Karnataka

Bangalore, September 15: Public transport buses will be back on the City roads and across the State on Saturday. The two-day old strike by Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) employees was called off late Friday night, after a marathon meeting. Deputy Chief Minister and Transport Minister R Ashoka announced this to waiting

Kasargod, September 15: A boy who tried to hang himself in his house at Bela near here died on the way to hospital. The student who had come home during lunch recess was found struggling for life after he tried to hang himself. He was taken to the General Hospital here where he was pronounced 'brought dead' by doctors, sources at the Badiadukka police station said. The body was sent to the

Karwar, September 15: Members of the Uttara Kannada district unit of Bharatiya Kisan Sangha (BKS) on Friday took out a procession here seeking a ban on cow slaughter, and implementation of the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill, 2012. In a memorandum submitted to the Governor through the Deputy Commissioner, BKS activists said that there were many families in the State which had encroached

Mangalore, September 14: It is the media's job to support moderate voices in the society and not act as slaves of power centres, said Mahesh Bhatt, popular filmmaker and activist. He was speaking after inaugurating the readers' convention of 'Vartha Bharathi' Kannada daily newspaper organised to mark its decennial year celebration in Mangalore on Friday. “The media is a watchdog. It should not

Bhatkal, September 14: The incidents of the cattle theft which were left by the farmers for grazing were continuously being reported in Bhatkal, and finally on last Wednesday, the police got successful in finding the clues about the thieves who were involved in such acts. But, unfortunately, the police have not yet succeeded in getting their hands on the real culprits. However, both the culprits

Mangalore/Udupi, September 14: Travellers across twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on Friday bore the brunt as the indefinite strike launched by workers of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) entered second day. Bus services were hit as transport workers abstained from work in response to a call given by the workers' unions. Though the strike did not have major impact in

Mangalore, September 14: One of the biggest challenges of cyber-crime is that it is transnational. It is not limited by boundaries, making it difficult for intelligence agencies to check and solve such crime, said Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Pratap Reddy. He was delivering the key-note address at the inaugural session of a state-level seminar on 'Cyber Crime' organised by

Mangalore, September 14: Though Indian constitution guarantees equal rights to all citizens, hundreds of innocent Muslim youths have been unjustly detained and imprisoned for no fault of them in this democratic country, lamented PFI Karnataka State unit president Ilyas Mohammed Thumbay. He was delivering the presidential address at a public awareness meet organized by Popular Front of India at

Mahe, September 14: Two RSS activists got injured after a bomb accidentally exploded in a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh office at Pandakkal near here. RSS activists Kunial Jishan (22) and Jitu (22) have been admitted to Vellur Government Hospital for treatment. Police have suspected that the explosion took place while the bomb was being prepared in the RSS office. They have reportedly found

Mangalore, September 14: Manish Karbekar has been transferred to Mangalore and would replace Seemant Kumar Singh as the city police Commissioner, it is learnt. Pratap Reddy, IGP, Western Range, said that he has information that Mr. Karbekar who is currently DIG (civil rights enforcement), Bangalore, has been transferred. But no written communication has been received yet, he said. It is said that