Karnataka

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

Mangalore, Oct 23: As part of a nation-wide public awareness campaign on women's safety undertaken by the Akhila Bharata Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), members of the organisation's city unit formed a human chain and held a demonstration at KPT Junction here on Wednesday, demanding that the Soujanya murder case be handed over to the CBI and Akshatha murder case be subjected to CoD probe. Addressing

Mangalore, Oct 23: The Hindu Jagarana Vedike Karnataka South Unit urged the State government to recommend a CBI probe into case of rape and murder, which had taken place under the Ujire police station limits in Dakshina Kannada district on October 9, 2012. Speaking in a press meet here on Wednesday, Convener of the Vedike Sathyajit Suratkal said that the CID started interrogation but now there is

New Delhi, Oct 23: Bangalore, known as India's silicon city, has been ranked as the country's top business destination, followed by Chennai, Mumbai and Pune in terms of infrastructure, human capital, city culture and basic quality of living, says a survey. The list also includes Mangalore at 13th place based on based on factors such as human capital, energy, water, transport, housing, healthcare

Mangalore, Oct 23: In connection with the clash that broke out between two different communities in Mallur near Neermarga on Monday night, the Mangalore rural police have begun interrogating five persons and have launched a complete search for more suspects from both the communities. The communal clash, which began over a trivial issue, caused tension in the area and resulted in injuries to nine

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 23: BJP has strongly protested Kerala government's reported move to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court, favouring the bail plea of PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, now in prison in Karnataka in connection with the 2008 Bangalore blasts case. In a statement here, BJP spokesman V V Rajesh said the state government was planning to give an undertaking to the Apex Court that