MANGALURU: BJP Yuva Morcha taluk president Shashiraj has been arrested in a raid conducted on an illegal stone quarry by Belthangady tahsildar and local police on Saturday. According to Belthangady police, following a complaint by Belthangady tahsildar Prithvi Sanikam, they conducted a raid at Mudala in Melanthabettu village and arrested Shashiraj. Police have also seized explosives, stones, lorries and live bullets. On enquiry, the labourers at the mining spot revealed that the quarry was run b

BENGALURU: Dr Jeffy Cherry was one of the 179 passengers on the Air India Express flight from Bengaluru to Kochi, which caught fire mid-air and returned to Kempegowda International Airport. The dentist from Thrissur commended the evacuation team for their excellent job in ensuring the safety of all on board. He recounted the terrifying experience of seeing sparks near the wing of the flight in the darkness. Dr Cherry and his mother C M Shantha had come to Bengaluru on Saturday morning by an Indi

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court issued notice and asked JD(S) leader BB Patil, also a former police officer, to reply to an appeal filed by the Karnataka government challenging the quashing of a criminal complaint against him for damaging Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) as part of a mob last year during the Karnataka assembly elections. A two-judge bench of the top court, led by Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma issued notice to Patil and sought his response in the Karnataka g

HUBBALLI: Yashodha, 18, younger sister of Anjali Ambiger who was murdered at her residence in Hubballi on Wednesday , has tried to end her life by consuming toilet liquid on late Saturday night. She was taken to KIMS hospital for the treatment on the same night itself. The doctors attending her have said that the girl is out of danger and she is under constant watch. On Saturday during the massive protest held in condemning the gruesome murder of Anjali in Hubballi, Yashoda took ill and was take

UDUPI: In an incident reported from Gopadi village in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district, a 32 year oldmentally challenged woman was found spending three days with her dead mother. Her mother Jayanthi Shetty aged 62 years had died three days back, while her mentally ill daughter - Pragathi Shetty was lying unconscious by the side of her mother's dead body. No one knew about it. Jayanthi Shetty was having diabetes and blood pressure issues. Her daughter - Pragathi Shetty also suffered from diabetes

BENGALURU: The Cyber Crime Police in Bengaluru have arrested a social media user for sharing an edited video clip of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on reservations. The user, BhikuMhatre (@MumbaichaDon) also posted a tweet about the Congress party manifesto that attacked a minority community. He was arrested from Goa on Saturday for his alleged tweet. The arrest followed a complaint filed on April 29 by J Saravanan, a Bengaluru resident and Congress worker, with the cybercrime police. The

GADAG: Two died after they came under a chariot at Ron town's Veerabhadreshwar annual fair on Saturday evening. The deceased has been identified as Mallappa Linganagoudrar (55) from Ron town. The identity of the other person is yet to be known as his face was crushed after he fell in front of the wheel. The annual chariot function came to standstill after the incident and police struggled to control the people. When the chariot Utsav began on Saturday evening, devotees started throwing dried dat

BENGALURU: Breaking his silence on the sexual abuse charges against his grandson and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda on Saturday clarified that he has no objection to the legal action initiated against Prajwal. But he alleged that the ruling Congress has created a case against his son and MLA HD Revanna. Prajwal fled the country after casting his vote in Hassan on April 26. After this, the Karnataka government set up an SIT based on the state womens commissions recommendatio

BENGALURU: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has refuted the allegations levelled by BJP leader Devaraje Gowda that he offered Rs 100 crore to the latter to frame JDS state president and former CM H D Kumaraswamy as the mastermind behind the circulation of pendrives containing obscene videos allegedly of Hassan JDS MP Prajwal Revanna. If Devaraje Gowda has any proof, he must lodge a complaint with the Lokayukta. He must be mentally unstable and my sympathies are with him. The media is aware a

BENGALURU: Climate change activists from across the country, including Karnataka, on Saturday highlighted how the indiscriminate granting of clearances to large projects is impacting the environment and doing irreparable damage to the natural resources. They strongly advocated for the protection of environmental democracy. The group alleged that several new laws and amendments are weakening the forests, coastal zones, wildlife, biodiversity, minerals, and other resources, facilitating environmen

