BENGALURU: The BJP on Saturday announced its candidates for five out of six Legislative Council seats, which will go to polls on June 3. The party has allotted one seat to its ally JD(S). The six seats will be falling vacant due to the retirement of sitting members on June 21. The BJP has decided to field Amarnath Patil from Karnataka North East Graduates' constituency, Dr Dhananjay Sarji from Karnataka South West Graduates' constituency, A Devegowda from Bangalore Graduates' constituency, Y A N

MADIKERI: A 34-year-old man, who allegedly killed a minor girl after their proposed marriage was put off, was arrested on Saturday, police said. Prakash Onkarappa of Hammiyala village in Madikeri was arrested by the Kodagu police and produced in front of the court and has been booked under IPC sections 320, 307, POCSO Act and Arms Act. The arrest comes two days after the 16-year-old girl was brutally killed by Prakash, who severed her head and took it along with him. Addressing a press conferenc

MADIKERI: A 32-year-old man, who allegedly killed a minor girl after their proposed marriage was put off, was arrested on Saturday, police said. The arrest comes two days after the 16-year-old girl was brutally killed by Prakash, who severed her head and took it along with him. The incident was reported from Surlabbi village. According to police, the girl had just completed her SSLC exams this year and her engagement was fixed with Prakash on Thursday. However, someone informed the Child Helplin

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MANGALURU: An FIR was registered against a passenger for unruly behaviour during a flight between Dubai and Mangaluru following a complaint by the Air India Express crew, police said on Saturday. The security coordinator of the flight, Siddharthdas, complained against Mohammad B C at the Bajpe police station, they said. The incident took place on the early morning of 9 May and the FIR was filed the same evening, police said. According to police, Mohammed travelled from Dubai to Mangalore on the

KALABURAGI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent five minutes at the Kalaburagi Airport on Friday while on his way to Narayanpet in Telangana. Senior BJP leader Harshanand Guttedar, who is also a former member of the Kalaburagi Zilla Panchayat, told TNIE that only a few members of BJP were allowed to meet the Prime Minister at the airport. Modi arrived at the airport at 2.25 pm by a special flight and left for Mahbubnagar in Narayanpet by a helicopter. Guttedar presented a portrait of Basaveshwara

BENGALURU: Congress leaders lodged a complaint with the High Grounds police here on Friday, accusing BJP leader and lawyer Devaraje Gowda of resorting to blackmail politics, with regard to Hassan JDS MP Prajwal Revannas alleged sex scandal case. Led by KPCC general secretary S Manohar, the Congressmen staged a protest against Gowda, urging that he be arrested as a woman had filed a case against him at Holenarasipur station on April 1. He (Devaraje Gowda) is a proven blackmailer, as he unnecessar

HASSAN: The SIT on Friday issued notices to Devaraje Gowda, a BJP leader and advocate, and Kartik Gowda, former driver of Hassan NDA candidate Prajwal Revanna, over the sex scandal allegedly involving Prajwal. They have been directed to appear before SIT within 24 hours. Devaraje Gowda has already met SIT officers and revealed details about the pen drive allegedly containing obscene videos of Prajwal. Devaraje Gowda and Kartik are blaming each other for the circulation of pen drives. Hassan cybe

BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) has installed 24 water level sensors in raja kaluves to respond to floods in the BBMP jurisdiction, said senior BBMP official. The sensors are solar powered and send alerts to the KSNDMC control room through the internet. Simultaneously BBMPs Integrated Command Control Centre (ICCC) too is alerted. Sensors show the level of water flow in raja kaluves through green, blue, red and black indicators. If it is green and blue t

HUBBALLI: Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi on Friday expressed concern over the decline in Hindu population in the country and said it is an alarming development. The central and state governments should take note and employ remedial measures, he added. Referring to the recent report of the Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Committee on Share of Religious Minority - A Cross Country Analysis, he said that no immediate decision can be taken on the decline of H

