Karnataka

Mysuru, Oct 30: In a rare incident, a jaguar and a cobra fought fiercely and killed each other in Mysuru Zoo yesterday. The snake, which stayed into the zoo, entered 13-year-old jaguar, Raja’s enclosure at around 1.30 pm. and a fight ensued between the both. The two deadly creatures fought for near 15 minutes. When the animal keepers rushed to Raja’s enclosure and separated them. But Raja had

Kasargod, Oct 30: People’s Democratic Party chairman Abdul Nasser Madani, who is one of the suspects in the Bengaluru serial blasts case, reached Kerala on Tuesday. Madani, who has been facing custodian trial and lodged in Bengaluru jail, was allowed by the NIA court to go to Kerala to visit his mother, who is suffering from various diseases. He will be in Kerala till November 5. He landed at

While #MeToo campaign victims are being hailed for coming out in public against their perpetrators, many of them are being viewed with a tinge of suspicion by the society. Why are they complaining now? Is it for publicity? Is it political? Unfortunately, many more such questions are being raised behind curtains indirectly vouching for the culprits’ action. This kind of attitude has bolstered

Mangaluru, Oct 30: Amidst fresh demand by the saffron outfits to shift the slaughterhouse from Kudroli to the outskirts of the city, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S has clarified that such a move is difficult for the time being. Replying to a question from Sudhir Shetty Kannur, a councillor, at an interactive session on Smart City Mission projects at the city corporation

Bengaluru, Oct 30: A teenage boy working in a hotel at in Gandhi Nagar, here, died of accidental strangulation after his shirt got stuck in a coconut-grating machine. Rohit, from Kumsi village in Shivamogga district, worked in Chamundeshwari Hindu Military Hotel. On Saturday, he was grating coconut when his shirt got stuck in the machine. As the shirt turned into a noose around his neck, he tried

Mangaluru, Oct 29: A teenage boy was stabbed by the miscreants at Bhatrakere Padil near Bajpe on the outskirts of the city on Monday evening. The injured has been identified as Shahik (18), a resident of Bhatrakere Padil. He has been admitted to A J Hospital. It is learnt that two persons stabbed the youth when he was standing in front of his shop. Within hours after the incident, jurisdictional

Delhi, Oct 29: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking its direction to appoint judges in Karnataka High Court. Dismissing the plea filed by advocate G.R. Mohan, a three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi said, "There is no merit in the petition." "Many judges have been appointed and also in future, many more

Kudligi, Oct 29: Former Prime Minister and JDS National President H D Devegowda today alleged that the Communal violence has considerably increased in the country during the National democratic Alliance (NDA) government headed by Prime Minister Naranda Modi. Addressing a Election rally here on Monday, Mr Gowda claimed that when he was Prime minister the communal violence in the county particularly

Bagalkot, Oct 29: Senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa’s tongue once again ran amok while addressing media persons at Bagalkot today as he indulged in personal attack against his political opponents. "Siddaramaiah is waiting with a knife to stab Deve Gowda in the back. Kumaraswamy has a knife to stab Siddaramaiah in the back. No idea when all these people will stab each other and die," he said adding

Bengaluru, Oct 29: Panic gripped residents and commuters following a leakage in Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) pipeline near IT hub at Whitefield in the city on Monday. According to Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Harishekaran, there was an accidental damage to GAIL pipeline during Metro work on ITPL main road in Whitefield. Immediately an experts’ team from GAIL and Karnataka