Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 13: A teenager, who ventured into sea ignoring repeated warnings at Panambur Beach, here on Saturday was swallowed by giant wave. The deceased has been identified as Sudharaj (18), a student of Government College in Belthangady. He was among a dozen youths who had gone to beach to enjoy the weekend. It is learnt that, after playing Kabaddi on the shore, all of them entered the water

Newsroom, Oct 13: The #MeToo movement that seems to be engulfing India has now pulled Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan into a shameful controversy with a celebrity hairstylist accusing him of sexually harassing several women in the past. Sapna Bhavnani, who runs Mad-O-Wat, a salon with an enviable client list in Mumbai, yesterday took to Twitter to accuse Bachchan of sexual harassment but

Mudigere, Oct 13: Karnataka Anti Naxal Force (ANF) has intensified combing operations in the Western Ghat forest areas coming under Chikamagaluru district. The ANF team is in search of Naxalites of banned CPI (Maoist) group who had allegedly visited a house in the Coffee town last week. The team, which has registered an FIR against 8 suspected Naxalites following a complaint by Vasudeva, a

Newsroom, Oct 13: Fearless Indian journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, who was gunned down last year by extremists, has been honoured at a memorial commemorating reporters killed on duty at the Bayeux-Calvados Awards held in France. Gauri Lankesh’s sister Kavitha Lankesh and niece Esha stand next to a pillar on which slain journalist’s name has been engraved The Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war

Bengaluru, Oct 13: AICC President Rahul Gandhi today said that "we are here to help you as far as possible but we are in Opposition. But once we come to power and form the Government we will do it (help) more aggressively. I am here to learn more about the country's prestigious defence PSU and how it can be strengthened further." Mr Rahul Gandhi, in his opening remarks at the interaction with HAL

Hospet, Oct 13: Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Minister Sriramulu today alleged that Karnataka Minister for Water Resources D K Shivakumar can go to jail any time because of his involvement in corruption. Addressing party workers here on Saturday, he alleged that "Mr Shivkumar, who earn lot of money from corruption could be sent to jail anytime. He is speaking of changing the future of

Bengaluru, Oct 13: Lok Sabha member and BJP Karnataka General Secretary Shobha Kharandlje today questioned on who gave the authority to AICC President Rahul Gandhi to discuss the Rafale deal issue with former HAL employees. Terming Mr Rahul Gandhi's visit is only for publicity sake, Ms Shobha Kharandlje alleged that "Congress allegations on Rafale deal is far from truth and Mr Gandhi has indulged

Mangaluru, Oct 13: A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a 32-year-old man for killing his friend nearly two years ago over a love triangle. The murder had taken place on December 31, 2016 at Kuttar near Deralakatte on the outskirts of the city. Muralidhar Pai, judge of the third additional district and sessions court on Friday held Pradeep Kumar guilty under IPC Section 302 (murder). He

Manglauru, Oct 13: Promising young writer Roshu Bajpe has been chosen for Leo Rodrigues Family Kittall Yuva Puraskar 2017 for his contribution to Konkani literature. Roshan Melky Sequeira from Bajpe who writes with a pen name ‘Roshu, Bajpe’ started writing at the age of 16. Though he writes poems, short stories, essays, feature articles, he has shown more interest in satirical literature. So far

Udupi, Oct 13: Former Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP K Jayaprakash Hegde has called upon the voters to question elected representatives on their attendance and participation in debates in either Legislative Assembly or parliament. Speaking at an interaction programme organised by the Departments of Political Science and Journalism at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) College, here, Mr Hegde said it was