MADIKERI: Thousands of trees were illegally felled inside the reserve forest area close to Talacauvery sanctuary in Kodagu. The incident came to light after Kodagu Ekikarana Members highlighted the issue after visiting the spot. Suspecting involvement of foresters in the act, they have filed a complaint in this regard with the Virajpet MLA AS Ponnanna. Located on the edge of Talacauvery Sanctuary, Mundrote Forest Range of Padinalkunadu Reserve Forest area is home to over 6,000 species of trees a

BALLARI: In a tragic incident, three employees drowned in a water supply canal at JSW Steel Plant in Toranagallu town of Ballari district on Thursday. The deceased are Gante Jadeppa (31) from Hosapete, Shivamagadev M (22), assistant manger from Chennai, and Sushanth Krishna Nynaru (21) from Bengaluru. The incident took place when the three were carrying out a repair work in the water supply canal which suddenly got flooded due to a technical glitch. Their bodies were recovered from the water tan

BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved yet another milestone in design and manufacturing by successfully conducting a long duration test of the PS4 engine of the PSLV stage. The scientists were able to build a new engine a single piece that saves 97 percent of raw materials and reduces production time by 60 per cent. The hot testing of liquid rocket engine manufactured through Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology was done on May 9 for a duration of 665 seconds. The

BENGALURU: Seetha Mahalaxmi (SML) India Private Limited and 3AI Holding Limited in Bengaluru on Friday announced the launch of Hanooman- Indias homegrown multilingual GenAI platform in 98 global languages, including 12 Indian languages, to build a GenAI ecosystem for India by leveraging the countrys diverse linguistic and cultural heritage. Hanooman has been developed by Bengaluru-based SML India in partnership with 3AI Holding and other leading technology stalwarts, including HP, NASSCOM and Yo

BENGALURU: Under the Super 60 scheme, 60 students studying SSLC were given special training at the Perseverance NEET Academy. The trained students have brought pride to Chikkaballapur district and their institutions by passing with good marks, said a press release from Perseverance NEET Academy on Thursday. The academy said Chikkaballapur district was educationally backward, and MLA Pradeep Eshwar came up with the innovative scheme called Super 60 in the district. Under this, 60 children from po

HUBBALLI: Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi has cast aspersions on the SIT investigation into the alleged sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and demanded that the probe be handed to the CBI to unearth truth in the case. Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Joshi charged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar were indulging in petty politics and were least bothered about delivering justice to the victims in the P

BENGALURU: Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC president D K Shivakumar on Friday said the victims in alleged sex scandal involving Hassan JDS MP Prajwal Revanna, have been reluctant to approach the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was carrying out the probe, owing to threats from influential politicians. Speaking to reporters after taking part in the Basava Jayanti celebrations at Vidhana Soudha, he, however, claimed that the names of those victims who had approached the SIT were not revealed

MYSURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday ruled out a CBI probe into Hassan sex scandal, stating that his government has full faith and confidence in Karnataka police. Brushing aside opposition parties demand for the CBI probe, he told reporters here that there is no international angle to the case. The BJP isprojecting the case that way to press for thecentral agencys investigation,he alleged. He said, Theopposition parties should have faith in Karnataka police. If they dont haveconfidence

BENGALURU: The Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, R Ashoka, on Friday predicted the fall of the Congress government in Karnataka soon after the results of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections are announced on June 4. Speaking to the media in Bengaluru, Ashoka said that the Congress MLAs who are fed up with the functioning of the Siddaramaiah government will themselves bring the government down. The government is all set to crumble... Many had claimed that it was impossible to bring down govern

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court took serious exception to the conduct of the Excise Department in registering crimes against a company by seizing its two trucks loaded with liquor bottles, citing the model code of conduct, though the company is permitted to supply that liquor to the Karnataka State Beverages Corporation Limited (KSBCL). Justice M G Uma the quashed two First Information Reports (FIRs) registered by the Excise Officials of Nelamangala Subdivision against Kalpatharu Breweries a

