Karnataka

Mumbai, Dec 13: Alleged Indian Mujahideen member Afzal Usmani, who gave police the slip from court premises in September and was recaptured subsequently, has claimed in a letter to the court that he had not fled, but had been taken away by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad officials. Usmani submitted this letter to the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court here on December 10

Bangalore, Dec 13: A close aide of former MLA Vatal Nagaraj hanged himself after his wife and two teenage children ate food laced with poison and died in a suspected suicide pact at their home at Nagavarapalya in Baiyappanahalli here on Thursday. Police are investigating what drove N Gopi and his family to suicide. His wife Jayashree, son Dilip Kumar and daughter Sangeetha first ate the food laced

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 12: Expressing concern over reports that 50 children had died due to cold and poor facilities at relief camps in riot-hit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court today directed Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's government to take immediate steps and provide all help to those at the camps by tomorrow. "We are very much concerned with media reports of children deaths. We

Mangalore, Dec 12: Aam Aadmi Party workers in Mangalore celebrated their stunning performance in the Delhi assembly poll by organizing a torchlight parade. The party activists wearing white caps and broomsticks raised slogans across the street from Jyothi circle to Town Hall celebrating the success. Addressing the jubilant workers, Srinivasan Nandagopal, joint secretary of the party said that AAP

Mangalore, Dec 12: In a sudden development, Karnataka Government transferred the Mangalore City Police Commissioner Manish Kharbikar and posted as Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) DIG. R Hitendra, from 1996 batch of Karnataka police, has been appointed as the new Mangalore City Police Commissioner. Hailing from Kolar, Hitendra has served as DIG of anti-corruption cell of CBI from 2006 to 2013

Mangalore, Dec 12: As part of the 20th annual general conference of Al-Madeena educational institution, a mass-wedding ceremony of eleven couples will be held on Saturday at Al-Madeena Islamic Complex in Manjanady on the outskirts of the city, said convenor of the conference M S M Abdur-rasheed Zaini. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, he said that the three-day conference would be

Mangalore, Dec 12: In a bizarre incident, a huge swarm of honey bees laid siege on a Jet Airways flight which arrived at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) from Bangalore at noon on Thursday. Sources say that the honeybees must have had built a hive in one of the wings. They colony of bees began swarming around the aeroplane just as it landed at the airport located in Bajpe. The passengers on

Mangalore, Dec 12: Final countdown has begun for the prestigious title of Mr Dubai. The final results will be announced on December 13 and for the first time in the history of the pageant two Mangalorean youth are vying for the coveted title. Manoj Shetty, son of Ramesh and Sharada Shetty couple of Naguri and Shakeer, son of Nayaz Ahmed and Kausar couple of Pandeshwar are the finalists from

Mangalore, Dec 12: As many as eight fishermen who were stranded deep sea in the boat due to technical glitch were successfully rescued along with the boat. These fishermen had ventured into the sea on December 6 from Kochi in a fishing boat named 'Arogyamatha'. After sailing 52 nautical miles, on December 8 the boat faced problem in the gear box. When all their efforts to send distress signals

Mangalore, Dec 12: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has clarified that there is no link between the Patna blast and the ones arrested on the charges of illegal money transfer from Bihar and Mangalore. With this, the NIA is about to close the cases on the grounds of lack of evidence, thereby expressing contempt over the inefficiency of Bihar police. The central Home Ministry as well as the