanagar, from the present Ballari district. Addressing a press meet here, Mr Kondaya said carving a new district from Ballari would help the development of the district and the overall growth of the region. He

London, Oct 2: A UK High Court judge on Wednesday ruled in favour of India in a decades-old legal dispute with Pakistan over funds belonging to the Nizam of Hyderabad at the time of Partition in 1947 and deposited in a London bank account. The Nizam's descendants, Prince Mukarram Jah – the titular eighth Nizam of Hyderabad – and his younger brother Muffakham Jah, had joined hands with the Indian

Mysuru, Oct 2: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said there was no need to create unnecessary controversy on flood relief funds, which were expected to be released in another two to three days. Speaking to newspersons here, Mr Yeddiyurappa said the state has not received the relief funds from the Centre, so far. Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just arrived in the country

Kalaburagi, Oct 2: In a bid to keep our environment clean, two engineering students of Central University of Karnataka have made a smart garbage monitoring system, in form of a sensor-enabled dust bin which will send a message to authorities if the garbage bin has not been cleaned for long. Sneha and Adwaith, students of electric engineering worked on this project for more than a year, while

Srirangapatna, Oct 2: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17 helicopter deputed for an air show as part of the Mysuru Dasara celebrations made an emergency landing near Srirangapatna on Wednesday after the chopper developed a technical snag. The IAF said that the helicopter made the emergency landing as per standard operating procedures. No loss of life and property was reported in the incident. "The

Bengaluru, Oct 2: After the central government imposed a ban on single-use plastic, banana leaf vendors in the south hope for good business in the coming days. "The government has taken good action against single-use plastic. Plastic harm nature. By using the banana leaf, there will be less non-biodegradable waste. We are expecting some growth in our business after the ban on single-use plastic,"

Shivamogga, Oct 2: A 25-year-old man from Shivamogga has found a unique way to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi by carving out micro size Gandhi statues out of chalk pencils. Varun Kumar Achar who developed an interest in Micro art has carved statues of other leading personalities such as Subhash Chandra Bose, Veer Savarkar, Abdul Kalam and Swami Vivekananda among others. Speaking to ANI, Varun said