CHITRADURGA: BJP leader and Advocate G Devaraje Gowda was arrested Friday night in connection with an explicit video allegedly belonging to Hassan JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. According to police, Devaraje Gowda was arrested at Gulihal toll gate by the Hiriyur Police in Chitradurga district for leaking the video in a pen drive. He was arrested on a tip-off received by the Hassan Police, which wanted his presence for the case. Several explicit videos involving Prajwal started making the rounds ahead

BENGALURU: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged multiple instances of sexual abuse by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has initiated an inquiry to identify those who allegedly called a woman and forced her to register a fake complaint against the JD(S) leader, sources said on Friday. The move comes after the National Commission for Women (NCW) said that one woman complainant who reached out to it claimed she was forced to register a fake complaint against the 33-year-old, who is the

MANGALURU: A prime accused in the BJP Yuva Morcha worker Praveen Nettaru murder case has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Mustafa Paichar, accused number four in the case, was absconding after the murder and the NIA had declared a Rs 5 lakh reward to catch him. He was arrested at Sakleshpur in Hassan district by the NIA team led by Inspector Shanmugam. Mustafa is a member of the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) and a resident of Shantinagar in Sullia in Dakshin

UDUPI: A lifeguard deployed at the beach area was assaulted by a group of six tourists at Malpe beach on Thursday. Sources said the tourists ignored repeated warnings about the rough sea by the lifeguard and continued to swim. Lifeguard Teja Kotian of Udyavara-Pithrody told the tourists about the dangerous waves, but the group ignored him and went to swim in the danger zone. When Kotian asked them not to continue swimming, the group assaulted him. Other lifeguards and home guards present at the

BENGALURU: Residents of Mahadevapura who got encroachments cleared on storm water drains (SWDs) which connect Junnasandra Lake and Saul Kere (lake), have alleged that drains in Bellandur ward have been encroached again, leading to fear of floods among residents of Shanti Layout, Rainbow Drive Layout and Junnasandra village. According to Ashok Mruthyunjaya, AAP president of Mahadevapura constituency, 300 residents from these areas had held a padayatra in 2021, asking the authorities to act. Durin

BENGALURU: Leader of Opposition R Ashoka said BJP Karnataka condemns the statement of Congress leader Sam Pitorda on the looks of Indians South India has a history of over 5,000 years, and without knowing this, Pitroda has made such a statement. We condemn it, he said on Thursday. Pitrodas statement reflects the mentality of the Congress. The party has called South Indians, who have a history of 5,000 years, as Africans. Vokkaligas, Lingayats and Dalits are given colours by Congress leaders. Con

BENGALURU: With the alleged sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna flaring up, a delegation of Janata Dal (Secular) leaders called on Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and urged him to advise Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to drop Deputy CM DK Shivakumar from the Cabinet. The delegation, led by state JDS chief and former CM HD Kumaraswamy, consisted of party MLAs, including party core committee chief GT Deve Gowda. They alleged that Shivakumar, who is also KPCC president, is the maste

MADIKERI:A tenth grade girl was brutally murdered by a 30-year-old man in Kodagu. In the heinous incident, the man cut off the victim's head and threw away her body. The incident was reported at Surlabbi under Madikeri Taluk in Karnataka's Kodagu district. The victim has been identified as US Meena, a 10th grade student of Surlabbi High School. She had passed the SSLC examination and her school attained 100% results. However, she was brutally murdered by accused Onkarappa (Papu), a resident of t

BENGALURU: The Special Investigation Team (SIT has detained four more people in connection with the alleged abduction of a 47-year-old victim of Hassan sex scandal. In all, six people, including Holenarasipur JDS MLA HD Revanna and his relative Satish Babanna, have been taken into custody in this case. Meanwhile, Revanna will have to spend some more days in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison as the Special Court for Elected Representatives on Thursday adjourned his bail plea hearing to Monday. Th

BENGALURU: Amid the alleged sex scandal row, the JDS held its high-level core committee meeting at the party office on Thursday. The meeting, which lasted for over 2 hours, also resolved to petition Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, which the JDS leaders did later in the day. State JDS president and former chief minister, HD Kumaraswamy, said that his party will combat the pen drive that is being used as a political weapon. Since they have dragged the name of NDA leaders into this, we need

