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With folded hands, he allegedly jumped to the river and drowned. So far no case has been registered with regard to the drowning, sources said. (Representational image)

Hassan: Bus passenger jumps off the bridge

Sources said the person who allegedly committed suicide had boarded KSRTC bus at Ramanathapura bus stand and while it...

20 Aug 2018 5:19 AM IST

A fresh landslide blocked the railway track near Yedakumari station in the Shiradi Ghat section on Saturday (Image: KPN )

Hill comes crashing down on Yedakumari rail track

Around 150 affected villagers have been shifted to relief camps, reveals assistant commissioner, Lakshmikanth Reddy.

19 Aug 2018 6:21 AM IST

A house affected by landslide in Kodagu on Friday and (right) the house before the landslide DC

12 rail staff rescued from Yedakumari

The railway station is inaccessible by mobile phone and is used by the railways for operational purposes only.

18 Aug 2018 6:20 AM IST

A flooded locality at Kushalnagar in Kodagu.

Karnataka floods: No train to Mangaluru for another week

Around 32,000 cubic metres of debris remain to be cleared on the tracks owing to the landslides.

18 Aug 2018 6:18 AM IST

â€œThe last state government passed this order not to antagonise farmers who were in distress owing to the poor rainfall and crop losses,â€ says a CESC officer helplessly.

Bengaluru: Farmers install illegal electric fences, endanger wildlife

In the past couple of years six elephants have been similarly electrocuted, says a forest officer of the Bandipur...

16 Aug 2018 5:28 AM IST

A gas tanker skidded off Shiradi Ghat road and fell into a gorge killing the cleaner. Search is on for the driver who is feared dead.(Image Dc)

Bengaluru: Shiradi Ghat road declared unmotorable

Ghat road linking Bengaluru and Mangaluru has been closed till August 20 due to rain, landslides.

16 Aug 2018 3:47 AM IST

Bhagamandala temple area was flooded on Tuesday as heavy rains continued to lash Kodagu on Tuesday (Photo: KPN)

No respite from rain, Bengaluru-Mangaluru train services suspended

Motorists, who had ignored the police warning against using NH 75, had to face severe hardships.

15 Aug 2018 2:09 AM IST

Deve Gowda with Prajwal Revanna.

My grandson Prajwal will fight Lok Sabha poll from Hassan, H D Deve...

According to Mr Gowda, no leader from the party had come forward to contest from Hassan making it easy for Prajwal to...

14 Aug 2018 6:21 AM IST

Only 2,000 special covers have been printed and as many as 1,000 of them will be available for sale to the public.

Special covers to mark World Elephants Day

The event was organised by the state forest department and department of posts.

13 Aug 2018 1:59 AM IST

In this historic town rest the tombs of 80 Swiss officers of the Swiss de Meuron Regiment who fell in battle, or were felled by disease and the vagaries of nature?

Sunday story: In Srirangapatna... Tombstones tell tales of Swiss...

The tiny town and its surroundings are dotted with several historic sites of different periods.

12 Aug 2018 4:17 AM IST

DC impact: The director of the Nagarahole National Park has been issued notice by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the iron spike beds it has laid along elephant- proof trenches (EPTs) and the three-inch spikes it has attached to rail barricades along its fringes as they are proving dangerous to its wildlife, especially elephants.

Spike the bed of nails: NHRC

The notice has mentioned a report in the Deccan Chronicle, â€œJumbo blood on fences, blame it on nailsâ€ of October...

12 Aug 2018 4:09 AM IST

Selfie tragedy: Dakshina Kannada engineer's body found

After the required postmortem, Kiran's body was handed over to his family.

10 Aug 2018 5:17 AM IST