Shimoga, India News

BANGALORE: The Indian Coast Guard put the pride of Kannada one notch up by naming its first inshore patrol vessel after Rani Abbakka, a legendary queen of Ullal in Mangalore.

SHIMOGA: Once known as the Cherrapunji of the South, Agumbe today can no longer carry this sobriquet as this awesome, pristine rainforest region in the Malnad heartland has been witnessing drastic changes in its climatic conditions for almost a decade now.

BANGALORE: Karnataka High Court today reserved orders on a petition filed by former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa challenging Governor H R Bhardwaj's August 3 sanction to prosecute him in connection with a case based on Lokayukta report into illegal mining.

In 2012, a lively young couple from Karnataka will come to Jamshedpur to move in with a dysfunctional family and a staid spinster.

SHIMOGA: Nearly two dozen aborted fetuses, 4 to 20 weeks old, were found by the banks of the Tunga river here on Friday morning, sending shockwaves among citizens and raising questions about hospitals' waste-disposal management.