BENGALURU: Following moderate rain across the city on Thursday, incidents of traffic snarls, trees uprooting and branch fall were reported. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) received complaints of at least 70 trees being uprooted and 171 fallen branches, disrupting the traffic in many places across the city. BBMP attended to most of the complaints on emergency basis and cleared the fallen trees and branches from road side and on footpaths. Traffic police were busy clearing the slow m

BENGALURU: The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exam results were announced on Thursday and 6,31,204 students of 8,59,967 cleared the first of the three exams to be held this year. The Congress government had scrapped supplementary examinations last year, and had introduced a new system that allowed students to choose the best marks from the three examinations. The pass percentage of the state for the academic year 2023-24 stood at 73.40%, which is 10.49 per cent lower than 2022-23, w

BENGALURU: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday said no victim has approached it with a complaint against JDS MP Prajwal Revanna in the Hassan sex scandal case. In a press release issued here, the commission, however, said that a woman had approached it to register a complaint against three individuals, who had allegedly introduced themselves to her as Karnataka police officials and forced her to file a false complaint in this case. The woman stated that she had received several c

BENGALURU: Congress leaders on Thursday lodged a complaint before the Special Investigation Team of CID against former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, for allegedly threatening victims and also misleading the probe. They demanded that action be taken against Kumaraswamy. In their complaint, Congress leaders said many women have become victims in the sexual harassment case allegedly involving former minister HD Revanna and his son MP Prajwal Revanna. The government has constituted the SIT to probe

BENGALURU: Senior advocate C V Nagesh on Thursday argued before the special court that Section 364(A), which was introduced as an amendment to IPC Section 364, with an intention to punish dreaded terrorists, was invoked against JDS MLA H D Revanna. The amendment was made after the hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight to Afghanistans Kandahar in 1999, for the release of three terrorists. Nagesh made this submission to narrate the severity of the offence punishable under Section 364(A), along wi

UDUPI: Udupi CEN police have registered a case as they busted a gang that was accepting betting money from people on a gambling app amid the ongoing IPL cricket matches. Ramachandra Nayak, the police inspector, received a tip-off that two individuals (Sudarshan and Karthavya), who were in their early 20s, were standing in a public place near Gandhi Maidan in Kundapur on Wednesday and were seen accepting money from public and engaged in betting racket. Upon further enquiry by the police, the duo

SHIVAMOGGA: Accusing BJP Shivamogga Lok Sabha candidate BY Raghavendra of conspiring against him at the last minute on polling day, by spreading fake news and disinformation about him that went viral, former deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa on Thursday demanded that Raghavendra be arrested for his alleged conspiracy. Talking to the media here on Thursday, Eshwarappa released a pen drive containing the alleged fake news published in news format, without the name of any newspaper, and which con

BENGALURU: For some, age might seem like an insurmountable barrier, creating arbitrary limits in their minds. But there are those who boldly defy these limitations, driven by passion and commitment to excellence. A recent such example is Bengaluru-based athlete Yasmeen Shaikh, who clinched the Womens Singles 45+ title at the All-England Senior Badminton Championship. At the championship, Shaikh showcased a stunning display of skill and determination, overpowering top-seeded Japan-born English pl

BAGALKOT: Many assume that students must study for five to six hours a day to score high marks in the SSLC examination. However, I believe three hours of comprehensive study is enough, said Ankita Basappa Konnur, who topped the SSLC exam by scoring 625/625 marks in the state. Ankita, who hails from Vajramatti village in Mudhol taluk of Bagalkot district, is a student of Morarji Desai Residential School at Melligeri village in the taluk. She attributed her success to the unflinching support from

BENGALURU: With Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy continuing their slugfest over Hassan JDS MP Prajwal Revannas alleged sex scandal, leaders cutting across party-lines, close to both of them, feel it is unwarranted, even as it is imperative for the guilty to be punished. The issue escalated into a spat between Vokkaliga leaders within the JDS and Congress, with equal number of them siding strongly with either Kumaraswamy or Shivakumar on the issue. Howe

