Karnataka

Madikeri, Oct 18: The Kodagu district administration on Friday issued a yellow alert expecting heavy rains during the next 48 hours. The district officials asked the general public and tourists not to venture outside. Rainfall in the range of 65 mm to 115 mm was expected during the next 48 hours, the Met department warned.

New Delhi, Oct 18: Not only raw milk but even processed milk, including that of major brands, have failed to meet the prescribed quality and safety standards, food regulator FSSAI said in a study. Releasing the study here on Friday, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) CEO Pawan Agarwal said more than adulteration, contamination was a serious problem as substances such as Aflatoxin

Bengaluru, Oct 18: The Supreme Court Collegium has resolved to reiterate its move to appoint Karnataka District Judge P Krishna Bhat as a judge of the state High Court. The collegium had, on February 8, 2016, recommended the name of judicial officer Bhat for appointment as Judge of the Karnataka High Court but it has been stuck for 44 months over allegations of harassment levelled by a woman

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Karnataka has been ranked as the most innovative state in the country while the top ten states are concentrated mainly in southern and western India. These rankings were released by the NITI Aayog on Thursday under the India Innovation Index 2019. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Haryana, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh form the remaining top

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Veteran Kannada writer KB Siddhaiah passed away on Friday morning at Manipal Hospital here, following brain hemorrhage that he suffered after getting injured in a road mishap recently. Siddaiah sustained severe injuries while his driver died on the spot when their car crashed while heading towards his farm near Suganahalli-Kenkere. A Dalit rights activist, Siddaiah was a close

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Sugar Minister C T Ravi on Friday said that the sugarcane yield in Karnataka,the third-largest sugar producer in the country, is affected after the recent floods across 22 districts. While chairing Sugar Control Board on Thursday, the Minister said grown sugar crops in 1.52 lakh hectares out of 5 lakh hectares in the state had been hit by the deluge.

Madikeri, Oct 18: Thousands of devotees witnessed the 'Theerthodbhava' at the birthplace of Cauvery at Talacauvery in Kodagu district on Friday. Devotees from across the state and neighbouring states were seen braving the rains while heading to Talacauvery, in the foothills of the Brahmagiri peak in Kodagu, to witness the divine occurrence. District-in-charge Minister V Somanna and Revenue

Mangaluru, Oct 18: A local court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment and fined him Rs 1 lakh after convicting him of murdering wife. The convict is William Lobo (37), who hailed from Kodagu district, hacked his wife Blossom Lobo to death with a sickle on August 18, 2017 after suspecting her suspected her fidelity. William, who was working as a cab driver in Bengaluru, had fled soon after

Mangaluru, Oct 18: An elderly woman lost her life after she was struck by lightning at Karinje near Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada district last evening. The victim has been identified as Appi Shetty, who was 79-year-old. The incident took place around 4 p.m. when she was at her house. It is said that there were three people at the house when the lightning struck amidst rain. While Appi succumbed

New Delhi, Oct 18: Ahead of the Assembly bypolls in Karnataka, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the state unit to work under collective leadership and take dominant communities of the state into confidence, senior party leader SR Patil said on Thursday. Mr Patil, who met Gandhi at her residence here along with MC Venugopal, said he also discussed about the flood situation in details and