Karnataka

Muscat: Oman Billawas, an association of Billawa community members residing in the Sultanate of Oman, organized its first ever Oman Billawas Premier League (OBPL 2019) cricket tournament on Friday, March 15th on the lush green lawns of Al Hail School of Cricket at Mabella in Oman. The event marking the 10th year of unity and progression of Oman Billawas is a refinement of its annual cricket day

Mandya, Mar 21: Worried over the active participation of the Congress leaders and workers at the yesterday's Cine Actor, Sumalatha's election meeting, ‘trouble shooter’ in the JD(S)-Congress government's coalition government D K Shivakumar, met some of the Congress leaders in Mandya on Thursday and tried to prepare the party leaders to support JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy. The Congress

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Karnataka government has appealed to the neighboring Maharashtra State to release about 4 tmc of water from its two reservoirs to mitigate the drinking water crisis faced in many Districts in the Northern Karnataka. In a letter addressed to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Phadnivas, Karnataka Minister for Water Resources D K Shiakumar on Thursday stated that several

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Over 35,000 wheelchairs, 52,000 magnifying glasses, and 2213 sign language interpreters have been arranged in Karnataka for voters belonging to the persons with disabilities (PwD) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. "Till February 28, we mapped 4,03,907 persons with disabilities (in the state) and are arranging whatever they require for assistance. We have arranged 35,739

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Veteran Kannada film actress L V Sharada Rao, who played the iconic role in Phaniyamma, passed away on Thursday morning. She was suffering from breast cancer and died at Shankara Hospital in the city at 7.30 am. She is known for her roles in films like Vamsha Vriksha (1971), Adi Shankaracharya (1983) and Phaniyamma (1983). Sharada won national award for her first movie Vamsha

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Senior Congress leader from the Hyderabad-Karnataka region and former Karnataka Minister A B Malaka Reddy is expected to join the BJP by quitting Congress. Opposition Leader in the Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also BJP State President, told newsmen here on Thursday that Malaka Reddy, who represents Yadagir in Hyderabad-Karnataka area, met him and expressed his

Chitradurga, Mar 21: A 35-year-old man who was convicted in a rape case, attempted to escape from police by jumping from the first floor of the court building and died of injuries in Chitradurga yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Sunil (35) of Hireguntanur in Chitradurga taluk. Another convict, Veerabhadra, sustained grievous injuries in a similar effort. The town police had brought

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda is more likely to contest the next month’s elections from Tumakuru Lok Sabha constituency and not from Bengaluru North. The constituency Gowda would opt for was a matter of massive speculation after he ceded Hassan, which he represents in the Lok Sabha, to grandson Prajwal Revanna. Besides Tumakuru, Gowda had Bengaluru North

Udupi, Mar 21: Journalist-turned-activist Dinesh Amit Mattu and four other social activists have been charged with “provoking religious sentiments” and violating the model code of conduct after criticized communal Hindutva at a programme recently. According to the Udupi police, a case had been registered against the organiser and the four speakers at the ‘Sarvajanotsava’, a communal harmony

Bengaluru, Mar 21: A Kannada television journalist has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from a reputed doctor, who is also a Padma Shri winner. On Wednesday, he was remanded in police custody for four days. Hemanth Kashyap, who worked with Kannada news channel Public TV, had allegedly blackmailed Dr. Ramana Rao B. with a video clip threatening to make it public if he