Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 20: Yielding to pressure from lecturers, the Department of Pre- University Education (DPUE) has decided to delay the commencement of the academic year for PU colleges in Karnataka. In a circular issued on Tuesday, the department stated that II PU classes will begin only on May 20. Earlier, the department had sent a proposal to the government for classes to commence in the first week

Hassan, Mar 20: HD Revanna has been knocking on the doors of senior Congress leaders in Hassan to shore up support for his son Prajwal, who was announced the JD(S) candidate from the constituency. This is the first time in two decades Revanna is visiting houses of local leaders. The PWD minister appears to have got the jitters after Congress leader A Manju joined the BJP and is likely to contest

Bengaluru, Mar 20: Karnataka police after getting a tip-off from NIA arrested four persons and seized fake Indian currency of face value of Rs 1.04 lakhs at Tumakuru in Karnataka on March 18. Police said on Tuesday that, acting on a tip-off, apprehended three persons identified as Tammayya Honnappa (42) a resident of Kaduru Taluk in Chikkamagaluru district, Afroze (44) hailing from Azadhnagar

Mangaluru, Mar 19: Issuing threat to Congress veteran B Janardhana Poojary on social media, has led to the arrest of an Indian expatriate worker soon after his return to India. The arrested has been identified as Hakim, a resident of Puttur, who was working in Dubai. He was arrested in the early morning on Tuesday, while he landed at the Mangalore International Airport, after arriving from Dubai

Chamarajanagar, Mar 19: The Police officials who has been investigating the case of Kichuguth Sulwadi Maramma Temple 'Prasadam' poisoning case have submitted a 6,163-page charge sheet before the Principal District and Sessions Court. Over 17 persons were killed and more than 120 fell ill after eating the 'Prasadam' laced with pesticide on December 14, 2018 at Maramma Temple in Sulwadi in the

Bengaluru, Mar 19: Two people were killed and several others trapped when a four-storeyed under construction building collapsed at Dharwad in north Karnataka Tuesday, police said. The building came crashing down, triggering panic among neighbours and passers-by, a police official said. "Two have died while some 30 to 40 people are trapped," said a police officer at Dharwad police station. Police

Bengaluru, Mar 19: Maintaining suspense about contesting the Lok Sabha polls, JD(S) patriarch and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda Tuesday said he is yet to decide and been thinkingabout his 'usefulness' in the national capital. The 85-year-old leader citing his agesaid he lacked the strength that he had in 1996, when he became the Prime Minister, but there is "enthusiasm". He also made it

Kasaragod, Mar 19: The parents of endosulfan victims in this district and environmental activists on Tuesday took out a march to the collectorate to protest against the lethargy of Kerala Government in implementing the promises. Addressing the protestors, Endosulfan Peeditha Janakeeya Munnani Secretary Ambalathara Kunjikrishanan said the Government had backed out from the tall promises given to

Bengaluru, Mar 19: In all six people have filed their nomination on the opening day for the first phase of Lok Sabha election in Karnataka slated for April 18. The second and final phase of polling in the state will be held on April 23. Three people, including a woman, have filed nomination for Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha seat, while one nomination each was filed for Dakshina Kannada, Mandya and

Bengaluru, Mar 19: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister of G Parameshwara has rubbished reports of ‘poisonous’ food in Indira Canteens. Replying to a query on rumours of poisonous food in Indira canteens, the Congress leader said: “I have asked the Commissioner to submit a report to me, we are taking sample from all 198 wards and get it examined from laboratory. Some reports said it is poisonous, it