BENGALURU: Passengers of a KSRTC bus had a narrow escape, as the bus was dangling in the air, after it lost control and hit a flyover median and jumped on to the other side of the flyover. The bus was heading to Bengaluru from Somwarpet via Tumakuru with 15 passengers along with the driver and the conductor. The accident could have been fatal for many, as the bus would have fallen down 40-feet, if not for the adjoining flyover. In the accident, eight passengers including the bus driver and condu

BENGALURU: The dark clouds and threat of rain did not deter the enthusiastic Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans who had been eagerly waiting for the clash between the home team and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as they thronged the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in large numbers on Saturday. While a large number of fans filled the stadium, others who missed out on tickets stood outside the stadium watching the match on their phones. A group of college friends, supporters from both teams, teased each other. But

BENGALURU: Chief commissioner of BBMP Tushar Girinath said on Saturday that the Palike is ready to face the monsoon. Girinath told reporters here that 300 trees were uprooted and branches of 800 trees fell in the recent rain in the city. BBMP personnel had cleared those uprooted trees and branches. He said 40 teams have been formed to deal with rain-related incidents during monsoon. They will work 22/7 in the city. The BBMP has deployed marshals and health inspectors to prevent dumping of garbag

BENGALURU: Captain Gopichand Thotakura , the second Indian who will travel to space after then Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma in April 1984, is set to make history on Sunday with Blue Origins NS-25 mission. He will be Indias first civilian astronaut to go to space, and will be wearing a badge bearing the Indian flag as he takes flight on Sunday. Along with six other crew members, the seventh human flight of the New Shepard, Thotakura will go beyond the Karman Line the boundary that separates Earths atmo

KOPPAL: Two women died after an old and unfinished public toilet building collapsed on them in Tavergera of Koppal district on Friday night. Banu Begum (34) died on the spot, after the wall collapsed on her and two others were stuck in the collapsed building and later, they were shifted to a hospital. Uma Bapparagi (45) died after she was shifted to the hospital. Mahadevi Rajanna was shifted to Gangavati hospital on Saturday morning and she is fighting for her life. The construction of this publ

BENGALURU: India holds the proud record of being the country with the highest number of hate speeches . With politics ingrained, no one is open to others views, which often leads to conflicts. We have not evolved as a democracy, said Trilochan Sastry, founder and chairman of the Association for Democratic Reforms. ADR is also the organization that filed several petitions against the electoral bond scheme, which was subsequently struck down by the Supreme Court bench, and termed as unconstitution

MYSURU: With elections to the Legislative Council approaching fast, it has posed a fresh challenge to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his Deputy DK Shiva Kumar as many senior leaders and fresh faces are knocking at their doors for tickets. Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar had managed the ticket distribution for the assembly election as well as the concluded Lok Sabha elections, where 65 per cent of the contestants were children of ministers and senior leaders. But they have a bit of a challenge

Around the same time last year, after a hard-fought election, Congress won a clear majority in the Karnataka assembly. After hectic parleys in the national capital, Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar took oath as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, respectively, on May 20. Now, as the government completes its first year in office, peoples verdict on its performance will be out on June 4, when the results to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls will be announced. It was indeed a politically charged year fo

BENGALURU: The first arrest warrant was issued on Saturday against Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who had been absconding after the sexual abuse cases registered against him. Sources confirmed that the warrant was issued by the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Court following an application by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) established to investigate the cases against Prajwal. However, sources in the SIT refused to reveal the grounds mentioned in the application filed befor

BENGALURU: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said that he is shocked by the reported statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the Shakthi scheme had resulted in loss of revenue for the Bengaluru metro. Under the 'Shakti' scheme implemented by the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government, women can avail free travel in state-run buses. Hitting out at Modi, the state deputy chief minister said that the prime minister lacks information on the Shakthi scheme and hence he h

