Karnataka

Kalaburagi, Dec 1: In a shocking incident, a newly married young couple, who were reported missing since November 2, were found allegedly murdered and their half burnt bodies were recovered in fodder stake in Nidagunda village of Chincholi taluk in the District on Saturday. Police said that the bodies were identified as that of Ajaya (30) and Jothi (25) hailed from Nidagunda village in Chincholi

Bagalkot, Dec 1: A police constable, who was on duty attached to Superintendent of Police’s residence, had committed suicide by shooting himself from his riffle today. The deceased Manjunath Harijan, 28, was the native of Mittalkot village in Kushtagi taluk of Koppal district and was posted to Gagalkot district SP’s office recently. After working in Davangere DAR police since 2012, an employee of

Kozhikode, Dec 1: A local court has sentenced two convicts to life imprisonment and imposed Rs 1 lakh fine in connection with the coldblooded murder of Nasiruddin Azeez, who was a Muslim Youth League (MYL) activist. The convicts are Kappacherry Basheer and Kollayil Andru, who were first and second accused respectively in the case. According to police, both of them are activists of Social

Mangaluru, Dec 1: The Moodbidri unit of Jamiyyatul Falah, a state government award winning charity organization, in association with JCI Moodbidri Tribuvan, conducted a pre-examination workshop for SSLC students on ‘Secret of Success’ to enlighten how to face the exams with confidence. The event was held on Wednesday, 28/11/2018 from 2:00am to 4:30pm at Jamiyyatul Falah aided Green View High

Ballari, Dec 1: In a bizarre accident, a 14-year-old girl lost her life after she got entangled in a cradle made out of a sari here. Parveen Begum, a class VII student, from Siruguppa, got entangled in the folds of the sari cradle when she playfully put it around her neck and started swinging. Very soon, she started gasping for breath even as her shocked parents watched on helplessly. She was

Bengaluru/Shivamogga, Dec 1: Rumours suggesting BY Yeddyurappa is on a visit to Kerala to “seek divine intervention” to bring down the coalition government in Karnataka was rubbished by his son and BJP MP from Shivamogga, BY Raghavendra, on Friday. Raghavendra insisted that his father, the state BJP president, was taking a break ahead of the assembly session in Belagavi which is scheduled to begin

Bengaluru, Dec 1: The Karnataka high court on Friday ordered emergent notices to the Badminton Association of India(BAI), Sports Authority of India(SAI) and Karnataka Badminton Association on a petition filed by 37 parents highlighting rampant age fraud in the sport. Justice B Veerappa also ordered notices to the ministry of youth affairs and sports, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and

Mangaluru, Nov 30: U T Khader, minister for urban development, housing and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge, handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lakh as a reward for Panambur police, who through a swift action were successful in arresting seven accused in gang rape of a woman at Thota Bengre beach in Mangaluru. The cheque was handed over to City Police Commissioner T R Suresh. Speaking on the occasion

Bengaluru, Nov 30: A neurosurgeon lost her life when she was knocked down by a vehicle while crossing Old Madras Road near MVJ Medical College, Hoskote in Bengaluru rural district. Dr Poornima Shekhar, a resident of Rajarajeshwari Nagar, west Bengaluru, was on her way to MVJ hospital, where she worked in the brain neurosurgery department. She alighted from a BMTC bus and had almost crossed the

Panaji, Nov 30: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has written to his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar requesting him to withdraw the complete ban on fish import in the coastal state. "I request you to kindly permit transportation and trading activities of fish between the two states and the ban order issued by the state of Goa may be kept on hold till we comply with FDA regulation," he said