Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 18: A youth was arrested by police on Thursday for allegedly threatening to throw acid on a female president of a Gram Panchayat in Mangalore taluk. The arrested has been identified as Subrahmanya (21), a native of Mudigere, in Chikmagalur district. He used to work at construction sites near Bajpe. According to police sources, the accused had been harassing Vijaya Gopal Suvarna

New Delhi, Oct 18: Airfares have nearly doubled in the last two months, causing a strain on the wallets of flyers in the country during the festival season. According to industry sources, domestic fares have more than doubled in some sectors compared to August, while the hike will be about 18-20 per cent more than last October. Passenger load in airlines usually picks up in October after a lull

Lucknow, Oct 18: The Uttar Pradesh government has put a ban on short messaging services (SMS) in Ayodhya to clamp down on Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) 'Sankalp Sabha' scheduled for Friday, an official said. More than 1200 people across the state have been placed under preventive arrest. Officials said strict vigil was being kept on movement of people to the temple town of Ayodhya and all borders

Davangere, Oct 18: Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) leader S?N?Eshwar died on the spot and six were injured, when the SUV?in which they were travelling collided head on with a goods vehicle on National Highway-4, near Haraganahalli Cross in Harihar taluk on Thursday morning. Eshwar was the State treasurer and the Bangalore district unit chief of the party. The injured – Chetan, Kirankumar, Ravikumar

Mangalore, Oct 17: Demanding a CBI probe into 17-year-old Saujanya's rape and murder a year ago, former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda opined that if the parents of the victim not satisfied with the CoD investigation, government should hand over the case to Central Bureau of Investigation immediately. Addressing media persons on Thursday Mr Gowda said during BJP rule then Home Minister R Ashok

Bantwal, Oct 17: Vasudeva Prabhu, a 55-year-old small time businessman allegedly committed suicide on Thursday at Kolkere, Golthamajal in Bantwal taluk. He owned'Prabhu Electronics' at B C Road. Mr Prabhu was found hanging himself at his residence in the morning. He had married second time after losing his first wife due to her ill health. He had two sons and his second wife had also divorced him

Mangalore, Oct 17: Extending the support to Dr Veerendra Heggade, in the case of rape and murder of 17-year-old Saujanya in Ujire a year ago, veteran congress leader Janardhana Poojary said that government should take stringent action against those who spread baseless allegations against Dr Heggade and his family members. Addressing the media persons on Thursday at Mangalore Press Club here Mr

Jeddah, Oct 17: Islam is a religion which considers serving people as worship to God. The Prophet (peace be upon him) has said that those who are keen to alleviate the suffering of people are very dearer to Allah. Needless to say then about the rewards for serving the guests of God. There are thousands of volunteers in action to render help to Haj pilgrims at the holy sites of Mina and Arafat

Gulbarga, Oct 17: Qamar-ul Islam, Minister for Municipal Administration, Minorities and Wakf, announced on Wednesday that the government would provide Rs 50,000 to each of the poor girls from the Muslim and Christian communities for their first marriage, under'Bidai' scheme. Brides with an annual family income of Rs 1.5 lakh will be eligible for the dole. The government has set aside Rs five crore

Bangalore, Oct 17: CBI arrested former tourism Minister and BJP MLA Anand Singh on Thursday. The MLA had been absconding from a month. Anand Singh was nabbed at the Bangalore International Airport as he flew in from Singapore, where he had been hiding. The MLA is an accused in the Belekeri port iron ore export scam case. He had fled to Singapore just before the CBI had summoned him for questioning