Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 18: A second PU student was killed on the spot after a truck knocked down her scooter and ran over her at Jaraganahalli, near J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru yesterday. The truck driver abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene after the accident. The K.S. Layout traffic police are on the lookout for the driver. The deceased has been identified as Neha Bhat, 18, a resident of Yelachenahalli

Dubai: ‘Tulu Paterga Tulu Oripaga Dubai’ celebrated its 7th year’s ‘Gauji Gammat’ program ‘Gobbuleda Lace’ in a grand manner on Friday the 15th March, 2019 at Zabeel Park in Dubai. Organiser Shobitha Prem Jeet welcomed the guests in Tulu Nadu traditional way with jaggery and water. Well known businessman Prabhakar Shetty inaugurated the sports activities by writing in Tulu script, "Tulu Paterga

Bengaluru, Mar 18: A Dalit student of National Law School of India University (NLSIU) has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of hostel room near Jnanabharati. Kanishk Bharti, 22, was staying at room no. 3 on the first floor of the hostel complex. Police suspect the Uttar Pradesh youth might have taken the extreme step on Thursday as his body was in a decomposed stage

Bengaluru, Mar 18: A Border Security Force soldier from Karnataka’s Belagavi district was martyred in naxal attack in West Bengal on Sunday. Rahul Vasant Shinde, attached to the 117th battalion, was returning to tents after night duty by a BSF vehicle along with other soldiers when the attack occurred around 6.40 am. The naxals fired at vehicle killing Shinde. Shinde's mortal remains would be

Elections in a democracy can rightly be called as festival of the masses. They determine the course of the country in times to come. That is generally the case and Indian democracy has been steering this path, deepening the democratic process so far. It is not that there are no problems. Many issues related to money power, muscle power, EVM machines reliability have marred to objectivity of the

Bengaluru, Mar 18: The Congress and JD(S) are likely to rework its seat-sharing arrangement following growing resentment in the Congress for ceding Uttara Kannada, Tumakuru and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabhaseats to the regional party. Leaders of both parties on Sunday hinted at a possible change in constituencies allotted to the JD(S). Ever since the alliance announced its deal, Congress workers

Panaji, Mar 17: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar passed away on Sunday evening after a prolonged illness. Parrikar was 63. Manohar Parrikar was undergoing treatment over the past one year for a serious pancreatic ailment. Manohar Parrikar's health worsened over the past two days. The former defence minister's health has been fluctuating for the past one year. Manohar Parrikar has been in and

Bengaluru, Mar 17: The BJP's Karnataka unit said Sunday that it has shortlisted candidates for all the 28 Lok Sabhaconstituencies and the party's central election committee would soon take a call on it. "We have shortlisted the names of all the candidates (in Karnataka). The central election committee will take a decision on it and release the list," BJP state general secretary Arvind Limbavali

Shivamogga , Mar 17: Criticising the Modi-led government in the Centre, JD(S) Supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda stated that the BJP-led government has only changed the names of old schemes and nothing else in the last five years. BJP has added the term 'Pradhan Mantri' to all the schemes. "But I had not done it during my tenure as prime minister." He was speaking at JD(S) elected

Mangaluru, Mar 17: Even as two national parties – Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress – have been struggling to finalise their candidates for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency in 2019 general elections, Social Democratic Party of India has formally announced it candidate. Ilyas Mohammad Thumbay, the Karnataka state unit president of SDPI, will contest from Dakshina Kannada