Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), April 10 (IANS) In a tragic development, 14-year-old Srinanda from Kerala, who had gone missing while trekking with her parents in the mountain ranges of Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka, was found dead in a mountain gorge on Friday. Authorities, who had been conducting a search operation for three days, spotted her body 2,000 feet below the spot from where she had gone missing.According to the police, Srinanda, a native of Palakkad in Kerala, went missing from th…
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Bengaluru, March 13 (IANS) The Karnataka government intends to establish an airport in Ballari that will benefit regions such as Ballari, Hosapete, the Unesco heritage site of Hampi, Anegondi, Sandur, Koppal, Kurugodu and Siruguppa, Infrastructure Development Minister M.B. Patil said on Friday.In this regard, a site located about 19 km from Ballari has been identified. If the location is found to be feasible, the next steps will be taken after discussions with public representatives from the thr…
Bengaluru, Feb 16 (IANS) The First Additional District and Sessions Court in Gangavati, in Karnataka’s Koppal district, on Monday sentenced three men to death in connection with the gang-rape of an Israeli tourist and an Indian woman, and the killing of a male tourist near Sanapura Lake last year, located close to the Unesco World Heritage Site of Hampi.Judge Sadananda Nagappa Nayaka of the First Additional District and Sessions Court pronounced the quantum of punishment, awarding capital punish…
Hampi (Karnataka), Jan 5 (IANS) Ruthuparna Vivek and Samuel Jacob won the cars and bikes category respectively in Round 3 of the MSCK fmsci Indian National Hill Climb Championship at Hampi Hills in Karnataka on Monday.The National qualifier organised by Motorsports Academy of Vijayanagar attracted a record 113 entries and was supported by the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports and Karnataka Tourism.Chikmagalur’s 26-year-old Ruthuparna, a regular on the Indian National Rally Championshi…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday discussed simplification of procedures, regulatory predictability, coordinated inter-departmental functioning, efficient fund flows, future-ready tax administration, financing pathways for sustained growth, and leveraging digital tools for transparency, efficiency, and accountability.Sitharaman, along with Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, Harsh Malhotra, chaired the Chintan Shivir of the Ministry of Finance and the …