Karnataka

Shivamogga, Sept 10: Smugglers chopped down 150 sandalwood trees belonging to a farmer and decamped with logs from a village in Shivamogga district in Karnataka.

Bengaluru, Sept 10: As heavy rain lashed Bengaluru on Wednesday, several low-lying areas in the city were seen flooded.

A doctor on Covid-19 duty died due to the infection after ten days of home isolation in Tumakuru. The Deputy Commissioner has requested for the death audit committee report to understand the reason behind his sudden death.

Palakkad, Sept 9: A wild elephant, found with injuries in its mouth, died at Attapadi in Palakkad on Wednesday morning, forest officials said.

Bengaluru, Sept 9: The accused in the Bengaluru drug case had links with Thiruvananthapuram gold smuggling, according to Enforcement Directorate.

Mangaluru, Sept 9: The Supreme Court of India today granted bail to 22 people who were arrested by the police on charge of indulging in violence on December 19, 2019 in Mangaluru.

Bengaluru, Sept 9: Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday inaugurated a flyover in the city after freedom fighter and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar, despite opposition from the Congress and JD(S) to naming it after him. The 400 metre long flyover, constructed at a cost of Rs 34 core by city civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), is on the Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan Road at Yelahanka.

Bengaluru, Sept 8: Government doctors in Karnataka have threatened to go on strike from September 15 if their demand for salaries on par with the Central Government Health Scheme scale were not met.

Chamarajnagar, Sept 8: Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on Tuesday said that the government has its suspicions that students of high-profile schools in the state are falling prey to a drug network which lures them through icecreams laced with drugs.

Bengaluru, Sep 7: The high-profile drugs case involving actress Ragini Dwivedi resulted in heated exchange of words between the ruling BJP leaders and the opposition parties in Karnataka on Monday, with both accusing each other of patronising alleged drug cartels in the state.