Bhatkal, January 2: The Muglihonda hill near Bhatkal caught fire on Sunday destroying vegetation. Local youth swung into action and stopped the fire from spreading to other areas. Forest officials are assessing the damage caused by the fire.
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Mangalore, January 1: A teenager and a youth were killed in two separate road accidents under the limits of Mangalore city police commissionerate on Sunday. Sahil, 13, who was riding pillion with his father Bharat Suvarna, was killed when their motorbike crashed into the road divider near Mangalore University College at Hampanakatta in city. A case has been registered at traffic police station in
Bangalore, January 1: The Central Crime Branch officers have arrested another person in connection with the sensational case of abduction and murder of two Hunsur students in Mysore in June this year. The suspect is Mirza Tanveer Baig, 28, a resident of Post Office Road, Club Road, Hunsur. Gathering credible information, a police team left for Pune and arrested Tanveer from Jamia Masjid at Pimpri
Mangalore, December 31: Several unanswered questions have arisen over the suspicious suicide of a 15-year old girl belonging to Adivasi Koraga community in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Geeta, daughter of physically challenged couple Chaniya Koraga and Angare residing at Keyyur Devinagar Janatha Colony, and a student of class 9 at Keyyur Government High School, was found hanging from
Mangalore, December 30: In a ghastly road mishap, a woman was crushed to death under the wheels of a speeding truck after she was thrown from her motorbike on the outskirts of the city on Friday. The victim has been identified as Agnes D’Costa, a resident of Merlapadav. The accident occurred near Kuloor bridge here at around 3:00 pm, when she was riding pillion with a relative. It is learnt that
Mangalore, December 30: A youth was killed on spot after the car he was driving fell into a ditch near Kurkodi Cross in the city on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Dheeraj (26), a local resident. According to sources, Dheeraj lost control over the car while he was returning to the city after attending a marriage. A case has been registered at Bajpe Police Station.
Bangalore, December 30: Five men chased a former rowdy and hacked him to death near his JP Nagar residence early on Thursday morning. C Ravi, 35, who worked as a supervisor at a private firm, was parking his car near his house after his night shift when five men armed with machetes and other sharp-edged weapons brutally attacked him and fled the spot. Hearing the commotion, Ravi’s wife rushed out
Bangalore, December 29: Allegedly depressed over her paramour's refusal to elope with her, a 26-year-old mother of three committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her lover's room in Madiwala, late on Tuesday night. D Kasu was married to a hotel owner in Madiwala. She had an affair with the hotel cook, Kurun Buddha. "On Tuesday, Kasu demanded that he take her to Mumbai and marry her
Bangalore, December 28: Depressed over his prolonged illness, M Lakshmaiah, 47, a government high school teacher from Nelamangala, allegedly jumped to death from the fourth floor of a hospital at 6am Tuesday. The incident took place at Chord Road Hospital on West of Chord Road in Basaveshwaranagar. Lakshmaiah, a resident of Basaveshwarnagar, was undergoing treatment for dengue in a third floor
Karwar, December 28: Tension prevailed at Avarsa village in Ankola taluk on Tuesday as the villagers and students protested against a teacher who allegedly tried to rape a girl. The village observed a bandh voluntarily in protest against the alleged incident. According to the complaint filed with school authorities by the student, Physical Education teacher T.H. Hanumanthappa allegedly tried to