Vasanth Kumar

On March 27, representative of Iran’s supreme leader in India Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi was in Chennai to join the city’s Islamic community to pay tributes to late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Accused Kishan Rawat, arrested after a police encounter in Lucknow, is linked to the March 9 double murder of a woman and her partially blind son in Sisendi village. A policeman was injured during the exchange of fire. Preliminary investigations suggest a financial dispute, with rape suspected after post-mortem findings and CCTV evidence.

RAICHUR: Youth Congress leader A Vasanth Kumar who was nominated chairman of the Urban Development Authority here by the Karnataka, could not take charge of his new office on Tuesday. Sources said, the government issued a notification to the post on November 27, and it was communicated to Vasanth Kumar and the Deputy Commissioner.

In what could serve as a major inspiration to civil services aspirants, Rallapalli Jagat Sai and Vasanth Kumar, two brothers from West Godavari district, cleared the coveted civil services examination, 2020, despite their humble background. The Union Public Service Commission released the final results of the civil services exam on Friday.

Kannada actor Vasanth Kumar, who was last seen playing a prominent role in mega serial 'Lakshmi Baramma', is back on Kannada television with a bang.

A scuffle over parking of vehicles near a house ended in the death of a 26-yearold man in Yeshwantpur on Sunday.

Students of the government high school at Nidige will showcase their paintings at the Venkatappa Arts Gallery in Bangalore from December 27 to 30.

MANGALORE: The KSRTC will provide 1,500 free bus passes to mentally challenged sportspersons taking part in the Special Olympics to be held at Padubelle in Udupi district from March 4.

Special Olympics Bharat, National Sports Federation and Union ministry of youth affairs and sports accredited Special Olympics Bharat - Karnataka, a sports event for people with intellectual disability. To celebrate the landmark achievement, officials of Karnataka State Association for Special Educators and Supportive Staff, Bengaluru said they are organizing a felicitation programme at the Town Hall here on Monday.

Saanidhya Residential School and Training Centre, Shaktinagar, will host a two-day annual event, Vision-2023 and Saanidhya Utsav, from February 25.

All India Radio, Mangalore in association with Ramakrishna Mutt will organize a state-level programme for youth - Viveka Spoorthi, Yuva Shakti to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of youth icon - Swami Vivekananda on the mutt premises at Mangaladevi here on Wednesday.

All India Radio, Mangalore in association with Ramakrishna Math is organising a state-level programme for youth - Viveka Spoorthi, Yuva Shakti to celebrate the 150 thbirth anniversary of youth icon - Swami Vivekananda on the math premises at Mangaladevi here on Wednesday.

A hijack drama enacted by five youths who were in an inebriated state on Thursday night along the Tumkur Road came to an abrupt end within 7km.

HYDERABAD: The discussion in the state Assembly on the murder of Paritala Ravindra remained incomplete on Friday too.

A 28-year-old man at the wheel of a cement-laden truck was charred to death after his vehicle collided with another truck on NH-44 near Devanahalli on Thursday. Police said the truck’s fuel tank was damaged in the collision and ignited a blaze.

Let our children study in any medium of instruction, but do not deprive them of their mother tongue at homes, said Vasanth Kumar Palthaje, noted writer and former head, department of Kannada, Mumbai University, here on Wednesday.