BENGALURU: Captain Gopichand Thotakura, the second Indian who will travel to space is set to make history on May 19 with the Blue Origin's NS-25 mission, as the company announces dates. Along with six other crew members, the seventh human flight of the New Shepard, Gopi will go beyond the Karman Linethe boundary that separates Earths atmosphere and outer space- and return to Earth. This mission not only signifies India's re-entry into the space race but will also make history with its crew of di

BELAGAVI: To tide over the worsening drought in several parts of Karnataka, the State Government has appealed to the Maharashtra government for release of water from Koyna dam to the Krishna river, Karantaka PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi has said. Speaking to the media in Belagavi on Friday, Satish said that the government is confident that Maharashtra would release water. The meagre amount of water available in the Krishna river currently would last only for the next 10 days, he said, adding th

BENGALURU: BJP leader R Ashoka said the Karnataka gove-rnment is anti-farmer and compensation amount and money due to them for MGNREGA work is being adjusted towards repayment of loans taken by them. Ashoka urged the CM to order the DCs to instruct the banks not to adjust farmers money towa-rds their loans. If the banks do not agree, the State Governm-ent should waive farm loans, he said. Ashoka said the Centre released Rs 3,454 crore as drought relief to the state, but the State Government has

A Delhi-Bengaluru Air India flight, carrying 175 people, returned to the national capital on Friday evening after a fire warning from its auxiliary power unit. After the situation became apparent, a full emergency was declared at Delhis Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport around 5:52 pm for the Air India flight AI807. The flight landed back safely at IGI Airport around 6.40 pm. Air India flight AI807 flying Delhi to Bengaluru air returned to Delhi this evening after a fire warning from its

BENGALURU: After the Election Commission of India relaxed the model code of conduct in Karnataka to take up urgent works, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday convened a review meeting with his ministers and senior officials on drought, rain and pending projects. Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, Manojkumar Meena said the state government had sought certain permission like calling and finalising tenders and calling meetings by the CM and ministers, for which ECI gave permission. At the meetin

BENGALURU: The 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court on Friday reserved the order on the bail petition filed by Holenarasipur MLA HD Revanna in a sexual harassment case till Monday. The court also extended his interim bail, which was granted earlier this week. Revanna came to the court barefoot for the hearing. Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Jayna Kothari requested the court for an in-camera hearing. The SPP told the court that Section 376 has been added based on the statem

BENGALURU: Senior JDS leader and MLA, HD Revanna, attended official duties in Vidhana Soudha on Friday. Revanna and his son and Hassan MP, Prajwal Revanna, are in the centre of a political storm over the sex tapes. Revanna, a former minister, was arrested in connection with an alleged abduction case. He was granted bail by a special court for elected representatives earlier this week. Revanna, who is the chairperson of the Committee on Papers laid on the Table, attended the meeting in Vidhana So

BENGALURU: India Meteorological Department, Bengaluru, on Friday issued an orange alert, forecasting heavy to very heavy rain in parts of coastal and south-interior Karnataka from May 19 to 21. These places may see a dip in maximum temperature by 3 degrees Celsius. Karnataka did not receive any rain from December 2023 to this April. However, Karnataka is expected to experience good rain in the next five days, CS Patil, scientist and director, IMD, Bengaluru, said. He said light to moderate rain

HASSAN: Giving a new twist to the Hassan sex scandal case, BJP leader and advocate Devaraje Gowda on Friday alleged that DCM DK Shivakumar had offered him Rs 100 crore to accuse former CM and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy of masterminding circulation of pen drives allegedly containing obscene videos of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. Disclosing this to reporters on the district court premises here before the local police handed him over to SIT sleuths, Gowda alleged that the plan was to defame Kumaraswam

BENGALURU: Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Friday said that entry passes to Vidhana Soudha will be distributed online soon. Speaking to reporters after inspecting the newly-installed metal detectors and baggage scanners at the entrance gates of Vidhana Soudha on Friday, the minister said passes will no longer be distributed by hand. Online passes and ID cards will be verified. Passes with QR codes, obtained online, will be checked. With the installation of high-quality equipment, it will be e

