S. Umesh

Veteran Kannada actor M.S. Umesh, 83, has been hospitalized after sustaining injuries from a fall at his Bengaluru residence. Known for his comic timing in films like Sankata and Golmaal Radhakrishna, Umesh is receiving medical care. The Kannada film industry and fans are sending well wishes for his recovery.

A worker died and three others were injured after a portion of an underconstruction car parking lift crashed in a residential building in Vikhroli West. The police have registered an FIR against three officials-project manager Amit Kumte, icestone’s official Sunil Tiwari, and Gayatri Aluminum’s Umesh Singh alias Rakesh-for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Police said that the deceased Shivam Jaiswal, 20, was among the three workers who were carrying or setting up the lift when it accidentally fell off.

Almost all major political parties — BJP, Congress, SP, AAP and BSP — have fielded crorepati candidates for mayoral poll in Bareilly. While BJP’s Umesh Gautam, chancellor of a private university here, is the richest candidate with Rs 14.83 crore of total assets, SP’s IS Tomar is second on the list with assets worth Rs 9.65 crore. AAP’s Navneet Agarwal, a local businessman, holds the third spot with assets amounting to Rs 9.34 crore. Congress candidate Ajay Shukla, who is also a businessman, holds assets totaling Rs 5.70 crore, while BSP’s Mohd Yusuf, an exporter, has assets worth Rs 3.10 crore

On the last day of withdrawal of nominations, Brijesh’s papers were withdrawn leaving his wife and former MLC Annapurna Singh in a fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Sudama Patel and Samajwadi Party’s Umesh Kumar in the MLC (local bodies) election from Varanasi seat.

BANGALORE: All police officials who worked for the STF's nab-Veerappan operation earlier, are being drafted in the task force again.

The film is being directed by Umesh

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to end the monopoly of jailed mafia don Brijesh Singh’s family on the prestigious Varanasi constituency of MLC (local bodies) election as his wife and Independent candidate Annapurna Singh won this seat.

Bharatiya Janata Party and Samajwadi Party candidates filed their nomination papers on the concluding day of the nomination process for MLC (local bodies) election here on Monday.

It is indeed a routine for Kannada TV shows to get inspired by scenes and songs from the movies. Now, popular music based reality show 'Haadu Karnataka'.

Egyptian dance recital ‘Tanora’ performed by four artistes as part of ‘Jashn-e-Urdu’ festival left the audience enthralled at Rabindra Bhavan on Friday.

Bhupendra Singh Byadwal made history for the wrong reasons, becoming the first Indian pencak silat athlete to fail a drug test, resulting in a four-year ban. Several other athletes across different sports also faced sanctions for doping violations.

Days before BJP’s Umesh Gautam is sworn in as mayor, Bareilly Municipal Corporation (BMC) has initiated a move to paint the main entrance of the civic body in saffron colour

After taking over the reins in December last year, Amravati police chief Navinchandra Reddy has placed social media, especially WhatsApp groups, under special watch of the cyber patrolling team to avert communally-sensitive crimes like last year’s Umesh Kolhe murder.

In riot-scarred Muzaffarnagar and Shamli, four of the nine winners in the neighbouring districts have been booked on charges of rioting and criminal intimidation. Suresh Kumar Rana of BJP from Thana Bhawan, Nahid Hasan of SP from Kairana, BJP’s Umesh Malik from Budhana and Vikram Singh from Khatauli – all have rioting and criminal intimidation cases filed against them.

Despite its win in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council polls, BJP failed to end the monopoly of jailed mafia don Brijesh Singh’s family on the Varanasi seat. His wife Annapurna won in a onesided contest, becoming an MLC for the second time.

Setting aside all the speculations, former Jharkhand chief Minister and the JVM(P) president Babulal Marandi filed his nomination papers from Dhanwar assembly constituency of Giridih district on Tuesday amid his supporters.

The actor who will be seen in a small role in Amitabh Bachchan���s upcoming TV series 'Yudh', is also keen on working in regional cinema; more specifically Marathi cinema.

MANGALORE: It may be every boy's dream to meet the Prime Minister, President and other VVIPs, but few realise it. Cadet Arjun Rao, a 9th standard student of Canara High School (Main), not only met a host of VVIPs, but his group also bagged the coveted Best Junior Division Drill trophy, during the NCC Republic Day camp at New Delhi.

Rekha Chaudhari, Dr Ravi Chaudhari and JC Kapur opened the doors of their state-of-the-art Caressaa Day Spa in Juhu.

With Aashiqui 2’s successful run, Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series is expanding its production portfolio with an impressive lineup of films.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is on a roll since his Gangs of Wasseypur (GOW) days.

Prestigious Varanasi seat of MLC (local bodies) election registered 98.

Flamboyant Jitesh Sharma made minor changes to his game ahead of this domestic season which worked wonders for the Vidarbha wicketkeeper. His new approach as a finisher not only helped Vidarbha in T20s but also booked his IPL ticket at a base price of Rs20 lakh on Saturday.

The Purple Cap for most wickets in IPL 2018 remains with Andrew Tye, but barely, after Hardik Pandya matched him on 16 wickets with another two-wicket haul in Mumbai Indians’ third win in a row.

BANGALORE: Chief Justice N.K. Jain and Justice V.G. Sabahit of the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Union and state governments, Director of Lotteries among others following a petition filed by a city advocate seeking a ban on the sale and distribution of "Inlott lottery" tickets and prohibit the said lottery being run by the Nagaland government.

Test for Yeddyurappa lies in the election of the new speaker, as he will play a crucial role in conducting the floor test and helping the ruling party overcome the possible hurdles thrown up by the antidefection law.

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai has ordered suspension of 18 officials, including one joint commissioner and three assistant commissioners, from the state commercial tax department on corruption charges in the past one week.