Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 22: For close to a decade, Siddalinga Mahaswami, 55, has been the ‘de-facto’ pontiff of the Siddaganga muttin Tumakuru, one of the richest mutts in the state. Following the demise of Shivakumara Swami, Siddalinga swami will officially take over the reins of the prominent Lingayat mutt in the next few days. A ‘home grown’ seer, Siddalinga swami is an ardent follower of Shivakumar

Mangaluru, Jan 22: A young Catholic nun, who was pursuing her graduation, was found dead at a convent in Bejai in the city yesterday. The deceased, Sr Reshma D’Souza (23), belonged to Ursuline Franciscan Sisters (UFS) congregation, Mangaluru province. It is believed that she died following a massive heart attack She was a student of II BA at St Aloyisus College in the city. When Sr Reshma did not

Mumbai, Jan 22: Nationalist Congress Party or NCP leader Dhananjay Munde has demanded a probe either by the R&AW or a Supreme Court judge into the death of his uncle and former union minister Gopinath Munde after a cyber expert claimed that the BJP leader was "killed" as he was aware of hacking of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Dhananjay Munde, who is the Leader of

Bengaluru, Jan 21: A case of attempt to murder was registered Monday against Congress MLA J N Ganesh in connection with the alleged brawl with lawmaker colleague Anand Singh at a resort near here, police said. The case was registered based on a complaint by Singh, who has been hospitalised for injury suffered in the brawl late Saturday night. Singh and Ganesh, both from Ballari district, had a

Karwar, Jan 21: As many as eight people drowned after a boat ferrying devotees to the mainland from an island temple capsized off the Karwar coast on Monday. The incident occurred at around 3 p.m. when the devotees were returning after participating in ‘Koormagad Narasmiha Jatre’ held at Koormagad island, around 3 kms from Karwar. According to the Indian Navy, there were 26 persons on the boat of

Bengaluru, Jan 21: A helpless Congress has suspended its MLA from Kampli constituency, JN Ganesh from the party following his drunken brawl with fellow legislator Anand Singh. This action comes 36 hours after Ganesh was involved in a drunken, violent brawl with Singh at around 1 am on Sunday at the Eagleton Resort where the party had kept all legislators. Singh sustained an injury on his head

Kolkata, Jan 21: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has said that people of the country were totally “disappointed” with the administration of Narendra Modi and heaped praise on his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, saying she is a “good administrator” and has all capabilities of leading the country. The Janata Dal (Secular) leader, however, maintained that leadership was not the

Bengaluru, Jan 21: Prominent Lingayat seer of Tumakuru-based Siddaganga Math, 111-year old Shivakumara Swamiji, who was known as the 'Walking God', died Monday after a prolonged illness, the seminary announced. "The seer left for the heavenly abode leaving his mortal body at 11.44 am," announced the Siddaganga Education Society founded by the seer. According to the math website, the highly revered

Mangaluru, Jan 21: Amidst fears of the outbreak of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD or monkey fever) in the region, two more monkeys were found dead in Dakshina Kannada district yesterday. Whine one monkey was found dead near Kaniyoor in Puttur taluk, the carcass of another monkey was found in Attur Kemral area, near Kateel, in Mangaluru taluk. Dakshina Kannada District Surveillance Officer Praveen

Bhatkal (Uttara Kannada), Jan 21: Nearly four years after the dowry death woman from Bhatkal, a local court in Shivamogga has awarded jail term for four members of a family. While the husband of the deceased woman has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for ten years, her father-in-law, mother-in-law and sister-in-law have been awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment. Asha, a resident of