Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 29: The police have arrested woman and her two male associates for allegedly cheating a city based politician of Rs 9.7 lakh after befriending him on social media. On September 25, L Srinivas, a resident of Nagarabhavi, who claimed to be a JD(S) leader, filed a complaint with Jnanabharathi police, saying an unidentified woman had befriended him on Facebook and cheated him of the

Bengaluru, Sept 29: The Chief Minister of Karnataka has warned that officials will be jailed if they fail to spend funds set aside for development of SCs/STs under the Karnataka Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub Plan (Planning, Allocation and Utilisation of Financial Resources) Act 2013. “This year onwards, we are implementing the punishment clause in the Act, and I have told officials that

Islamabad, Sept 29: On what was one of the bloodiest days since protests began on March 30, six Palestinians, including two teenagers, were killed by Israel forces along the Gaza border, Pakistan Daily Dawn reported. One of the boys, Nasser Mosabih, aged 12, was shot dead along the frontier east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, Dawn quoted ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra as telling AFP. Fourteen

Newsroom, Sept 29: After the unopposed election of all three candidates from Congress and JD(S) combine to the Karnataka legislative council, the two ruling parties are now focusing on the members who are to be nominated. Three posts under the nomination category are vacant because of the resignation of M.D. Lakshminaryana of Congress and the terms of Tara Anuradha and K.B. Shanappa of BJP ending

Mangaluru, Sept 29: The principal district and sessions court (the designated NDPS court) has awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh to two youths convicted for peddling ganja. The convicts are Chandrakumar alias Sinnavan (36) and Shanthakumar (24) from Gudaluru Nadugaani in Tamil Nadu. The duo was arrested by the and District Crime Investigation Bureau (DCIB) of Dakshina

Udupi, Sept 29: The Assistant Commissioner of Kundapur sub-division has accepted the closure report filed by the district police on the suspicious death of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt. Speaking to media persons, Laxman Nimbargi, Superintendent of Police, said that the medical report had stated that the Shiroor seer had died a natural death. There were no objections from his younger

Mangaluru, Sept 28: An official from official from the Karnataka Housing Board was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here after he was caught red handed while accepting a bribe on Friday. ACB sources said they trapped and arrested the official while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant. A resident of Bajpe near here had sought documents and an NOC from the Karnataka

Udupi, Sept 28: A 28-year-old nurse who had allegedly committed suicide in Saudi Arabia 72 days ago, was finally laid to rest at Our Lady of Health Church cemetery in Shirva, Udupi district, on Friday, a day after her body reached India. Hundreds of people attended the funeral Hazel Jyotsna Mathias, who hailed from Kutyar village near Shirva. She had been working as staff nurse in Al-Mikhwa

Mangaluru, Sept 28: A 26-year-old brutally murdered a woman for turning down his wedding proposal, and then committed suicide by hanging himself under the limits of Moodbidri police station in Dakshina Kannada district today. The victim is Charishma (22), a resident of Saldanha Compound at Pranthya village in Moodbidri. The accused is Lohith (26), a resident of Muger in Bajal in Mangaluru

Belagavi, Sept 28: Lakshmi Hebbalkar, Congress leader and MLA from Belagavi district has revealed that the BJP had tried to poach her by offering her Rs 30 crore cash and with a promise to make her a Minister after toppling the coalition government. “Some BJP leaders from Karnataka called me when I was in Hyderabad a few weeks ago and made an offer on the phone. They said I would be made a