Karnataka

Mysuru, Sep 24: Three Kannada film actors have sustained injuries in a car mishap at the Hinkal Ring Road near here in the early hours of Monday. Challenging star Darshan, Dynamic Star Devaraj, his star son Prajwal Devaraj and one of their friends reportedly got admitted in a hospital after the mishap. They were returning to Bengaluru after attending a function in Mysuru when the tragedy took

Bengaluru, Sept 24: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party continued its effort to lure MLAs from two ruling parties in Karnataka, the Congress has issued a stern warning to those raising a banner of revolt against the party. As rumours flew thick and fast about disgruntled MLAs being lured away by the BJP, AICC general secretary and Karnataka in charge K C Venugopal rushed to Bengaluru to take stock

Kalaburgi, Sept 24: A birthday party turned into a tragedy for a 23-year-old student as he was stabbed to death by miscreants on the main campus of Central University of Karnataka (CUK) at Kadaganchi in Aland taluk of Kalaburagi district on Saturday night. Prasad Madaiyya, a native of Byalhalli village of Bhalki taluk in Bidar, was working in a private company in Hyderabad of Telangana after

Udupi, Sept 24: Seven students from Manipal Institute of Technology have been arrested by the Manipal police for alleged consumption of cannabis. The police identified the students as Rishiveer, 20; Sai Charan, 20; Atulya Singh, 18; Preetam Gupta, 19; G. Prateek, 20; B. Satwik, 19; and Deepak Bhargav Rao. They were arrested as part of a drive by the police against consumption and sale of cannabis

Mangaluru, Sept 23: This time chief minister H D Kumaraswamy will inaugurate the Mangaluru Dasara to be held at the Gokarnanatheshwara temple in Kudroli here from October 10 to 19. Announcing this at a press meet, B Janardhan Poojary, the father of Mangaluru Dasara and former union minister, said that Kumaraswamy called him on Saturday and agreed to inaugurate the 10-day long festival. “The CM has

Bengaluru, Sept 23: Yashaswini Mahesh Gowda alias Muniyamma, the first female rowdy-sheeter of Bengaluru, has finally found a suitable platform to “legalize” her activities: She has been appointed as the president of the women’s wing of the Sri Rama Sene. 40-year-old Yashaswini faces different criminal charges, including attempt to murder. She is a rowdy-sheeter with Subramanyapura police in south

Mangaluru, Sept 23: Sleuths from Panambur police station have seized 650 tonnes of sand reportedly stocked in an illegal manner on a private land in Tannirbhavi Nayar Kudru. The police said they raided the place where the extracted sand was stocked based on a tip off. Apart from the sand, the police seized two earth movers reportedly used for extracting sand and loading it into trucks. While one

Bengaluru, Sept 23: Kannada film actor Duniya Vijay, and his associates have been arrested in a kidnap and assault case by the High Grounds police on Saturday night. They were arrested following a kidnap and assault complaint lodged by Maruthi Gowda, who is said to be the actor's rival. Kitti alias Panipuri Kitti, the assault victim's uncle, filed a complaint against Vijay and his associates on

Bengaluru, Sept 23: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has dropped a bombshell on BJP leaders by claiming that he himself sent Nagamangala JD(S) MLA Sureshgowda to meet BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa. “I have the recording of their conversation and it will be released at a suitable time,” Kumaraswamy said. Kumaraswamy was speaking to reporters here. “I had sent Sureshgowda to Yedyurappa to know

Mysuru, Sept 23: Aisha M Shariff, professor in B.N. Bahadur Institute of Management Science (BIMS), has taken charge as the sixth acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore on Saturday. Dr. Shariff, professor in Human Resources in BIMS, University of Mysore, assumed charge in her capacity as the senior-most dean. After K.S. Rangappa demitted the office of the Vice-Chancellor in January