BENGALURU: A senior police officer will reach Hubballi to review the progress of the Anjali Ambiger murder case, and the situation in the city. Home Minister G Parameshwara said that since back-to-back murders were reported in the city, there is a need to understand the reasons for such crimes. We are sending a senior officer to Hubballi on Saturday to review the situation, he said. Parameshwara told reporters on Friday that the murders in the twin cities will be probed, and an ADGP-rank officer

MYSURU: Vishwanath alias Girish Sawant, who murdered 20-year-old Anjali Ambiger at her residence in Hubballi, worked as a supplier in Maharaja Hotel in Mysuru. Govardhan, the restaurant owner, said he had hired Vishwanath to look after his aged father through Vinayaka Nursing Care Service. He was hired to look after my father at my house. He worked for one-and-a-half months. Later, on his request, he was given a room service job in our hotel, while also working as a supplier. He was irregular an

HUBBALLI: Shocking details were revealed during the preliminary investigation of Vishwanath alias Girish Sawant, 22 who was arrested in Davanagere on Thursday night for allegedly murdering 20-year-old Anjali Ambiger at her residence in Veerapur Street in Hubballi on Wednesday. He had later fled to Mysuru. Sawant had allegedly revealed that he had plans to murder Anjali for the last three months and the same was shared with his friends. An investigating team member said that Sawant had told some

DAVANAGERE: Personnel of the Government Railway Police (GRP) caught Girish Sawant alias Vishwa, accused in the Hubballi Anjali Ambiger murder case, near Mayakonda in Davanagere district on Thursday night. Girish, who had fled Hubballi to Mysuru after allegedly murdering Anjali, boarded the Vishwamanava Express train to Hubballi from Arsikere Junction. An eyewitness said Girish, who was travelling in the general compartment, fought with other passengers over a petty issue. Based on the passengers

It is not hard to notice that Karnataka is the microcosm of India. The diversity in terms of religions, castes (and sub-castes), languages and the racial mix gives the state a character which reflects that of the whole country. But such a diversity poses a challenge to make some segments belong to the whole rather than merely fit in to display that diversity. Throw in a hefty dose of political agenda-linked hollow narratives as we are witnessing with the ongoing electoral process and that very

BENGALURU: An elephant census in the border areas of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh will be held from May 23 to 25. While the elephant census is usually held for an entire forest patch once every five years, this time it will be held only in the border areas of the southern states. The exercise aims to understand the area, the conflict and chalk out better policies for better coordination and future planning. This is the first time such an exercise is being carried

BENGALURU: With biennial polls scheduled on June 3 for six council seats three Graduates and three Teachers it is becoming clear that rebellion could impact four seats. A number of leaders who have turned rebel and filed their nomination papers could turn the contest into a cliffhanger if they fail to concede to their party high commands diktat and remain in the fray. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is May 20. In North East Graduates seat (Ballari, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichu

BENGALURU: The State government is stocking up on coal at thermal power plants so they run to full capacity and there are no power cuts. As on May 13, state-run thermal power stations had a stock of 8,51,275 tonnes of coal, and according to Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) officials, this is sufficient for the next 15-18 days. Apart from this, 2,00,813 tonnes of coal is available at Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) which is managed by the Adani Group. We are in a comfortable situ

BENGALURU: An Air India Express flyer from Bengaluru to Pune has been booked and detained for creating panic by providing a false threat about a bomb concealed in his check-in bag during security checks at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). A Non Cognisable Report (NCR) has been booked against Rajeshkumar Beniwal after the airline filed a complaint at the police station inside the airport premises. An NCR refers to a document in which the police cannot take any action without a warrant

BENGALURU: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday said efforts are on to bring Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna , who is facing charges of sexual abuse against women, back to India. He also asserted that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case was functioning efficiently. The 33-year-old Prajwal, who is the grandson of JD(S) patriarch and former PM H D Deve Gowda, is facing charges of multiple instances of sexually abusing women. The scandal has raised a political storm with the

