Karnataka

Dubai, Jan 13: An Indian man has been arrested at Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates while trying to smuggle out 12 gold biscuits to his country. The suspect, who was identified, was nabbed by customs officers at the airport. He was heading to India according to an official spokesperson from Sharjah Police. He tried to cheat authorities by concealing 12 gold biscuits inside

A 27-year-old fashion designer, who was lured to Dubai with dreams of professional success, was forced into prostitution and repeatedly raped over 25 days. According to the police, a Khar-based boutique owner took her to Dubai on the pretext of giving her a lucrative job, but subsequently forced her into prostitution. The Khar police have registered an FIR against Anjali Vinod Kumar Dey alias

New Delhi, Jan 13: Social activist Medha Patkar on Monday announced that she will extend full support to Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, saying that it is time for new wave in Indian politics. Addressing the media in Mumbai, Patkar said, “We need to fight the corrupt politicians. We will provide full support to AAP.” On being asked about if she would join AAP, Patkar on Monday had said her

Mangalore, Jan 13: A person was killed on the spot on Monday when a speeding bus hit his bike on Balmatta road in the city. The deceased is 30-year-old Dr Gajanan Sridhar Bhat (29), son of Sridhar Bhat and a resident of Pinto Lane in Karangalpady. Dr Bhat was working as a clinical cardiologist at Colaco Hospital in Mangalore. He had recently completed his master's degree course in clinical

Mangalore, Jan 13: Protests and allegations marred the District Congress Committee (DCC) protest meet here on Sunday as workers staged demonstration against senior party leader B Janardhan Poojary. The protest meet was orgnised at Gurupur on the outskirts of the city to denounce the provocative speech made by RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat and to demand the police to arrest him. However, when

Bangalore, Jan 13: Rizwan Arshad was re-elected the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee president on Sunday. Of the 29,000 votes polled, Rizwan got nearly 21,000. Varun Prasanna Kumar, son of former Congress MLA B Prasanna Kumar, came second and Prasanna , a youth from Hassan , third. Re-elections were held to KPYCC following complaints of irregularities in the symbols allotted to

Bangalore, Jan 13: A 23-year-old forlorn youth tried to kill himself in front of the chief minister's home office “Krishna” on Sunday after failing to meet Siddaramaiah apparently to seek solutions for himself and society. Basavaraj, from Chitradurga district, was found in an unconscious condition by a passerby near Windsor Manor junction, off “Krishna” around 12:45 pm. He was rushed to hospital

Mangalore, Jan 12: Minister for forest, environment and ecology and Dakshina Kananada district-in-charge B Ramanath Rai said that next year onwards Karavali Utsav will be organized with grandeur and the event will be inaugurated on the last Friday of the last month every year. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Karavali Utsava - 2014, organised by the district administration, which was

Bangalore, Jan 12: Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj today said the BJP does not have the courage to approach him over the matter of corruption. "BJP does not have courage to come to me," he told reporters here on the sidelines of convocation of Tumkur University when he was asked about BJP leaders demanding his intervention to urge Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to drop "tainted" D K Shivakumar and

Mangalore, Jan 12: “There is need for more researches and inventions of medical treatment in the field of psychology. Since the psychiatric patients and families are ill-treated in society with the thinking of curse, there is need to change the social mind sets”, said N Vinay Hegde, Chancellor, NITTE university. He was speaking after inaugurating the international seminar on 'Psychopharminar –