Karnataka

Kalaburagi, Feb 21: Karnataka Minister for Social Welfare Priyank Kharge, who is also Kalaburagi District In-Charge Minister, on Thursday clarified that he has not neglected the development of any constituency in the district including the Chincholi constituency represented by Umesh Jadhav but it was BJP which is provoking him to make baseless allegations for their benefit. Talking to the press

Feb 21: A Kerala court on Wednesday sent CPI (M) leader A. Peethamabaran, accused in the murder of two Youth Congress workers in Kasargode district on Sunday, to 7-day police custody. Before producing him before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Hosdurg, the police took Peethamabaran to the scene of the crime. It recovered two iron rods and a sword from a well, about 500-metre from the

Hassan, Feb 21: A speeding car today rammed into a roadside toilet on National Highway 75 near Udayapura in Channarayapatna taluk of Hassan district resulting in the death of four persons including two children. Three of the victims were burnt alive inside the car as it caught fire. One child died when it was being shifted to a hospital. The car, belonging to one Vivek Naik of Bengaluru, was bound

Mangaluru, Feb 21: A fire broke out at the City Centre Mall in the heart of the city today triggering panic among the shopkeepers and visitors. There was no casualty or injury. The mall located on K S Rao Road was closed for nearly four following a fire in the chimney of the food court on the fourth floor. The fire was noticed around 12 noon. When thick smoke engulfed the fourth floor and other

Mangaluru, Feb 21: The Bellare police in Dakshina Kannada district have arrested a 32-year-old man from Navoor village on the charge of murdering his 52-year-old mother Chenku. According to the police, Chenku and her husband, Navoor, who were both inebriated, were arguing outside their house on February 15. Son Gopal asked the two to stop. When they refused, Gopal allegedly took a sharp stone and

Belagavi, Feb 21: A man died in an alleged accidental fire shot from a revolver at the annual fair at the Rangeshwara Temple at Dhavaleshwar, near Belagavi, on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Nijaguni Maharudrappa Angadi (35), resident of the same village, while the accused who fired the bullet is Mahadev Bhimappa Nadagouda (38), and is absconding. The incident took place at the

Kasaragod, Feb 21: Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Oommen Chandy has demanded that the probe into the murder of Youth Congress workers Kripesh and Sarath Lal at Kallyottu in Kasaragod be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Addressing the day-long hunger strike against the murders near the Collectorate in Kasaragod on Wednesday, Mr. Chandy said there was an attempt to

Udupi, Feb 21: Tanushree Pithrody, a 10-year-old girl from Udyavar near Udupi, will try to set a record for the “most number of rolls in one minute in Dhanurasana posture” and enter the Golden Book of World Records here on February 23. Tanushree had performed 42 full-body revolutions in one minute and set the Guinness World record for most full-body revolutions maintaining a chest-stand position

Bengaluru, Feb 21: Two women were among three convicted and sentenced to one year in jail for encroaching government land by the Karnataka Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Special Court here on Monday. Considering the documents submitted by special public prosecutor Shailaja Krishna Nayak, a special court bench, comprising judicial member RH Raddi and administrative member KR Niranjan, imposed a one

Benagaluru, Feb 20: Suspended Congress MLA J N Ganesh in Karnataka, who was absconding since last one month after allegedly involved in brutally attacking fellow legislator Anand Singh at a private resort in the outskirts of the city, was arrested by a team of Bidadi police in Somnath in Gujarat on Wednesday. Bidadi Police who had registered an FIR after receiving complaint from wife of Anand