Karnataka

Bangalore, Dec 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central leadership is set to expedite return of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to the party fold once the Assembly election results are out. The BJP state unit has conveyed to party national president Rajnath Singh and other top brass that it was not averse to the re-induction of Yeddyurappa into the party, to boost its prospects in the

Puttur, Dec 4: The fifth additional sessions court in Puttur has sentenced a man to death, who was found guilty of murdering his two children, mother- in-law and sister-in-law, on Tuesday. The accused is Ramesh Naika, an employee of a public sector bank. Naika had killed his two children, Kruthika and Bhuvan, by pushing them into a pond on June 16, 2010. He had murdered his mother-in-law

Mangalore, Dec 3: A free eye check-up camp for journalists and their family members was organised by Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists Union (DKDWJU) and Press Club, Mangalore in association with Nayana Nethralaya, Mangalore here on Tuesday. Dr Vishnu Prabhu from Nayana Nethralaya inaugurated the eye camp at Press Club, Mangalore. Journalists and six of their family members could avail

Bangalore, Dec 3: Complying with the Supreme Court directive, Karnataka government today shifted jailed Kerala-based PDP leader Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, a key accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, to a private hospital here for treatment. The apex court on November 18 directed the Karnataka government to shift Ma'adani to Manipal Hospital, subject to the hospital agreeing to take him as

Kasargod, Dec 3: Police today detained for questioning two employees of a backwater island resort at nearby Pozhiyur in connection with rape of a 40-year-old Bangalore-based IT professional there last month. According to police sources, both of them were migrant workers from a north eastern state and they were being questioned. Their antecedents were also being verified, the sources said. The

Mangalore, Dec 3: The dead body of a boat worker has been found at a place near fisheries Jetty and Kasaba Bengre and it is suspected that the man has been murdered. The deceased is Haneef (45) from Kotepura. Haneef is said to have had several bad habits. Pandeshwara police is investigating the matter.

Mangalore, Dec 3: Mangalore International Airport (MIA) has become a 24x7 operational international airport from Sunday. With this, the airport which used to function 20 hours a day has fulfilled the long standing demand of international flight passengers. According to director of the airport J T Radhakrishna, with the airport being functional 24/7, any flight can land and take off from the

Mangalore, Dec 3: Ahinda Leader Naveenchandra D Suvarna has said that the constitutional rights and opportunities have not been given to the minorities, backward classes and the Dalit and due to this, concept of social justice has still remained to be a distant dream. He was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the Ahinda annual convention organized by Ahinda (Jana Chaluvali) District unit

Mangalore, Dec 3: The protests to save Nethravati from diversion have taken an artistic turn with the artists of the region resorting to painting cartoons and caricatures. These expressions, which have spurred out as reaction to the proposed Nethravati diversion have been displayed at Orchid Art Gallery. The expo of the same was inaugurated on Monday where 22 piece of art by 8 artists have been

Mangalore, Dec 3: In a protest meet held on Monday in front of deputy commissioner's office, Mangalore People's Democratic Party (PDP) urged state government to release its party leader Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, who was arrested in connection to the serial blasts in Bangalore. Ma'adani has been named as the 31st accused in the July 25, 2008, serial blasts, which killed a woman. He was arrested from