Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 8: An officer of the 1990-batch of the Indian Forest Service (IFS) was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru's Yelahanka area on Sunday morning. The reason for the death of Awtar Singh is yet to be ascertained but police suspect that he might have committed suicide. "Awtar Singh was suffering from severe back pain because of which he may have committed suicide. A case has been

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that he has instructed officials to speed up the ongoing metro line work in Bengaluru. He said that Electronic City metro connectivity will be completed by 2020 and White Field metro train work will be finished by 2021. "I will try my best to visit different parts of Bengaluru once in every 15 days to take stock of the infrastructural

Nalanda, Sept 8: Amid rising religious fanaticism and daily instances of communal flare-ups in the country, a village in Bihar's Nalanda district is a rare and textbook case of liberalism and open-mindedness. Maadhi village has no Muslims, but namaz at its over 200-year-old mosque is offered five times a day by the Hindus. The Hindus also take care of the maintenance of the mosque. "We (Hindus)

Newsroom, Sept 8: After the Chandrayaan-2 setback, ISRO has located the Vikram lander on the lunar surface. However, communication hasn’t been established yet. ISRO Chairman K Sivan confirmed the news on 8 September, and said, “We are trying to have contact. Updates will be communicated soon.” In the early hours of Saturday, communication from 'Vikram' lander to ground stations was lost when it

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Two prominent BJP leaders - V Srinivasa Prasad, Lok Sabha member from Chamarajanar and his son-in-law B Harshavardhan, MLA from Nanjangud, have reportedly decided to resign in protest against the Yediyurappa-led BJP government’s decision to transfer officials in their constituencies. Sources close to the BJP MP and his son-in-law said, their recommendations for transfer of

New Delhi, Sept 8: Legendary lawyer and former Union law minister Ram Jethmalani passed away early on Sunday morning. He was 95. Jethmalani had been on round the clock medical help for last two weeks. He is survived by his son, noted lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani, and a US-based daughter. His other daughter Rani Jethmalani had pre-deceased him. Ram Jethmalani breathed his last at 7.45 am at his

Mangaluru, Sept 7: A college student died on spot and many others injured, some of the critically, when a speeding Scorpio met with an accident on Udupi-Mangaluru highway at Chelyar cross near Mukka on the outskirts of the city. The deceased has been identified as Gloria (24), a student of Manipal School of Architecture and Planning. The tragedy took place when the Scorpio rented by zoom cars was

Belagavi, Sept 7: Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayatraj K S Eshwarappa today said that a two-day reviewing meeting will be held at Suvarna Soudha here on September 8 and 9 to take stock of the flood situation in the State. Speaking to newsmen at Manjari bridge in Chikkodi Taluk after inspecting the crop loss in the catchment area of river Krishna on Saturday, he said that the

Mysuru, Sept 7: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today expressed hopes that there would be no difficulties in sharing Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu this year, thanks to bountiful rain in the State. Speaking to media persons after offering 'Bagena' to Kabini Reservoir on the occasion of water level reaching maximum capacity of 2284 feet, he said, “By God’s grace, we are getting good rain. I

Belagavi, Sept 7: Within a gap of one month, North Karnataka is reeling under severe flood situation following heavy discharge from Reservoirs in Maharashtra where heavy down pour is reported in catchment areas. Following heavy discharge, many major rivers including Krishna, Doodganga, Vedganga rivers are overflowing and Ghataprahba, Malaprabha, Naveeltheertha Reservoirs are receiving heavy inflow