Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 13: Sleuths from the Panambur police station on Friday arrested Rajesh Naika, 48, of Bantwal, who was reportedly absconding since April 2008 following his conviction in an accident case. According to a press note, Naika reportedly ran away from the court soon after he was convicted on April 4, 2008. He kept moving from one place to another to make it difficult for the court to issue

Shweta Bhatt, the wife former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhat, who has been facing the wrath of the government after he exposed the then state government’s involvement in 2002 Gujarat carnage, has written an open letter warning every Indian citizen against the brutality of the government. In 2011, Sanjiv Bhatt had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing Narendra Modi of being complicit in the

New Delhi, Oct 13: Raghav Bahl, the founding editor of Quint, on Friday hit out at the income tax department which conducted searches at his residence and office until Friday morning and accused it of trying to "colour" his tax returns as "bogus", in what he described as "clearly a frame-up". Dismissing the department's allegation of "bogus long-term capital gains" of Rs 118 crore, Bahl said, "All

Mysore, Oct 13: Hundreds of Farmers, sporting green caps and shirts, participated in a colourful procession taken out in city to mark the beginning of three-day 'Raitha Dasara' as part of the ongoing Dasara festivities here on Friday. Karnataka Minister for Agriculture Shivahankar Reddy flagged off the procession in front of Kote Anjaneya Swamy Temple at the North Gate of the Palace after offering

Mysuru, Oct 13: Higher education and district in-charge minister G T Deve Gowda has said that yoga education would be made mandatory in schools and colleges in Karnataka as it can benefit the youth. Speaking after inaugurating ‘Yoga Dasara’ and for the first time in the dasara festivities committee had introduced ‘Mane Mane Yoga’ event here on Friday, he said “Good food and yoga can bring up a

Bengaluru, Oct 13: BJP Lok Sabha member from Bengaluru Central segment P C Mohan claimed that Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Employees had ‘refused’ to meet AICC President Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the city tomorrow and urged him to leave HAL alone from his ‘dangerous political gambit’. In a statement issued here on Friday, Mr Mohan claimed that the HAL employees had refused to meet Mr

Bengaluru, Oct 13: A 21-year-old Nepalese, furious with his wife for giving birth to a girl, allegedly hurled the 20-day-old infant against a wall and killed her in his Banaswadi residence on Thursday. Police arrested Gokul Kadra, a resident of MuniswamappaLayout, Subbayyanapalya, and daily-wage labourer. According to police, the incident took place at 8pm. The infant began crying and Kadra, who

Mangaluru, Oct 12: Activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal on Friday protested against the proposal of Mangalore Smart City Ltd. (MSCL) to modernise the old abattoir in Kudroli at an estimated cost of Rs. 15 crore. VHP district general secretary Sharan Pumpwell said it was unfortunate that district in-charge Minister U.T. Khader proposed modernisation of the abattoir under the

Aggrieved over their failure to trace their beloved daughter, who was “vanished” when massive floods and landslides wrecked havoc in parts of Karnataka nearly two months ago, parents of the class 10 girl have laid her effigy to rest at Jodupala, a calamity hit village in Kodagu district, bordering Dakshina Kannada. Draped in a traditional Kodava saree, decked with sports medals, school bag, select

Mangaluru, Oct 12: A female student of Mangalore University was arrested on charge of trying to supply ganja to an inmate of the district prison in Mangaluru. The arrest was carried out by the sleuths of the city crime bureau of Mangaluru city police, who were acting on a tip-off provided by a caller. According to sources, the accused is a native of Sullia and she is pursuing mass communication