Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 17: Fire broke out at a tyre shop near Hidayat Centre at in Bunder in Mangaluru on Thursday, police said. After seeing the fire, people rushed to douse the fire, averting a major tragedy. Police said locals, who noticed the fire, alerted the Fire Brigade Station. They also informed the MESCOM officials to disconnect electricity supply in the vicinity.

Bengaluru, Oct 17: A Kannada journalist who was in judicial custody in Central Jail, Parappana Agrahara for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marrying her was found hanging from the ceiling of the temple inside the prison. Anil Raj, 55, a resident of Yelahanka and an undertrial, committed suicide around 7.30pm, police said. Raj was editor and publisher of Kannada tabloid 'Yelahanka Voice'

Bengaluru, Oct 17: Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah ruled out absorbing any of the 13 disqualified MLAs into the party fold on Thursday, insisting doors will remain shut for them. The former chief minister was speaking to reporters after meeting AICC president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. Siddaramaiah’s clarification came following rumours that some disqualified MLAs including N

New Delhi, Oct 17: The Enforcement Directorate told the Delhi High Court today that the wife and mother of Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar, arrested in a money laundering case, need not appear before the agency as of now. The probe agency made the submission in the court on two separate pleas by DK Shivakumar's wife Usha Shivakumar and mother Gowramma challenging the summons issued to them

Mangaluru, Oct 16: A woman jumped off Netravati Bridge near Thokkottu today in an apparent suicide bid, but was rescued by the locals. According to sources, today morning a middle aged jumped into the river even as vehicles moved on the bridge. The local fishermen who saw the woman jumping into the river rushed with their boats and managed to rescue her. She was later shifted to a hospital for

Mysore, Oct 16: Former Karnataka Tourism Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader Sa Ra Mahesh on Wednesday confirmed that he has resigned as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Mahesh said that he had submitted his resignation to the Secretary of the Assembly Speaker on September 18. He was the JDS MLA from Krishnarajanagara assembly constituency in Mysore. The party MLA was in

Bengaluru, Oct 16: Karnataka Congress leader and Chairman of a cooperative bank KN Rajanna on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the money laundering case against party leader DK Shivakumar. The economic offences watchdog had also grilled Rajanna on October 9 to probe his role in sanctioning loan to a sugar firm owned by a close associate of Shivakumar

New Delhi, Oct 16: Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday met his party president Sonia Gandhi here. He met her for the first time after becoming the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Karnataka Assembly. It was a courtesy call which went on for around 20 minutes. Congress on October 9 appointed Siddaramaiah the LoP in the Legislative Assembly in the state

Bengaluru, Oct 16: Academician and former vice chancellor of Alliance University, Dr D Ayyappa, has been hacked to death at HMT ground in RT Nagar. He was 53. Ayyappa was active in several social causes and actively took part in the movement to separate the Lingayat community from Hinduism and form independent Lingayat religion. It is worth mentioning that a few prominent figures of the state like

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 15: Pranjal Patil, the country’s first visually challenged woman IAS officer, took charge as sub collector of Thiruvananthapuram District on Monday. Hailing from Maharashtra, she was the first visually challenged IAS official appointed in Kerala cadre. Pranjal Patil cracked the UPSC exams in the second attempt and stood 124th in the country. Later, she was appointed as the