BENGALURU: Despite the SSLC Board decreasing the qualifying marks from 35 per cent to 25 per cent, the total pass percentage of the state is just 73.4 per cent. This is the lowest pass percentage in the past four years, when the qualifying mark was 35 per cent. Karnataka State Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) is being widely criticised by educational experts for decreasing the qualifying marks instead of improving the overall quality of education in the state. They also raised eyebrows a

BENGALURU: The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) 10th grade exam results were announced by the Karnataka School Education and Assessement Board (KSEAB) on Thursday with 6,31,204 students out of 8,59,967 clearing the first of the three examinations to be held this year. The Congress government had scrapped supplementary examinations last year and introduced a new system that allowed students to choose the best marks from the three examinations. The pass percentage of the state for the a

MADIKERI: As the urban areas grew, Madikeri city often recorded water shortage during summer months. However, a Rs 23 crore project was sanctioned to end the water woes and a check dam was built at Kunda Mestri in the outskirts of the city nearly three years ago. Nevertheless, with the district becoming victim to harsh summer this year, measures are now in place to enable water supply every alternate day to the households. With a population of over 40,000, Madikeri city requires 54 lakh liters o

BENGALURU: The Special Investigation Team formed to probe the alleged sexual abuse cases against Hassan JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has detained four more people in connection with kidnapping a woman, sources in the SIT said on Thursday. The SIT has already arrested Prajwal's father and Holenarasipura MLA H D Revanna who is under judicial custody at the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail. The 66-year-old Revanna is the son of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. The four people were picked up to find

BELAGAVI: In a historic decision, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) Wildlife after obtaining the approval of PCCF (HoFF) has recently issued an order directing Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF), Belagavi Circle to take action for handing over the operation and maintenance of Hemmadaga Nature Camp in Bhimgad Sanctuary from Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR) back to the Forest Department in Khanapur of Belagavi district. It may be recalled that wildlife activist Giridhar Kulkarni had prop

BENGALURU: In a bid to foster gender equality, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has urged educational institutions to appoint gender champions for the new academic year. In a letter, UGC emphasised that the gender champions, above the age of 16 years, will help cultivate an inclusive environment in schools, colleges and academic institutions, especially for girls, and provide a safe environment, which is the need of the hour. The roles and responsibilities of gender champions will include

BENGALURU: Incidents of forest fires in Karnataka this year were less when compared to the previous year, but not in intensity. This was because of the unprecedented summer heat and the rise in temperature. According to the Karnataka Forest Department, 20,933 incidents of forest fires were detected by satellite sensors from 2020 to 2024. Of this, 6,888 were recorded in 2023 and 4,245 until April this year. Officials said that forest fires saw a decline from April 16. During the period between th

BENGALURU: The state government on Wednesday issued an order stating that it will reintroduce the three-year degree programmes from the academic year 2024-2025. This is in view of the government scrapping the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) introduced last year. Students will no longer have the option to opt for a fourth year in their degree courses. The State Education Policy (SEP) Commission has also recommended changes in the curriculum structure for three-year degree programmes and prop

BENGALURU: Holenarasipur JDS MLA HD Revanna has been remanded in judicial custody till May 14 in connection with a kidnapping case registered against him by KR Nagar police in Mysuru district. The 66-year-old MLA was sent to Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in the city on Wednesday evening. His UTP (undertrial prisoner) No. is 4567 and he has been put in a quarantine cell.Revannas bail petition before the Special Court for Elected Representatives has been posted for hearing on Thursday. A large

BENGALURU: Despite heatwave conditions in most parts of Karnataka this year due to the El Nino effect and Bengaluru again pulling down the polling graph with a poor turnout, Karnataka recorded a voting percentage of 70.64, the highest since the polling process began in 1952. Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, Venkatesh Kumar R, said this turnout, combining both Phases 2 and 3, is the highest ever the state has seen in the Lok Sabha elections. Voter turnout of 73.84% and 72.44% was re