Karnataka

Madikeri, May 4: The police Kodagu district police have arrested one of the two persons for allegedly harassing actress Harshika Poonacha at a resort in Neerukolli of Madikeri taluk. The arrested is Bansi Nanaiah who is accused of behaving indecently with her. Another accused is absconding. The actress was in Madikeri to take part in an engagement of her relative on Thursday night. She was staying

Udupi, May 4: Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat and former minister Pramod Madhwaraj have demanded a high level inquiry into the case of missing fishing boat Suvarna Tribhuja, the wreckage of which was traced by the Navy personnel. Though the reason behind how the vessel was damaged still remains unknown, boat Mr Bhat and Mr Madhwaraj speculated that the boat had possibly been hit by Indian Navy’s stealth

Bengaluru, May 4: A good news for the school children and their parents ahead of the beginning of a new academic year and a bad news for those who hate them. The Karnataka government has issued an order directing all schools in the State, including government, aided and unaided institutions, to ensure that the weight of a school bag is no more than 10% of the child’s weight. The Primary and

With the results of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main out, it is celebration time at CFAL (Centre for Advanced Learning), Mangalore’s top training institute as 64% of its students turned successful at the prestigious national examination. 65 of the 101 students who wrote JEE Main qualified for JEE Advanced and are eligible for seats at the NIT’s and other top institutions of the country. It is

Bantwal, Apr 4: A team of policemen, led Assistant Superintendent of Police Saidul Adavat, raided a spot in the Netravathi backwaters at Pudu village in Bantwal taluk on Friday and seized 35 lorry-loads of sand. The raid was conducted on a tip-off about a group attempting to illegally extract sand from the riverbed. As the police arrived, the people involved in extracting sand escaped. The

Bengaluru, May 3: The Special Investigation Team probing the killing of rationalist M M Kalburgi is hunting for at least two persons directly involved in the crime, sources in the SIT said Friday. Kalburgi was shot dead on August 30, 2015 by two motorcycle borne assailants, who entered his house in Dharwad posing as students. The criminal investigation department was investigating the case

Madikeri, May 3: Tension prevailed for some time following a wild elephant trampled to death a man near Kutta in the Kodagu on Friday. Police said as the news spread, the Coffee growers and farmers launched a flash protest across the district. Agitators did not allow the police to remove the body and resorted to Road block.

Bengaluru, May 3: Police have nabbed three people, including two BMTC Drivers and a Photographer and seized from them fake currency of 81 lakh from them in the outskirts of the city today. Police said on Friday that, the trio were trying to exchange fake currency of 50 lakhs at Kogile Cross in Yelahanka Police station limits in the outskirts of the city when they were nabbed. On their information

Bengaluru, May 3: The KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao has summoned former minister Cheluvarayaswamy over the reports of defying party’s line during the election in the Mandya Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka. Speaking to newsmen he said the Mandya Congress leader had been questioned about his alleged violation of party directions to work in favor of the JD(S) candidate, during Lok Sabha elections in

The advent of Star Sports into Kannada - a language which is already replete with nearly three dozen state-level television channels - has brought forth an accomplished anchorwoman, who can steal the hearts of television audience in Karnataka in general and sports enthusiasts in particular through her astute presentation amidst the hullaballoo of a bunch of sanctimonious and strident anchors