Karnataka

Shivamogga, Oct 2: A 25-year-old man from Shivamogga has found a unique way to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi by carving out micro size Gandhi statues out of chalk pencils. Varun Kumar Achar who developed an interest in Micro art has carved statues of other leading personalities such as Subhash Chandra Bose, Veer Savarkar, Abdul Kalam and Swami Vivekananda among others. Speaking to ANI, Varun said

Mysore, Oct 2: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday announced that ban on plying of vehicles through Bandipur forest area during the night will continue. Speaking to media persons here, the Chief Minister stated, "I cannot go against the court order. The Court has ordered to not to allow vehicles in the night in Bandipur forest area." The statement comes in the backdrop of rising

Bangalore, Oct 2: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Wednesday arrested one person in connection with its ongoing investigation into the alleged Karnataka Premier League (KPL) match-fixing scandal. The arrest came after the CCB registered an FIR against two bookies. While one accused, Bhavesh Bafna, has been arrested, the other person, identified as Sanyam, is yet to be arrested, said Sandeep Patil

Mysuru, Oct 2: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said that he has no information on phone tapping of Sri Deshikendra Swamiji of Suttur Mutt and refused to react on the issue since the CBI took up investigation. Speaking to media here he said at this juncture any reactions on the phone tapping will hamper CBI investigation. "Once the investigation is over the real guilty will out," he

Ballari, Oct 1: Condemning the proposal for bifurcation of the Ballari district, the bandh call given by Ballari Zilla Horata Samithi and various Kannada, cultural, social organisation of the district observed a complete bandh on Tuesday. According to the police, no untoward incident was reported in any part of the district. The public transport system was also paralysed as buses operated by state

Sullia, Oct 1: Four persons lost their lives in a ghastly road mishap on Mani-Mysuru highway near Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district today. The victims, who reportedly hailed from Kodagu, were travelling in a Maruti Swift car which involved in a head-on collision with an Eicher truck at Adkar near Sullia. Sullia police visited the spot and conducted spot inspection. More details are awaited.

Bengaluru, Oct 1: The BJP corporator M Gowtham Kumar was elected as Bengaluru Mayor on Tuesday defeating Congress nominee R S Sathyanarayana. Kumar, who represents Jogupalya ward, secured 129 votes as against Sathyanarayana (Dattatreya Temple ward) who got 112 in a 249-vote electoral college, which comprise city corporators, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha members, MLAs and the MLCs from Bengaluru. Despite

Bengaluru, Oct 1: With the announcement of dates for by-polls to 15 Karnataka Assembly seats, Congress and the BJP seem to be struggling to find a suitable candidate for the Shivajinagar Vidhan Sabha seat. Bypolls to the Muslim dominated constituency, which has close to 1.9 lakh voters was necessitated after the resignation of former Congress leader R Roshan Baig. People in the constituency were

Mysore, Oct 1: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has formed his government after a lot of efforts and therefore he should be cautious of the "snakes and scorpions" active in the state politics, said former tourism minister and JD(S) leader Sa Ra Mahesh on Tuesday. "Yediyurappa is already in trouble due to three groups in the BJP. The first is of the disqualified MLAs, the second is Yediyurappa haters

Bengaluru, Oct 1: Unsatisfied with the CBI investigation into the I-Monetary Advisory ponzy scam, several investors have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking registration of cases against the firm under Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019, a central legislation. According to them, CBI, which had taken over investigation from the special investigation team (SIT) constituted