Karnataka

Puttur, Oct 24: A team of the NIA?was in Kadaba of Uppinangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, looking for Jayaprakash alias Jayanna, an accused in the bomb blast case at Madgaon in Goa. The NIA officials told Jayanna's family members that a Madgaon court had given a deadline of November 29, the last one, for Jayanna to surrender. Two people had died and several injured in the blast. Six

Riyadh, Oct 24: The Ministry of Labor reiterated on Wednesday that there is no intention to extend the amnesty period for status correction of expatriates after its expiry on Nov. 3 (Dhul Hijja 29). Deputy Minister of Labor Mufarrej Al-Haqbani said that intensive inspection raids will be carried out across the Kingdom to catch the violators and punish them immediately after the end of the extended

Bangalore, Oct 24: Home Minister K?J?George on Wednesday said the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is facing no political pressure in its investigation into the rape and murder of Saujanya, a student of SDM?College in Ujire in Dakshina Kannada district. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, George said the government is not trying to'protect' anybody in the case and is ready to bring to

Mangalore, Oct 24: An'Eid get-together' was organised by the Mangalore Corporation Unit of Jamiyyatul Falah (JF) at Saanidhya Residential School and Training Centre for the mentally challenged situated in Shaktinagar in Mangalore on Wednesday. Imthiyaz Khatheeb, president, JF Mangalore Corporation unit presided over the function. Ishaq Puttur C A conveyed the message of Eid. He explained the need

Mangalore, Oct 24: 29 year old Raakesh Shetty(name changed) recently married, is a smoker with no previous history of heart condition. He was wheeled into emergency at A.J.Hospital and Research Centre when he complained of uneasiness and chest pain. He was immediately taken to Cathlab when doctors confirmed he had a heart attack and needed immediate surgery. Doctors decided to implant novel

Kasargod, Oct 24: Pawan Kumar, 28, a resident of Kelugudde, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder of 18-year-old T A Sabith at Nullipady on July 7. He was nabbed from his house at 8.30 a.m. by Town Police station sub-inspector T Uthamdas. With this, all seven accused in the daylight murder of the youth were arrested. Pawan was charged under IPC section 212 (Harbouring accused)

Bangalore, October 24: A polytechnic lecturer hacked his wife to death in a fit of rage after she declined to give in to his wish and discontinue her postgraduate education. The incident occurred at Manjunathnagar in Basaveshwarnagar on October 21. The Basaveshwarnagar police have arrested Santosh Kumar (32), a lecturer with the electronics department of Nadgir Polytechnic in Rajajinagar. The

Bangalore, Oct 23: Hundreds of BJP workers were taken into preventive custody today for trying to lay siege to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's residence to protest against the continuation of Infrastructure Development Minister Santosh Lad despite his alleged involvement in illegal mining. The BJP rally, which was presided over by State BJP President Prahalad Joshi and other senior party leaders

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 23: As the BJP objected to his government's reported move to facilitate bail for jailed PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said keeping him in prison indefinitely without trial was not correct. The state government's view was that 'It is not correct to keep Madani or any person in

Bantwal, Oct 23: Few unidentified miscreants set ablaze a shop in the early hours of Wednesday at B C Road-Kaikamba in Bantwal taluk. The shop'Bombay Fashion Bazar' run by Bilal and Saleem at Poonja maidan was completely destroyed in the fire. The shop owners, who ruled out short circuit for the outbreak of the fire, said that the total loss was estimated to be Rs.20 lakh. Goods such clothes