Mysuru, June 5 – Elephant attacks continue to haunt villages in Kodagu district. In yet another tragic incident this morning, Sandhya (51), wife of retired IPS officer and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Annalamada Sunil Achayya, was killed in a wild elephant attack at her coffee estate near Thithimathi. Sandhya was at the estate in…

The accused possessed fake ID Mysuru, June 5 – A youth who was impersonating as a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE/ TT) was nabbed by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Bengaluru–Shivamogga Town Jan Shatabdi Express train. He was handed over to the Government Railway Police (GRP) for further action. The impersonator has been identified as…

Mysuru, June 5 – A rowdy sheeter, who was running gambling dens and also disturbing peace in the society has been externed to Hassan district, according to the order  issued by Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baladandi. The rowdy sheeter who has been externed is 47-year-old Madesh alias Deva, a resident of Hadinaaru Mole village in…

Mysuru, June 5 – City’s 5th Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man and his accomplice to life imprisonment after they were found guilty of murdering a woman. Those convicted are Chikkanna (husband of the deceased woman Roopa), a resident of Ramakrishnanagar in Mysuru and his accomplice Bharath. Details: Chikkanna had married Roopa…

House owner caught off-guard; incident comes to light as Saraswathipuram Police took accused for spot mahazar Mysuru, June 5 – In an unusual incident, a man was left puzzled when the Police broke the news of the burglary that had occurred at his house. True but strange, the burglary had taken place at the house…

Bengaluru, June 5- A day after he took over as the new Chief Minister, CM D.K. Shivakumar allocated portfolios to his 13 Cabinet Ministers on Thursday evening. The list of portfolio allocation is as follows: 1. D.K. Shivakumar, Chief Minister, Finance, Cabinet Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), Intelligence and all unallocated portfolios….

New Delhi, June 5- Tamil Nadu BJP leader K. Annamalai, a former Karnataka cadre IPS officer, quit the BJP with BJP National President Nitin Nabin accepting his resignation from the primary membership of the party this morning. Annamalai, who met Nitin Nabin and BJP organisational Secretary B.L. Santosh on Tuesday (June 2) in New Delhi,…

Upset over Irrigation portfolio, Ramalinga Reddy resigns Bengaluru, June 5 – The two-day-old D.K. Shivakumar-led Congress Government received an early jolt this morning after senior Minister Ramalinga Reddy, reportedly upset over not being allotted the Greater Bengaluru Development Authority portfolio, submitted his resignation to the Chief Minister. One of the senior-most members of the Cabinet,…

‘D.K. Shivakumar must restore governance that was derailed by Siddaramaiah and team’ Mysuru, June 5 – MLC A.H. Vishwanath (AHV) has described Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s traditional style of conduct as an effective counter to the BJP’s hardline Hindutva politics. Addressing media persons at Jaladarshini Guest House here yesterday, Vishwanath, a former Congress leader, referred…