Karnataka

Bangalore, Nov 14: Bangalore Police have issued a notice to former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa asking him to stop his dharna demanding extension of the "Shaadi Bhagya" scheme to all communities and vacate the place. Police said Yeddyurappa had sought permission for the protest only for eight days but the dharna entered the 13th day today, with no extension granted. The former CM had launched a

Haveri, Nov 14: Seven persons were killed while 40 others injured, six of them seriously, when a Mumbai-bound bus from Bangalore caught fire after hitting a road median in this north Karnataka district early today. The mishap occurred near Kunimelli bridge, about 14 kms from here, police said. The bodies of the victims are yet to be identified, Haveri SP Shashi Kumar said, adding that the Volvo

Mangalore, Nov 13: Minister for Health U T Khader has to his credit of being class apart in performing his duties. His style of working has been appreciated by many and now his style is recognized by the reputed Media Research Institute, part of the famous Gandhian Organisation, Thiruvananthapuram. The organization will confer on this young minister the prestigious 'Gandhi Darshan award'

Mangalore, Nov 13: Aasha alias Ayisha Banu who was arrested by the Bihar police on Tuesday in connection with her alleged involvement in illegal financial activities was produced before Junior Ma the Third Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court. Ayisha, her husband Zubair along with their baby were produced before the court. The court issued prisoner transit (PT) warrant of 15 days for the

Mangalore, Nov 13: Akash Shetty of St Aloysius college has won this year's Doodle4Google (D4G) contest in the Google Doodle for Class VII-X category for his doodle on'Indian women leading the country'. Akash says that it is not always that men make history, women do that too. Nobody can forget the contributions of women like Indira Gandhi, Rani Laxmibai, Kalpana Chawla, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal

Belthangady, Nov 13: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a minor. Santhosh T V (40) from Mithabail-Bajathabettu and B Jagadish (28) from Malavanthige-Bermanottu are the accused who took undue advantage of the minor and committed this heinous crime. It is said that 16-year-old daughter of Aisamma, a resident of Kajoor had been to the residence of Santhosh on Monday evening where, he

Mangalore, Nov 13: Members of People's Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) – Karnataka on Wednesday alleged that the president of a co-operative society in Panjimogaru had been working against the interest of the establishment and was trying to dislodge the Chief Executive Officer of the society, with the help of the Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Mangalore. Speaking at a press

Mangalore, Nov 13: A close aide of gangster Vicky Shetty has been nabbed by the CCB sleuths. The youth was in possession of four daggers along with chilli power. Shiva (26) is the arrested. On Tuesday morning, Shiva was waylaid by the police on NH-66, while he was driving a Tata Indica car. On checking the car, the police found four lethal weapons and chilli power. During the interrogation, Shiva

Mangalore, Nov 13: An elderly woman died of head injury that was caused in the bid to prevent the thieves from robbing her ornaments, at Shaktinagar. The deceased has been identified as Bhavani (70), a resident of Shaktinagar who was working in a local cashew processing unit. While Bhavani used to return home every day at 6.30 pm, on Tuesday she did not turn up. Worried by this, the family members

Mangalore, Nov 13: The long-standing demand of constructing a fishing harbour and jetty at Kulai will soon be sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs 165.60 crores, without rehabilitating the existing fishing families residing along the coast in the region, said Mangalore North MLA Mohiuddin Bava. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that the state government had