Madikeri

The 32-year-old man alleged to have beheaded his 16-year-old fiancee in Madikeri and on the run with her severed head was found dead on Friday, said Karnataka police.

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly beheaded by the man she was set to marry on Thursday, hours after authorities stopped their engagement ceremony in Karnataka's Madikeri.

Eight policemen have been suspended in Karnataka's Madikeri district following a preliminary inquiry into the death of a mentally unstable man. The policemen had allegedly beaten the 50-year-old man for violating the lockdown last week.

Eighteenth Century ruler Tipu Sultan may soon be obliterated from school history textbooks if Karnataka's BJP chief minister BS Yediyurappa has his way. Following a suggestion from the MLA from Kodagu, the Chief Minister is considering the idea. The Congress said it is the "height of audacity" and an effort by the BJP to "divert issues".

The Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Madikeri in Karnataka, Appachu Ranjan, today said that the lesson on Tipu Sultan, the 18th century ruler of erstwhile Mysore kingdom, be removed from textbooks as it carries wrong information.

Hours after the Congress released its first list of candidates for next month's Karnataka elections, many from within the party are raising questions on the ticket distribution. Among them is party loyalist Brijesh Kalappa, who was hoping for a ticket from Madikeri. The senior advocate from Karnataka, who is often seen on prime time television deba...

BJP Karnataka unit president and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said on Wednesday that the recovery of a bullet by the CBI from a hotel room in Madikeri where police officer MK Ganapathy was found dead under mysterious circumstances raised many doubts.

Karnataka government's celebration of Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary has passed off without any untoward event despite the unpopularity of the decision.

The Forest Department has given permission for a private elephant owner from Kerala to keep two jumbos in Bangalore for a period of five to six weeks for the sake of devotees of Lord Aiyappa.

It was a bumpy ride without doubt for a young woman who delivered a baby boy in an autorickshaw near Aigoor here.Eight-month-pregnant, Rajmani, a native of Taltare Shettalli, was travelling in an autorickshaw,on Saturday, when she suddenly developed labour pains, police said.Her husband, who was driving the autorickshaw, immediately stopped the veh...

About 200 people were taken ill and 62 of them including the bride were hospitalised for symptoms of food poisoning at Madikeri and Somwarpet after they had feast at a marriage, the police said.    Doctors said the people fell sick after having food at a wedding at Somwarpet on the night of January 30.   While eight people,...

Two persons, including a woman, who received a shot of paracetamol at a Public Health Centre (PHC) in Suntikoppa, developed complications and died at the District Government Hospital on Sunday soon after they were admitted.In Kushal Nagar, a 25-year-old woman collapsed and her body turned blue soon after being administered an intravenous drug for a...

The 32-year-old man alleged to have beheaded his 16-year-old fiancee in Madikeri and on the run with her severed head was found dead on Friday, said Karnataka police.

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly beheaded by the man she was set to marry on Thursday, hours after authorities stopped their engagement ceremony in Karnataka's Madikeri.

Eight policemen have been suspended in Karnataka's Madikeri district following a preliminary inquiry into the death of a mentally unstable man. The policemen had allegedly beaten the 50-year-old man for violating the lockdown last week.

Eighteenth Century ruler Tipu Sultan may soon be obliterated from school history textbooks if Karnataka's BJP chief minister BS Yediyurappa has his way. Following a suggestion from the MLA from Kodagu, the Chief Minister is considering the idea. The Congress said it is the "height of audacity" and an effort by the BJP to "divert issues".

The Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Madikeri in Karnataka, Appachu Ranjan, today said that the lesson on Tipu Sultan, the 18th century ruler of erstwhile Mysore kingdom, be removed from textbooks as it carries wrong information.

Hours after the Congress released its first list of candidates for next month's Karnataka elections, many from within the party are raising questions on the ticket distribution. Among them is party loyalist Brijesh Kalappa, who was hoping for a ticket from Madikeri. The senior advocate from Karnataka, who is often seen on prime time television deba...

BJP Karnataka unit president and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said on Wednesday that the recovery of a bullet by the CBI from a hotel room in Madikeri where police officer MK Ganapathy was found dead under mysterious circumstances raised many doubts.

Karnataka government's celebration of Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary has passed off without any untoward event despite the unpopularity of the decision.

The Forest Department has given permission for a private elephant owner from Kerala to keep two jumbos in Bangalore for a period of five to six weeks for the sake of devotees of Lord Aiyappa.

It was a bumpy ride without doubt for a young woman who delivered a baby boy in an autorickshaw near Aigoor here.Eight-month-pregnant, Rajmani, a native of Taltare Shettalli, was travelling in an autorickshaw,on Saturday, when she suddenly developed labour pains, police said.Her husband, who was driving the autorickshaw, immediately stopped the veh...

About 200 people were taken ill and 62 of them including the bride were hospitalised for symptoms of food poisoning at Madikeri and Somwarpet after they had feast at a marriage, the police said.    Doctors said the people fell sick after having food at a wedding at Somwarpet on the night of January 30.   While eight people,...

Two persons, including a woman, who received a shot of paracetamol at a Public Health Centre (PHC) in Suntikoppa, developed complications and died at the District Government Hospital on Sunday soon after they were admitted.In Kushal Nagar, a 25-year-old woman collapsed and her body turned blue soon after being administered an intravenous drug for a...