Tag: Karnataka

A motorcycle rider was swept away in overflowing river water in Karnataka’s Tumakuru area. The rider was later rescued with the help of the locals.

These are images from a cow dung fight held at a village in Karnataka on Saturday Hundreds of people here at Gumatapura village pelt fistfuls of cow manure at each other The festival is known as Gorehabba-a local ritual to mark the end of Diwali. This festival of the village is reportedly over a hundred years old.

South Superstar Puneeth Rajkumar passed away on Friday (October 29). The 46-year-old actor suffered cardiac arrest during workout in the gym. He was rushed to Vikram Hospital in Bengaluru where he breathed his last.

India's one of leading software companies, Infosys is on a mission to help bolster students’ technical education. The IT major signed an MoU with the Department of Collegiate and Technical Education (DCTE) in Karnataka under its 'Help Educate' initiative to help students pursue higher education and shape their careers.

Shivamogga Zilla Panchayat in Karnataka provided rent free space to traditional pottery workers to sell earthen lamps. As a result of this, the prices of the lamps have reduced by half. This move benefitted many women SHG (Self Help Group) workers in the district. The workers will not have to pay for shops at government office's premises till Diwali.

Due to incessant rain throughout Monday, excessive water logging was observed outside the airport leading to taxis, private vehicles and passengers to remain stranded at the terminals.

Bhubaneswar: After a video showing a monkey steering a running bus in Karnataka went viral, former MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda took to Twitter to compare the bizarre incident with a political party in Odisha. While replying to the video of a monkey driving a bus in Karnataka, Panda in a tweet message said the condition […]

Koraput: At least 20 bonded labourers including seven women from Odisha were rescued by police from Kumbhuporu village near Bengaluru today. According to sources, all labourers are residents of Zillaguntha village under Pottangi police limits in Koraput district. They had left their village some three months back after an agent lured them to provide jobs. […]

Basavaraj Bommai is a three time MLA from Shiggaon constituency in Haveri district and has been MLC twice.

B.S.Yediyurappa announced his resignation while delivering a speech at a function to mark completion of his two-years in office.

The services of the Coast Guard air station at Ratnagiri are also being extended to Indian Navy and Indian Air Force aircraft for airlifting of NDRF teams, relief material and facilitating rescue operations across the affected regions.

New Delhi: In a bid to buy time, the Central government on Saturday moved the Supreme Court filing a clarification petition and asking for three months for implementing its judgment in view of the May assembly elections in Karnataka while the Tamil Nadu government sought contempt proceedings against the Centre for its failure to constitute Cauvery […]

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police have arrested three persons for allegedly smuggling Ganja in a clandestine manner to Karnataka from Bhubaneswar yesterday. A pistol, Rs 70,000, two luxurious cars and 40 kg Ganja from their possession, said Bhubaneswar DCP Satyabrata Bhoi. The Ganja peddlers used a unique modus operandi to run the racket and they used to […]

Nuapada: Following reports of fake rice sale in different parts of the country, residents of Taraboda village in Nuapada district demand probe into alleged ‘plastic rice’ samples found in their locality. Villager Laba Jagata initially noticed his children fell ill and complained of stomach ache and indigestion after consuming rice cooked from the two packets […]

Odisha government is all set to hold an investors’ meet in Bengaluru tomorrow as part of its year-long celebrations to mark 80 years of the state and the birth centenary of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik