Karnataka

Kalaburagi, Oct 2: In a bid to keep our environment clean, two engineering students of Central University of Karnataka have made a smart garbage monitoring system, in form of a sensor-enabled dust bin which will send a message to authorities if the garbage bin has not been cleaned for long. Sneha and Adwaith, students of electric engineering worked on this project for more than a year, while

Srirangapatna, Oct 2: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Mi-17 helicopter deputed for an air show as part of the Mysuru Dasara celebrations made an emergency landing near Srirangapatna on Wednesday after the chopper developed a technical snag. The IAF said that the helicopter made the emergency landing as per standard operating procedures. No loss of life and property was reported in the incident. "The

Bengaluru, Oct 2: After the central government imposed a ban on single-use plastic, banana leaf vendors in the south hope for good business in the coming days. "The government has taken good action against single-use plastic. Plastic harm nature. By using the banana leaf, there will be less non-biodegradable waste. We are expecting some growth in our business after the ban on single-use plastic,"

Shivamogga, Oct 2: A 25-year-old man from Shivamogga has found a unique way to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi by carving out micro size Gandhi statues out of chalk pencils. Varun Kumar Achar who developed an interest in Micro art has carved statues of other leading personalities such as Subhash Chandra Bose, Veer Savarkar, Abdul Kalam and Swami Vivekananda among others. Speaking to ANI, Varun said

Mysore, Oct 2: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday announced that ban on plying of vehicles through Bandipur forest area during the night will continue. Speaking to media persons here, the Chief Minister stated, "I cannot go against the court order. The Court has ordered to not to allow vehicles in the night in Bandipur forest area." The statement comes in the backdrop of rising

Bangalore, Oct 2: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Wednesday arrested one person in connection with its ongoing investigation into the alleged Karnataka Premier League (KPL) match-fixing scandal. The arrest came after the CCB registered an FIR against two bookies. While one accused, Bhavesh Bafna, has been arrested, the other person, identified as Sanyam, is yet to be arrested, said Sandeep Patil

Mysuru, Oct 2: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said that he has no information on phone tapping of Sri Deshikendra Swamiji of Suttur Mutt and refused to react on the issue since the CBI took up investigation. Speaking to media here he said at this juncture any reactions on the phone tapping will hamper CBI investigation. "Once the investigation is over the real guilty will out," he

Ballari, Oct 1: Condemning the proposal for bifurcation of the Ballari district, the bandh call given by Ballari Zilla Horata Samithi and various Kannada, cultural, social organisation of the district observed a complete bandh on Tuesday. According to the police, no untoward incident was reported in any part of the district. The public transport system was also paralysed as buses operated by state

Sullia, Oct 1: Four persons lost their lives in a ghastly road mishap on Mani-Mysuru highway near Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district today. The victims, who reportedly hailed from Kodagu, were travelling in a Maruti Swift car which involved in a head-on collision with an Eicher truck at Adkar near Sullia. Sullia police visited the spot and conducted spot inspection. More details are awaited.

Bengaluru, Oct 1: The BJP corporator M Gowtham Kumar was elected as Bengaluru Mayor on Tuesday defeating Congress nominee R S Sathyanarayana. Kumar, who represents Jogupalya ward, secured 129 votes as against Sathyanarayana (Dattatreya Temple ward) who got 112 in a 249-vote electoral college, which comprise city corporators, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha members, MLAs and the MLCs from Bengaluru. Despite