Karnataka

Kundapur, Dec 20: An ailing man who underwent a surgery and his mentally unstable son committed suicide on the same day at a place called Kathbelthoor of Hemmadi village in Kundapur taluk. Krishna Mogaveera (70) from Kadrigudde in Hemmadi and his son Sukesh (27) ended their lives within interval of few hours. While the father ended his life consuming poison and was recovered dead on Thursday at

Belgaum, Dec 19: Karnataka Janatha Paksha leader and former Chief Minister B S Yedyurappa will be admitted to BJP in a few days, state party chief Prahlad Joshi said today. Joshi said he had raised the issue of Yeddyurappa's homecoming with party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, who was here today, for a function. The matter was before central leaders, he said. Yeddyurappa had also

Mangalore, Dec 19: State and Central government have neglected the matter of conferring of classical language status to Kannada and the classical status conferred on the language was just eyewash. This is what Prof B A Vivek Rai has to say, presiding over the 'Alva's Vishwa Nudisiri Virasat' programme on Thursday evening, at Vidyagiri in Moodabidri. Speaking about the development that took place

Mangalore: Serial killer Mohan Kumar pleaded for life before the District Session Court on Thursday as the Judge will pronounce the sentence in Barimaar Anita, Peruvaje Sunanda and Vamadapadau Leelavati murder case on Friday at 3 pm. Mohan Kumar who is facing charges of murdering 20 young women, had pleaded for mercy in writing. Reading out the letter, Mohan Kumar said, “My mother is ailing and

Bangalore, Dec 19: In a brazen attack outside a police station here, three persons, all sons of policemen, allegedly assaulted two young girls involved in an accident before they were arrested and sent to judicial custody. "The boys have been arrested last night for allegedly assaulting two young girls and the mother of one of them. They have been sent to judicial custody," Joint Police

Bellary, Dec 19: Five miscreants, including the son of BJP MP from Raichur Sanna Fakirappa, have been arrested by the Cowl Bazaar police for allegedly assaulting a girl and her family members. According to the complaint lodged by the girl, a gang of more than 50 men, including Muttu, the son of the MP, barged into her house and assaulted her and family members. In her complaint, she stated that

Mangalore, Dec 19: As many as 60 passengers including those on 'Umrah' were put to trouble as the Air India Express (AIE) flight bound from Mangalore to Mumbai did not take off on time, on Tuesday. Similarly, even on Wednesday the Air India Express which should have reached Mangalore at 12 noon from Delhi did not arrive on time. Due to this the 'umrah' pilgrims who had to fly to Mumbai to board a

Kasargod, Dec 19: Police have arrested a mantric for sexually harassing a minor girl in Uppala. Ramachandra Mathrikan (35) working at a religious centre at Kalluhithlu of Peringadi-Kolaragudde is the accused who is said to have sexually harassed a 15-year-old girl, employed as domestic help at his residence. The girl has complained to the women's cell that the accused had made sexually advances

New Delhi, Dec 19: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said the Gujarat riots of 2002 are not comparable with the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi in 1984, rejecting Infosys chief N R Narayanamurthy's view that the post-Godhra violence should not stand in the way of Narendra Modi becoming Prime Minister. While describing as "absolute shame" the fact that those responsible for the 1984 riots had not been

Mangalore, Dec 19: Dakshina Kannada Yuva Congress former President Mithun Rai has filed a case at Kadri police station against BJP Leader Dr Subramanya Swamy for making derogatory comments against All India Congress Committee Vice-President Rahul Gandhi. “He is an idiot, he is not educated, he is unreliable (especially for women) and he consumes Cocaine regularly,” Dr Swamy had said answering a