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Actor Vetri, who played the lead in 8 Thottakal and Jiivi, has now started shooting for a new film.

BANGALORE: C. Gayathri alias Chetana (28) was electrocuted along with her three-year-old son, Suraj, in Girinagar on Saturday night while fetching hot water from a boiler fitted with an immersion rod. They were found dead in the bathroom.

Noted Tamil writer C S Lakshmi, better known by her pseudonym Ambai, has won the Sahitya Akademi award this year for her short story collection 'Sivappu kazhuthudan oru pachai paravai' (A green bird with red neck). "I'm glad that Sahitya Akademi has chosen my work for the award," Ambai told TOI. "This is a huge recognition for my work," she said.

After 16 years, Dharwad district is all geared up to host the 6th Dharwad District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana scheduled to be held on March 13 and 14.

In a pre-dawn swoop, the Erode police on Thursday arrested former handloom minister NKKP Raja, Erode mayor K Kumar Murugesh, DMK deputy secretary O C Viswanathan and two others on land-grab charges. Later, they were sent to the Coimbatore central prison.

Seven ministers in the BJP cabinet, including chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda, are facing various allegations, ranging from illegal denotification to cheating to building bylaw violations.

A businessman’s dog which had gone missing on October 19 was traced and returned to him by three Century Club employees, who were rewarded with Rs 20,000 by the pet parent.

The prohibition enforcement wing raided several areas in the district and seized 46 litres of toddy and destroyed it. The Coimbatore police also arrested two for selling the illegal liquor in the city.

Krishi Mela-2009 will commence at University of Agricultural Sciences here from Saturday. Nearly five lakh farmers, extension personnel and self-help groups are expected to participate in the four-day mela.

Bangalore Central, a Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka, saw a 54.06% voter turnout in the recent polls. Incumbent Mohan aims for a fourth term against Congress candidate Mansoor Ali Khan.

Task Force police have arrested seven people for trying to dupe people by selling demonetised Turkish lira.

Karnatak University has started MSc Botany course at Karnataka Science College here from this academic year. KU V-C K B Gudasi inaugurated the course programme on Friday.

It will be a tight star cast, with all of the actors in the film having ample scope to perform, says the director

The central government must rein in Naxalites, else their attacks will prove costly to the nation, said senior BJP leader and former deputy PM L K Advani.

Efforts are on to release a special grant of Rs5000 crore from both Central and state government apart from a regular yearly budget for overall development of the district within 10 years to implement Bijapur Vision-2020 Project, said district minister Murugesh Nirani.

Former handlooms minister N K K P Raja, Erode mayor Kumar Murugesh and three others were granted bail by the Madras high court.

Former handlooms minister N K K P Raja, Erode mayor Kumar Murugesh and three others were granted bail by the Madras high court on Monday.

The Karnataka unit of the BJP has become a headache of sorts for the central leadership of the party. State BJP leaders virtually scooted for cover, when faced with the BJP national president Nitin Gadkari’s ire over the state of affairs in the party unit.

State BJP president K S Eshwarappa today ruled out accepting the resignations of nine Ministers loyal to B S Yeddyurappa, who are pushing for replacing chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda with their nominee Jagadish Shettar.

The BJP central leadership’s snub has put former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on the back foot. As the former CM withdrew into a shell and was not forthcoming on his action plan, anxiety prevailed at his Race Course Road residence on Friday. Only a handful of loyalists visited his residence, otherwise bustling with ministers, legislators and hundreds of workers.

B S Yeddyurappa's influence on D V Sadananda Gowda's ministry was loud and clear, going by the list of district in-charge ministers announced on Thursday.

Noted theatre artiste and playwright L G Devangamath will be felicitated at Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha on Saturday at 5 pm.

The district administration is gearing up to celebrate the Vikasa Sankalpa Utsava in Hubli on Tuesday meaningfully.

IKEA India will open doors to its store in Bengaluru, located at Nagasandra, for the people of Karnataka on June 22, 2022. The store will be connected to the Nagasandra metro station making the store accessible for the many people of Bengaluru.