Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 20: An elderly woman was crushed to death after she was run over by a KSRTC bus, while crossing the road, at Vidyanagar, Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district. The victim is Meenakshi,67, a retired teacher. Around 4pm, the victim and her husband had come home in an auto-rickshaw. The auto-rickshaw driver stopped the vehicle opposite to their house, on the other side of the road. Her

Mangaluru, Oct 20: Kudroli Gokarnanatha Temple Committee has lodged with city police commissioner P S Harsha demanding action against accused those who spread fake news on social media about the temple’s chief patron B Janardhana Poojary. Temple committee treasurer R Padmaraj said, “Miscreants have been spreading fake news that Poojary is no more, and that Poojary is critical and hospitalised.”

Shivamogga, Oct 20: The Congress party leaders and workers here on Saturday staged a 'pakoda protest' against the alleged failure of BJP-led state and Central governments. Congress leaders made 'pakodas' and served them to the people at Shivappa Nayaka circle against rising unemployment and economic slowdown in the country. They also raised slogans against the state and the Centre, alleging that

Mysuru, Oct 20: Disqualified MLA A H Vishwanath, has blamed leader of the Opposition in the Assembly for his resignation as an MLA. “It has been projected that 17 MLAs were responsible for the collapse of the coalition government. But, greed for power by the leaders of both the parties was the real reason”. Speaking at a programme here, Vishwanath said, “I had to come out of the Congress party due

Mysore, Oct 20: Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Saturday accused the state Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa of indulging in vendetta politics and said that the central agencies were being misused to target opposition leaders. "Yediyurappa right after taking oath as the Chief Minister had said that he will not indulge in vendetta politics, but he is doing it very much from the beginning,"

Kalaburagi, Oct 20: Claiming that there would be a “surprising result” in these Maharashtra assembly elections, Senior Congress leader M Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said that Balakot air strike after Pulwama helped BJP in the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year but the revocation of Article 370 will not have same impact in state polls. Addressing the media personnel here, Mr Kharge said that out

Bengaluru, Oct 20: About 50 students of a pre-university college in Karnataka were forced to wear cartons to avoid copying in exams, an official said on Saturday. "A notice has been issued to Bhagat Pre-University College seeking explanation for forcing its students wear cardboard boxes (cartons) while writing exams to prevent them from copying," a Haveri district Deputy Director of Public

Shivamogga , Oct 19: Unable to handle work pressure, the State Bank of India (SBI ) Jog Falls branch Deputy Manager allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his house in Jog town, Sagar taluk of the district on Saturday . According to the police, the deceased bank manager identified as M Anil Kumar (35), had went to the bank after two days' leave in the morning. After

Puttur, Oct 19: The Dakshina Kannada district police in the wee hours of Saturday seized 22 cattle from the hands of transporter, after a hot chase at Kolpe village in Puttur taluk. According to police, the cattle were being transported in a lorry illegally to Hassan when the vehicle was intercepted and rescued. The accused has been identified as Nawaz, a resident of Tumakuru.

Mysuru, Oct 19: A 19-year-old boy who was forcefully married to his lover, killed his pregnant wife, a day after their marriage at Lakshmipura village in Periyapatana Taluk, here in the district. According to police, accused Pawan (19) and his wife Nagamma studied together at Hunsur School till class 10 and were in love with each other. During the course she became pregnant but Pawan did not