Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Over 35,000 wheelchairs, 52,000 magnifying glasses, and 2213 sign language interpreters have been arranged in Karnataka for voters belonging to the persons with disabilities (PwD) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. "Till February 28, we mapped 4,03,907 persons with disabilities (in the state) and are arranging whatever they require for assistance. We have arranged 35,739

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Veteran Kannada film actress L V Sharada Rao, who played the iconic role in Phaniyamma, passed away on Thursday morning. She was suffering from breast cancer and died at Shankara Hospital in the city at 7.30 am. She is known for her roles in films like Vamsha Vriksha (1971), Adi Shankaracharya (1983) and Phaniyamma (1983). Sharada won national award for her first movie Vamsha

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Senior Congress leader from the Hyderabad-Karnataka region and former Karnataka Minister A B Malaka Reddy is expected to join the BJP by quitting Congress. Opposition Leader in the Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, told newsmen here on Thursday that Malaka Reddy, who represents Yadagir in Hyderabad-Karnataka area, met him and expressed his

Chitradurga, Mar 21: A 35-year-old man who was convicted in a rape case, attempted to escape from police by jumping from the first floor of the court building and died of injuries in Chitradurga yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Sunil (35) of Hireguntanur in Chitradurga taluk. Another convict, Veerabhadra, sustained grievous injuries in a similar effort. The town police had brought

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda is more likely to contest the next month’s elections from Tumakuru Lok Sabha constituency and not from Bengaluru North. The constituency Gowda would opt for was a matter of massive speculation after he ceded Hassan, which he represents in the Lok Sabha, to grandson Prajwal Revanna. Besides Tumakuru, Gowda had Bengaluru North

Udupi, Mar 21: Journalist-turned-activist Dinesh Amit Mattu and four other social activists have been charged with “provoking religious sentiments” and violating the model code of conduct after criticized communal Hindutva at a programme recently. According to the Udupi police, a case had been registered against the organiser and the four speakers at the ‘Sarvajanotsava’, a communal harmony

Bengaluru, Mar 21: A Kannada television journalist has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from a reputed doctor, who is also a Padma Shri winner. On Wednesday, he was remanded in police custody for four days. Hemanth Kashyap, who worked with Kannada news channel Public TV, had allegedly blackmailed Dr. Ramana Rao B. with a video clip threatening to make it public if he

Bengaluru, Mar 20: Silver Medal winner in Paralympic Girish Gowda was appointed as Karnataka Lok Sabha Election Ambassador for the second time, State Chief Election Officer Sanjiv Kumar said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference here, he said that Mr Girish Gowda had done tremendous job during 2018 Assembly election and hence he was appointed as Ambassador for the second time. He created

Dharwad, Mar 20: The death toll in the buildingcollapse at Dharwad in north Karnataka mounted to fiveWednesday as rescuers pulled out two more bodies from the debris and one person succumbed to injuries at hospital, police said. Rescuers had pulled out 55 people from the rubble of the four-storeyed under construction building, which collapsedTuesday evening at Kumareshwaranagar in the heart of

Bengaluru, Mar 20: The People Representatives Court, which heard the plea from both the Prosecution as well as from the complainant, over the bail application of the Congress MLA, Ganesh, has reserved its order. Ganesh, who was in the judicial custody over the alleged assault on the Vijayanagara MLA Anand Singh has moved a bail application before the court, pleading innocent in the charges failed