Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 22: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted heavy rainfall over Kerala and Mahe today. The weather forecast agency further predicted that heavy downpour is likely to occur over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal. Isolated places over Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, east Assam, Nagaland

Bengaluru, Oct 22: A 21-year-old final-year BTech student of Amrita School of Engineering committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of his college building alleging harassment by the college management, touching off protests by hundreds of students. The nub of the issue was shortage of water and substandard food in the college hostel. The protest ended in the evening after Parappana

Mangaluru, Oct 21: Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashok on Monday hit out at former Karnataka Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah over his recent remarks on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in the backdrop of Centre's move to propose Bharat Ratna for him. Ashok slammed Siddaramaiah and added that he has lost his mind and that his remarks against Savarkar were wrong.

Bengaluru, Oct 21: Accusing the Congress party of disrespecting Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday said that not showing respect to patriots was the culture of India's grand old party. Speaking at Gandhi Sankalp Yatra in Vijaynagar Assembly constituency, he said: "It is a great matter of pride for us that Savarkar is being considered for the Bharat Ratna award. Disrespecting

Bengaluru, Oct 20: The Karnataka government has put the Assam-like National Register of Citizens (NRC) proposal on the backburner and decided to narrow down its exercise to creating a database of immigrants without documents and foreign nationals overstaying their visa. The dilution in the exercise move comes a fortnight after Karnataka home minister Basavaraj Bommai announced the NRC would soon

Mysuru, Oct 21: Disqualified MLA BC Patil on Monday flatly refused the allegation of former chief minister Siddaramaiah, that the saffron party had purchased the MLAs, saying that nobody sold themselves for money. Speaking to the newspersons here, he said 'We are not cattle, sheep or chicken to buy and sell, Mr Siddaramaiah might know about such buying and selling, not us. The statement shows his

Kasaragod, Oct 21: Police took into custody a woman on charges of bogus voting in the byelection to Manjeswaram Assembly constituency on Monday. Sources said the accused Nabeesa, a supporter of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) was trying to cast her vote at booth no.42 at Bakrathbayal AUP school but was pulled up by the Presiding Officer alleging impersonation. The Presiding Officer objected

Bengaluru, Oct 21 : Parts of North Karnataka were reeling under a threat of floods and normal life is thrown out of gear due to heavy rain lashing out since last two days under the influence of depression. A Yellow alert has been sounded in Karnataka, based on an IMD warning about the possibility of rain continuing for the next 48 hours and fishermen in coastal belt have been warned against

Madikeri, Oct 21: Senior BJP leader and legislature Appachu Rajan on Monday urged Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar to drop the lessons on Tipu Sultan from the school curriculum. The MLA in a letter to the Minister has urged him to seek advice from subject experts in this regard and to include lessons on patriotism. "The glorification of Tipu Sultan in history

Bengaluru, Oct 21: A man was injured in an explosion at Hubballi Railway Station in north Karnataka on Monday, police said. The blast occurred when he picked an unclaimed parcel at the station, a major junction where headquarters of the South Western Railway Zone is located. "Due to the explosion, one person was injured and a glass nearby was broken," said a police officer. He added it was not a