Karnataka

Gadag, Sept 7: A 45-year-old man and his wife were brutally murdered by the latter’s kin at Basapur near Mulagund in Gadag district on Wednesday. The victims - Ashraf Ali Dodmani and Somavva alias Aminabi (38), both native of Mulagund, had fled to Mangaluru after marrying secretly 13 years ago. After staying in Mangaluru for a few years, they had shifted family back to Mulagund while Ashraf Ali

Bengaluru, Sept 27: A show of actor Sunny Leone slated here in November has run into trouble with a fringe Kannada outfit opposing it and another demanding more local flavour, after the cancellation of her new year eve show in 2017 over similar protests. She is scheduled to perform on November 3 at the event titled "Purity and Expression" being organised by Time Creations at the Manyata Tech Park

Mangaluru, Sept 27: U T Khader, Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge has instructed officials concerned to fill potholes on all roads leading to the city and in the city before the start of Mangaluru Dasara. Chairing a Karnataka Development Programme Review Committee meeting here on Wednesday, he asked Mangaluru City Corporation, Public Works Department

Mangaluru, Sept 27: A 28-year-old man, who had abducted a minor girl, forcibly married her in a temple and then raped her in 2014, has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment by a local court. The convict is Sangamesh Koppad, who hailed from Hungund taluk in Bagalkot district. The II Additional District and Sessions Judge B R Pallavi on Wednesday also imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000

Mangaluru: One of the photographs run on this website for almost an hour in relation to the murder of Mohammad Sameer son of Ahmed Saheb, hailing from Ganjimutt on the outskirts of the city, was published in error. The youth wearing sunglasses was not the murdered man and he has no connection with the case. Even though coastaldigest.com replaced the incorrect photograph with the real victim’s

Mangaluru, Sept 26: Two persons — a man and a woman — have been arrested by the Mangaluru city police on charge of blackmailing, abducting and robbing a senior citizen. The arrested have been identified as Rajesh Pavithran, 34, resident of Kuttar and district president of the Hindu Mahasabha, and Srilatha, 30, Mangaluru taluk president of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike. Police said that the two along

Newsroom, Sept 26: The Uttar Pradesh police have lodged an FIR against actress-turned-politician Ramya, for tweeting an alleged offensive photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal controversy. Ramya, the former Member of Parliament from Mandya, is in charge of social media and digital communications wing of the Congress. She had tweeted a photoshopped photograph of PM Modi

Mangaluru, Sept 26: A teenage student of a pre-university college in Kodialbail here allegedly committed suicide at his house near Malaraya temple in Chilimbi on Monday. The Urwa police, who have registered a case, said Nevil Saldanha Fernandes, 16, who hailed from Goa, was residing with his mother in the house. On Monday, Nevil locked a room in the house after taking a glass of juice inside. When

Mysuru, Sept 26: The car accident in which Sandalwood actors Darshan Thoogudeepa, Devaraj and Prajwal Devaraj were injured earlier this week, got a new twist today. Mysuru City Police Commissioner Dr A Subramanyeshwara Rao said there were five members in the car during the accident. But the medico-legal report said that there were six people in the vehicle during the accident. While four were

The Supreme Court India on September 26, 2018, brought out the list of services for which biometric ID Aadhaar needs to be mandatorily linked, and the ones for which it is not required. SERVICES REQUIRING AADHAAR LINKING * It is mandatory to link PAN with Aadhaar. * Aadhaar is compulsory for filing Income Tax returns. * Aadhaar must for availing facilities of welfare schemes and government