Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 13: Police have successfully nabbed two inter-state cattle-lifters at Surathkal, thereby making headway in pulling out more information on the systematic cattle theft racket that has been functioning in the region. Amjad alias Chotu (30) from Theerthahalli and Muhammad Haneef (30) from Koteshwara are the arrested. While Chotu was arrested from Theerthalli on Friday, Haneef was

Jeddah, Oct 13: Tens of thousands of white-clad pilgrims, including Indians, today began converging at Mina near the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia in the first leg of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims began leaving for tent city of Mina last night after circumambulating the Holy Kaaba in Mecca, where the grand mosque was packed with believers from across the world. In the first

Bangalore, Oct 13: H Mahima of Viveka Girls High School at Kota in Udupi district has been conferred with'Kannada Madhyama award' by Chief Minister Siddaramaih for scoring highest marks in SSLC examinations in Kannada medium. Daughter of a hotelier, Mahima had scored 99 per cent in the exam for the year 2012-13. She wants to take up medicine. After presenting the award, Siddaramaiah said that a

Mina/Makkah, Oct 13: The valley of Mina Saturday reverberated with the Talbiyah “Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik,” (I am here, O Lord, I am here!) as tens of thousands of pilgrims poured into the tent city beginning the Haj pilgrimage, the journey of a lifetime. The pilgrims arrived in Mina following the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to spend the Tarwiyah Day (Watering Day) here

Udupi, Oct 13: Goa police arrested career criminal Nagaraj Balegar who dramatically escaped while he was being brought to Udupi from Thrissur. Police arrested his wife who was with him while escaping from a lodge in Udupi on August 28. The two policemen escorted the under-trial to Udupi. Nagaraj called a woman named Lakshmi from one of the policeman's mobile phone and asked her to book two rooms

Mangalore, Oct 13: The RSS' march past in Bajpe area, led by four men carrying sword has irked the local residents who have said that the incident created a sense of fear. They are also irked by the fact that, while the'sword march' was taken out on the streets of Bajpe, on Friday the Bajpe police witnessed the entire show as mute spectators, exhibiting their loyalty to the Sangha. The RSS started

Kasargod, Oct 13: A 29-year-old man has been arrested by Kasargod police on the charges of abduction and sexual harassment of a minor girl. The arrested has been identified as Abdul Khader, a resident of Vidyanagar in Kasargod district. He allegedly kidnapped and raped a Class 8 student on August 15, 2013. He offered a lift to the minor in his autorickshaw while she was returning from school. He

Udupi, Oct 13: Sukhananda Poojary, an engineering student who went for a swim, drowned in a rivulet in Kemthur village in Udupi district. He was studying second year 0f Electronics and Communications at the Sri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management at Bantakal village about 12 km from Udupi. Sukhananda had gone to the Kemthur vented dam along with group of 10 friends from the

Mangalore, Oct 13: The cast and crew of'Chellapilli' movie, directed by Mangalorean Sai Krishna Kudla, starring Vijay Raghavendra and Aishwarya Nag, completed 100 successful screening days. The movie was released in theatres across the state three months ago on July 5. The milestone was celebrated by the team of the film at a programme at Town Hall here on Saturday. Speaking at a press conference

Bangalore, Oct 13: Upset by the snubbing he received, retired police officer Shankar Bidari on Saturday quit the Samajawadi Party (SP). He is planning either to form a new political outfit or join another political party. Addressing reporters in Bangalore, Bidari said his well-wishers are not encouraging him to float a new party as the Lok Sabha elections are around the corner. He sent his