Karnataka

Madikeri, Jan 10: Dharmasthla Dharmadhikari Veerendra Heggade distributed Rs 8 crore as relief to 1106 victims affected in flood and landslide of Kodagu district on Thursday. Following the natural calamity in August last year a survey was undertaken by the Srikehstra Grama Abhivruddhi Yojana to identify the victims for distribution of relief. Relief was distributed to other victims also. As per

Kozhikode, Jan 10: Fousiya Hassan, one of the accused in the faulty-and-framed ISRO spy case, has demanded compensation. The Supreme Court had recently awarded compensation for the prime accused and then-senior Scientist of ISRO, Nambi Narayanan, in the light of finding the espionage case was fabricated. Fousiya was among the two women who were booked in the case as spy woman along with Mariyam

New Delhi, Jan 10: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is facing a lot of flak following his sexist comment targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over the Rafale deal. The Congress chief, had at a rally in Rajasthan on Wednesday, mocked that PM Modi had a 'mahila (woman) 'defend him during the Rafale debate in the parliament follwoing which he faced a lot of

Mangaluru, Jan 10: Dr Salma Suhana pursuing Superspeciality Neurology at SSIMS & RC, Davangere has been selected for the prestigious 2019 international scholarship award, by the American Academy of Neurology. Dr Salma Suhana completed her MBBS at the Father Muller medical college & hospital being the best outgoing student. She has two gold medals from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences

Mandya, Jan 10: Former CM Siddaramaiah escaped unhurt when his escort vehicle was involved in a serial accident on the Mysuru-Bengaluru highwaynear Gowdahalli in Srirangapatna on Wednesday. He was travelling to Mysuru from Bengaluru. Police said no one was injured but five SUVs were damaged. The escort vehicle allegedly hit a car from behind, which led to five SUVs hitting each other. Later, sub

Bengaluru, Jan 10: After much heartburn between coalition partners Janata Dal (S) and Congress in Karnataka, Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has cleared names of three Congress MLAs, for nominations to state-owned Boards and Corporations on Wednesday. According to official sources, two-time MLA, S T Somashekhar has been nominated as Chairperson to the high-profile Bengaluru Development Authority

Mysuru, Jan 10: A mother of six was arrested after she poured petrol and set her husband on fire yesterday after he reportedly decided to marry another woman. The victim, Mazhar Pasha, 47, who was rushed to a hospital on Monday evening, succumbed to burns on Wednesday evening. According to Udayagiri police, Pasha, a resident of Satyanagar in Mysuru, is a scrap dealer. He married Mumtaz 25 years

Bengaluru, Jan 10: With most BMTC buses staying off roads on Wednesday, many Bengalureans had no choice but to take autorickshaws or hop on to app-based cabs. Several commuters were stranded for hours at terminuses and bus stops after the staterun transport corporation withdrew its services. Commuters crowded the few buses which ran, with many standing on footboards. Some passengers were also seen

Bengaluru, Jan 9: Dismissing the media reports that coalition partners JD(S) and Congress in Karnataka are at loggerheads on the issue of nominations to various Boards and Corporations, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy claimed that it is being done smoothly without any hitch. Speaking to newsmen here on Wednesday, he said that due to some technical issues some of the appointments were not made and

Bengaluru, Jan 9: In a tragic incident, a 28 year-old youth fan of Kannada film actor Yesh succumbed to burns suffered after trying to commit suicide by self immolating yesterday, died in Victoria hospital on Wednesday. Police said that the victim Ravi is fan of Yesh and had been to his house at Hosakerehalli to greet him on his birth day. When Yesh did not turn up he attempted to commit suicide