Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 12: Acclaimed film music composer Rajan of ‘the Rajan-Nagendra musical duo’ fame passed away after a cardiac arrest at his residence in Bengaluru on Sunday night. He was 87. He was healthy but had developed gastric issues on Saturday and had a bloated stomach, according to his son Ananth Kumar.

Bengaluru, Oct 11: The Suddaguntepalya Police have arrested two men from near the State Bank of India ATM kiosk on Tavarekere Main Road with Rs 27.17 lakh unaccounted cash, police said here on Sunday.

Bengaluru, Oct 11: Senior Congress leader and the former Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly Kagodu Thimmappa, had contracted the COVID-19 disease and had been shifted to a private Hospital here on Sunday.

Bengaluru, Oct 11: Formal classes are yet to resume, but schools in Karnataka are going to be shut for "midterm holidays" for three weeks from October 12. The government took this decision after several teachers contracted Covid-19.

Bengaluru, Oct 11: Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar, who was in home quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19, has been admitted to a private hospital here on Sunday.

Mysuru, Oct 11: A 24 year-old Scientist of the Rare Materials Project at the Bhabha Atomic Research Institute, near here, alleged to have gone missing for the last four days.

Bengaluru, Oct 11: A fake stamp paper racket here has been busted with the arrest of four people and forged documents worth Rs 2.72 crore have been recovered from them, police said on Saturday.

Hubballi, Oct 10: With the COVID-19 disease spreading uncontrolled, former state education minister and JD(S) leader Basavaraj Horatti urged the state government to declare the current academic year as an examination free year.

Bengaluru, Oct 10: A day after reports of 34 children in Belgavi district testing positive for Covid-19 emerged, the government of Karnataka has decided to stop the ambitious ‘Vidyagama’ scheme, albeit temporarily.

Mysuru, Oct 10: The Technical Committee, headed by Dr M K Sudharan, has issued guidelines with restriction for the 'Dasara festival beginning from Oct 17 this year.