Karnataka

Chennai, Jan 15: A youth from north Indian state of Bihar has reportedly been arrested in Chennai in connection with the sexual assault on an 18-year-old German tourist onboard Mangalore-Chennai express. The incident which took last week, has come to light on Monday when the victim, who is currently in Tamil Nadu, filed a police complaint. Medical tests have been conducted on her and reports are

Suratkal, Jan 15: Disagreement over betting between two friends in the local cricket team took a vicious turn, which led to assault over both by the opposing groups in Kulai on Monday. Late on Monday night, when Ijaz Ahmed (21), a resident of Kulai, was on his way towards the local mosque to help in preparation for Eid Meelad the next day, he was waylaid by Anil, Devaraj, Sujith, Nikhil and others

Gulbarga, Jan 15: The police sub-inspector Mallikarjun Bande who was shot at and injured in the head in a shootout with a wanted person Munna Darbadar on January 8 died at the Yashoda Super Speciality Hospital in Hyderabad in the early hours of Wednesday. According to reports doctors at the hospital declared him dead at 12.45 a.m. after his vital organs started failing. Bande was put on the

Hyderabad, Jan 15: The Chittoor Police in Andhra Pradesh have busted a gang allegedly involved in 200 crimes, including murder and rape for almost three years. The police were investigating the murders of a constable and a home guard by the same gang in the Palamner forest area about six weeks ago. The gang operated across AP, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in a manner similar to the notorious

Hubli, Jan 15: A major fire broke out in a cold storage building on the Bellary-Bangalore Road in the Bellary industrial area at around 2am on Tuesday and destroyed property and agricultural produce worth around Rs 25 crore. Fire fighters are still battling to completely put out the fire. When the fire fighters reached the five-storeyed building, the fire was fast spreading to other floors. Eight

Mangalore, Jan 15: Team Mangalore, the city-based intrepid group of hobby kite flyers has been officially invited for the Dubai International Kite Festival to be held at Dubai Outlet Mall, on January 17. This unique Kite Festival is being organised for the third time in the UAE. It will showcase some of the best kites flown by flyers of international fame and also include other activities such as

Mangalore, Jan 14: In an effort to bring together like-minded people to create awareness and shed light on the condition of elderly persons suffering from Alzheimer's disease, Spandana Charitable Trust, Mangalore held a meeting at YMCA, Balmatta here on Tuesday. Delivering the keynote address, Richard Shreder, an Alzheimer's specialist from Seattle, USA, said that the care-takers of those

Mangalore, Jan 15: Twelve students undergoing training for JEE-advanced and JEE-main at Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL), Kuntikan Junction, Mangalore, have made it to second stage physics, chemistry, mathematics, astronomy and biology Olympiads. While nine of the 12 students have been selected for chemistry Olympiad, two each have been selected for astronomy, mathematics and biology Olympiads

Mangalore, Jan 14: Well-known scholar and linguist Dr Susheela P. Upadhyaya breathed her last on Tuesday. 78-year-old Upadhyaya, who has made comprehensive study in finding the roots of Beary literature, was the first person to obtain PhD on Beary language. Dr Upadhyaya started her career as a Hindi Tutor and Girls' Hostel Warden at MGM College, Udupi. Later, she worked as a teacher in Good

Mangalore, Jan 14: A German woman, who came for touring India, was allegedly molested by an Indian in a Chennai-Mangalore express train on Monday. It is learnt that, recently German lady who came to tour in India was allegedly molested in a moving train by an unknown Indian, while travelling to Chennai in an express train. Incident came into light while the victim filed a case with railway police