HUBBALLI: The Hubballi Dharwad police have apprehended the accused who was absconding after allegedly murdering a 20-year-old woman for turning down a marriage proposal in Hubballi on May 15. The accused Vishwanath Sawant alias Girish is said to have fled the residence of the victim Anjali Ambiger on Veerapura Street in Hubballi after stabbing her to death. According to the sources, the Hubballi Dharwad Police is said to have received a call from the Davangere police about the accused. Sawant ha

CHITRADURGA: The mysterious case of recovering five skeletons from an abandoned house in December 2023 has turned out be a case of suicide after forensic experts informed that the deaths could have been occured due to consumption of sleeping pills. Superintendent of Police Dharmendra Kumar Meena in a press conference said that the final report received by the district police from the forensic science experts suggested that death could be due to complications caused by nordazepam and oxazepam dru

BENGALURU: The 165th State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) meeting co-chaired by Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner (GoK) Shalini Rajneesh, RBI Regional Director Sonali Sen Gupta, NABARD Chief General Manager T Ramesh, Canara Bank Executive Director Bhavendra Kumar, and Convenor of SLBC Karnataka, Canara Bank CGM K J Srikanth, was held at the Vidhana Soudha, on Wednesday. Addressing the committee, Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner Shalini Rajneesh emphas

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to open Mantri Square, Malleshwaram, at 10 am on Friday, remove all the hurdles and allow the petitioner - M/s Abhishek Propbuild Pvt Ltd., shop-keepers, employees their free ingress and egress. This interim order was passed after directing the petitioner company, which runs the mall, to deposit a sum of Rs 20 crore with the BBMP on or before July 31, out of which, an amount of Rs 3.50 crore must be deposi

TUMAKURU: The BJP and JDS held a protest against DCM and KPCC president D K Shivakumar, opposing implementation of the Express Canal on the Hemavathi river, in Gubbi taluk on Thursday. Former minister Sogadu Shivanna, Tumakuru Rural MLA B Suresh Gowda and MLA GB Jyothiganesh, all from the BJP, Turuvekere JDS MLA MT Krishnappa, a posse of religious heads of the district and thousands of farmers laid siege to D Rampura village. They alleged that Shivakumar, as Water Resource Minister, had managed

BELAGAVI: A passenger travelling without a ticket stabbed a railway coach attendant to death and injured three others, including a travelling ticket examiner (TTE), on board Chalukya Express near Londa railway station in Belagavi district on Thursday evening. After the attack, the unidentified passenger jumped off the train near Khanapur railway station and escaped. According to a police officer, the coach attendant died on the train. The TTE and two others were rushed to a hospital in Belagavi.

KOLAR: Senior Congress leader, KH Muniyappa, who is also a minister in the Karnataka cabinet, said on Thursday that the I.N.D.I.A bloc will form the government at the Centre with an absolute majority. He spoke to TNIE over the phone after campaigning for former AICC president Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. Muniyappa, a former Union Minister, said the Congress is getting good support from voters in the country. It is time for the BJP to rest. People have decided to support the Congres

With four phases of the Lok Sabha elections behind us, political analyst Sandeep Shastri is sensing a change as the election progresses. What has changed is that BJP initially claimed this election is a no contest, now we see a contest in all states, it is evident, he told TNIE s Bansy Kalappa . How have four phases of voting gone? What have been your biggest takeaways? Importantly, are you hearing that Modi is turning out to be a lesser factor? Each of the four phases have been different becaus

BENGALURU: As is the case with general elections, it is alleged that a section of candidates in the Council polls too are likely to adopt unethical means to win the June 3 biennial contest -- to the six seats, three each of Teachers and Graduates constituencies, in Karnataka. In the recently concluded voting for the Lok Sabha, there were alleged instances of gifts and cash being distributed amongst sections of the electorate. This time around also, there were widespread charges against certain c

BELAGAVI: In a horrific incident, a passenger travelling without a ticket stabbed one Railway Department employee to death and injured three others including a TTE on board the Mumbai-Bengaluru Chalukya Express when it was nearing Londa station in Belagavi district on Thursday evening. According to a top police official, the dead railway employee was a coach attendant on board. The TTE and another passenger were also stabbed while another was assaulted by the attacker. While the coach attendant