Karnataka

Alappuzha, Jun 5: Facebook has honoured a 19-year-old student from Kerala for spotting a memory corruption bug on its instant messaging platform WhatsApp, the media reported. K.S. Ananthakrishna, a B.Tech student at Pathanamthitta Mount Zion College of Engineering College, detected the bug that enabled other people to completely remove files on WhatsApp without knowledge of the user, according to

Madikeri, June 5: Three Pre-University students drowned when they went for a swimming in the river Cauvery near Kushalanagara in Kodagu district today. Police said on Wednesday that the deceased were identified as Akasha, Gagan and Shashank and they were studying in Madikeri PU College and they had come to their friend's house in Kushalangara on the eve of Ramzan festival. After food a group of

Bengaluru, June 5: Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Minister H K Patil today appealed to the AICC President Rahul Gandhi to intervene immediately and pacify the party leaders who have expressed their difference of opinion over functioning of the State unit. Referring to senior leaders and former Ministers Ramalinga Reddy and Roshan Beig expressing their anguish over the functioning of

Shivamogga, Jun 5: Amidst the scorching heat and delayed monsoon across the country, residents of the Vitagondana Koppa village in Shivamogga district are living happily with sufficient drinking water and are easily able to meet the requirements of their livestock. The Vitagondana Koppa village situated near Ayanuru town is an inspiration to many neighbouring villagers. With the help of government

Bengaluru, Jun 5: A journalist allegedly committed suicide by hanging self at his residence, the police said on Wednesday. The deceased identified as Nayaz Khan was a senior journalist and was working in local news channel Prajaa TV. The body was recovered in the morning and was later sent to sent post mortem, the police said. The cause of the alleged suicide is not yet known. A case has been

Bengaluru, Jun 5: Amid coalition worries and impending cabinet expansion or reshuffle, the Janata Dal (Secular) legislature party Tuesday took stock of the ongoing political developments. The meeting was attended by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, party patriarch H.D. Deve Gowda and A.H. Vishwanath, who earlier announced his resignation as party’s state unit president. During the meeting, the

Bengaluru, Jun 5: In the wake of serious drubbing to the coalition partners Congress and Janata Dal (S) in the Lok Sabha election in Karnataka, the leaders of the two parties H D Devegowda and Siddaramaiah should think of taking ‘Political Sanyas’, BJP Political incharge in Karnataka P Muralidhar Rao today said. Speaking to reporters after felicitating the newly elected 25 BJP Lok Sabha members to

Madikeri, June 5: The Panchayat Development Officer of Makkandur Gram Panchayat in Kodagu district has withdrawn the directive issued to the Home stays against accepting bookings from Tourists as a safety measure ahead of the monsoon. The directive had led to anxiety among tourists over their safety, although it was confined to Home stays in Makkandur GP. Stakeholders of the tourism industry

Ballari, Jun 5: As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had come to power for the second term, the dream of construction of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya is expected to realised soon, Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishath leader and Seer of the Udupi Pejavar Mutt Vishvesha Thirtha Swamiji opined here today. Speaking to newsmen here on Wednesday, the Seer said that with the BJP has come to the power at the Center

Bengaluru, Jun 5: In an attempt to pacify senior Congress leader and former Minister Ramalinga Reddy, who had expressed his displeasure over the functioning of the senior leaders in the State Congress, former Chief Minister and CLP leader Siddaramaiah assured that Reddy will be inducted during cabinet expansion. Speaking to newsmen here on Wednesday, the former Chief Minister admitted that Reddy