Karnataka

Bandipur, Oct 15: The captured man-eating tiger from Karnataka's Bandipur reserve forest is healthy and under observation at the wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre in Mysuru, a wildlife official said on Monday. "The middle-aged tiger is in a healthy condition and under observation at the Chamundi wildlife rescue and rehab centre in our zoo at Koorgalli," Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens

Thrissur, Oct 15: An Uber taxi driver in Kerala was attacked on the head with an iron rod by two people who had hired the vehicle, before they escaped with the car early on Tuesday, police said. The injured driver was left bleeding on the roadside. The car was later found abandoned near Kalady in Ernakulam district, they said. The Highway police, who were on patrol duty, saw the driver, Rajesh

New Delhi, Oct 15: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that isolated places over Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe are likely to receive heavy rainfall today. The weather forecast agency further predicted that Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal are also likely to witness heavy downpour throughout the day. Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning very likely at isolated places over

Benglauru, Oct 14: The recent I-T raids in the state on properties owned by Congress leaders raise questions about the intent of the raids, according to JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. While the I-T sleuths recently raided the properties linked to former Deputy CM G Parameshwara, Congress party’s troubleshooter D K Shivakumar was also raided by I-T sleuths, and was

Mangaluru, Oct 14: By arresting three youths, the police have busted an alleged drug peddling racket in Mangaluru today. The arrested have been identified as Fasim Noushid (25), Mohammed Zaid (26), residents of Falnir in the city, and Afzal Hussain (28), from Kunjathur in Kasaragod district of Kerala. City crime branch (CCB) and the cops from the Cyber Crime, Economic Offence and Narcotics (CEN)

Bellari, Oct 14: A video clip doing the rounds on social media of a lion chasing visitors in a zoo safari in Karnataka's Ballari district was taken 45 days ago, an official said on Sunday. "It's a non-event, which occurred 45 days ago in late August during our zoo safari. Nothing untoward happened, as chase by lions and tigers in their territory is common," Ballari zoo Executive Director Sonal

Bengaluru, Oct 14: The state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is bracing for an indefinite strike from Monday by its 20,000 employees over wage revision and other demands, a union official said on Sunday. "As talks and reconciliation efforts with the management failed on our demands, especially wage revision, we are going ahead with the indefinite strike from Monday as per the notice we served

The media is full of articles and videos on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of the ‘father of the nation’, Mahatma Gandhi. While there is a genuine attempt by most to recapture the teachings and path of Gandhi as relevant to contemporary India, there are those also those who are using the occasion to increase their own legitimacy. This is done be a clever maneuver of picking bits and

Mangaluru, Oct 13: Two college students who were in love with each other allegedly committed suicide by consuming rat poison at a lodge near the Mangaluru Central Railway Station on Sunday. Objections to their relationship by their parents forced to them to take the extreme step, said police. Greeshma, 21, a physiotherapy student from a city-based private college, and her boyfriend Vishnu, 21, an

Kalaburagi, Oct 9: Dubbing the entire episode of Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accepting Rafale fighter aircraft in France a "tamasha" (drama), senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that his party did not show off when they bought weapons-like the Bofors gun. His comments came a day after the Defence Minister performed Shastra Puja (worship of weapons) on the