Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 15: Bharatiya Janata Party supremo Amit Shah today released a booklet highlighting the achievements of Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel after being elected to the parliament for the second time in 2014. The book titled Modiya Hadiyalli Naalkane Varsha (Fourth Year on Modi’s Path) was released in the presence of district BJP leaders at Ocean Pearl Hotel in the city. There was

Udupi, Nov 15: A police constable lost his life after he rammed his motorbike against a stationary truck on NH 66 at near Byndoor in Udupi district in the wee hours of Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Nagesh Billava (37), who was posted at Byndoor police station. He had entered married life five months ago. The tragedy occurred when Nagesh was on night duty. His motorbike collided

Puttur, Nov 15: The Dakshina Kannada district police have arrested five persons in two different cases pertaining to illegal transportation of cattle. Three persons were arrested Perne near Uppinangady by the sleuths of Uppinangady police station on Wednesday on charge of illegally transporting 15 cows and one calf. The police seized animals, a mini goods van and a motorbike from the accused. The

Bengaluru, Nov 17: A two-month-long investigation into a web of fake companies has finally detected one of the biggest frauds in Bengaluru — the generation of fake bills worth Rs 1,200 crore — after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was implemented last July in the country. The GST authorities have arrested three persons -- Suhail, Hafeezur, and Basha – in Bengaluru for generating fake GST

Abu Dhabi, Nov 15: A four-year-old boy from south Indian state of Kerala has died on board an Omar Air flight after he developed epileptic seizures. The flight, flying from Jeddah to Kozhikode in Kerala, had to make an emergency landing in Abu Dhabi on Monday afternoon, after the unexpected death. It is learnt that the young boy, identified as Yahya Puthiyapurayil, was on his way back home from

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Ballari mining baron and former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy was granted bail by a court in Bengaluru on Wednesday in an alleged Ponzi scheme fraud case. "It is allowed," Sixth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate V. Jagadeesh said in his order on the bail plea of Reddy, who was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the city police on Sunday. A magistrate's

Tumakuru, Nov 14: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Dr G Parameshwara on Wednesday alleged that the BJP party leaders have indulged in spreading wrong propoganda against Congress stating that the party (Congress) stalled the chance of veteran freedom fighter Sardar Vallabhai Patel from becoming Prime Minister. Speaking at Children Day function organised here, he said that

Belagavi, Nov 14: Rajamatha Pramoda Devi, wife of last Scion of Mysuru Wadiyar family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, today declined to be dragged into Tipu Jayanti celebration by the Karnataka Government. "Tipu has given more trouble to Wadiyar family. I want to maintain neutral stand by neither welcoming the celebration nor opposing it. I don't know whether they consulted us before taking

New Delhi, Nov 14: Two professors at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee claimed to have discovered a protein in tamarind seeds that has anti-viral properties and can potentially be used to develop medication for chikungunya. The research group at IIT Roorkee has filed a patent for an antiviral composition containing this tamarind antiviral protein and is now developing tamarind-based

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Police have rescued at least 15 girls hailing from various states from the clutches of a 38 year-old man who was arrested under Human Trafficking Act. Police said on Wednesday that the girls were rescued from resident of accused Praveen Shetty, native of Bramawara in Udupi district during a raid conducted. Among the girls rescued were from Delhi, Punjab (3 girls from each state)