Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 5: A week after Café Coffee Day chairman V G Siddhartha allegedly ended his life by jumping off the Nethravati bridge, another person from Kadur in Chikkamagaluru, tried to commit suicide in a similar way. However, he was rescued by local fishermen and others who were present at the spot. Girish, 32, a resident of Kadur in Chikkamagaluru, was shifted to a private hospital for

Mangaluru, Aug 4: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has recorded loss of Rs 500 crore in the first quarter of 2019-20 as against a net profit of Rs 361.96 crore in the corresponding period of previous fiscal. Addressing presspersons in Mangaluru on Saturday, Shashi Shanker, Chairman of MRPL, said the water scarcity in Mangaluru during the period led to force major shutdown of some

Bengaluru, Aug 4: The situation in flood ravaged three districts of North Karnataka turning to grim as there is no respite in rain and release of water from Koyna and other Reservoirs in neighbouring Maharashtra State as heavy down pour continuing in the catchment areas. More than 400 people, 300 cattle stranded in marooned villages were rescued and sent to gruel Centres and cow shelters so far

Mysuru, Aug 4: Former Karnataka JDS President A H Vishwanath, who was disqualified recently by the Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar for violating party's whip, on Sunday declared that he will retire from election politics. Speaking to newsmen here on Sunday, he said that neither the rebel MLAs nor BJP was responsible for fall of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the State. He alleged

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa is going to conduct an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in the state on Monday. This comes after Karnataka Congress MLA HK Patil wrote to Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, asking him to cancel his Delhi trip, scheduled for August 6, and visit flood-affected areas of north Karnataka instead. Heavy rainfall in Maharashtra has triggered a flood-like

Hubli, Aug 4: A woman's life was saved by two constables of Railway Protection Force (RPF) after she slipped and fell on the platform while boarding Hampi express at Munirabad Railway station on Saturday. A press note from the South Western Railway said, "Attempting to board the running train, a woman slipped and was rolling on the platform. Seeing this, constables Yunus and Prem Kumar got down

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Bengaluru Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun was at the receiving end for flouting a campaign that she had launched herself! The Bengaluru civic body fined Mallikarjun for presenting to the Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa, a gift wrapped in plastic. The mayor was slapped with a Rs 500 for using plastic. This move by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to reinforce its

Hubli, Aug 4: Senior BJP leader Jagadish Shettar on Sunday said Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will discuss the formation of his Cabinet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah during his upcoming visit to Delhi. "Tomorrow or day after tomorrow our CM BS Yediyurappa is going to Delhi. He will discuss the formation of the Cabinet in Karnataka with our national

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Irked by "false and baseless allegations" by former Union Minister and BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Congress leader DK Shivakumar has filed a defamation suit of Rs. 204 crore. Shivakumar has already paid a court fee of Rs 1,04,08,000. Following the defamation suit filed by Shivakumar at his home town Kanakapura, the Judge at Senior Civil Judge and JMFC court admitted the

Mandya, Aug 4: Hours after hinting that he may quit politics, HD Kumaraswamy predicted that Karnataka may soon go to polls as the present BJP government will not last for long. The former chief minister on Saturday also told workers of his party JD(S) that they must prepare for elections to the constituencies held by legislators who have been disqualified from the state assembly. "I am sure that