Category: Karnataka

For the first time, an Indian educational institute has broken into the top 10 of a global university rankings. On Tuesday, the Times Higher Education (THE) revealed that India is home to one of the world’s best small universities, as it made public the 2017 edition of the rankings. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has been ranked eighth at the […]

he legendary barber Ramesh Babu, who gives haircuts for Rs 75 and collects luxury cars that he rents out too. Ramesh’s latest acquisition, the Mercedes-Maybach arrived last month. After Vijay Mallya and a builder, he is the only other person in the city known to have imported this car. The other standouts in his fleet include a Rolls Royce, 11 […]

A convicted serial killer housed next to the cell of AIADMK leader VK Sasikala in Parappana Agrahara central prison was shifted to Hindalga prison in Belagavi, north Karnataka, early this week. The news that Sasikala was put up in a cell next to that of ‘cyanide killer’ Mallika+ , aka KD Kempamma, 52, in the women’s barracks had made headlines […]

A 52-year-old woman died and nine persons, including two children, were injured after a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus caught fire in Nelamangala during the early hours of Tuesday. According to KSRTC sources, the bus plying between Sringeri and Bengaluru caught fire when it reached Nelamangala around 12.30 a.m. on Tuesday. “The bus was heading towards Bengaluru,” said […]

An Indian national, Syed Farooq Basha, was shot dead by rebel fighters in South Sudan on Saturday, diplomatic sources have confirmed. The incident occurred some 900 km from the South Sudan capital of Juba. “Syed Farooq Basha was driving through the disputed region of Abyei, when he was shot dead in an attack that injured his driver. This is the […]

Karnataka assembly on Monday passed a bill to facilitate the conduct of “Kambala”, a traditional annual buffalo race in marshy fields, held in the coastal districts of the state.