Karnataka

Bangalore, Sep 19: Six-year-old Anusha died an untimely death, in an unlikely way. On Wednesday, she succumbed to burns sustained after falling into a vessel of hot “sambar” at her school in Gauribidnur taluk a day before. The class I student of Darinayakanapalya Government Primary School barely knew that an attempt to overcome hunger could turn fatal. A group of around 20 children had come

Mangalore, Sep 18: A Nepali youth who had gone missing from the capital of India nine years ago, was reunited with his brother and would soon be back among his family members back in Nepal after a gap of nine years. The 27-year-old was found wandering on the road over a year ago in Talapady. Sanjeev, hailing from Sundarpur in Morang district in Nepal, had been missing since 2004 from Delhi, where

Mangalore, Sep 18: Member of Legislative Assembly, J R Lobo, along with officials visited Kankanady Market here on Wednesday and promised the vendors and market users of addressing various issues pertaining to the market at the earliest. Speaking to the media persons, Mr Lobo said that the blueprint for the new market will be ready within two months. However, he said that hygiene is the main

New Delhi, Sep 18: Former BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa has intensified efforts to return to the party by sending his emissary to the national capital today to meet senior leaders L K Advani, Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley to build a consensus on merging his KJP with the saffron party. Yeddyurappa, who had to resign from the post of Karnataka Chief Minister after he was indicted in a graft case by

Mangalore, Sep 18: Calling the JD(S) decision of making a coalition with the Congress to form government at the state in 2004 as the biggest blunder, JD(S) Supremo H D Deve Gowda said that he too is to be blamed for the blunder as he had a role to play in the same. Addressing reporters in Mangalore, Mr Deve Gowda said that the Congress tried to weaken the JD(S). On breaking tied with the Congress

Bantwal, Sep 18: A lady who left her house along with her four-year old child, from Idkidu village here, has been traced by the Vittal police in Mysore. She is said to have eloped with her lover, whom the police have now taken into custody. Prameela (28) had left her home at Idkidu along with her daughter Vaishnavi on September 14. According to a complaint filed by her husband Krishnananda, she

New Delhi, Sep 18: The government raised customs duty on imported jewellery from 10 per cent to 15 per cent to protect the domestic industry, a move that is expected to have immediate ramifications in the UAE, the most sought-after jewellery shopping centre for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). Ministry of Finance on Tuesday set duty on jewellery higher than the 10 per cent levied on raw gold in a move

Karkala, Sep 18: In a robbery plot, clearly inspired by some Bollywood flick, a gang robbed a jewellery shop in Karkala, late on Tuesday night. The owner of the shop was about to pull down the shutters of the shop located beside main road in Karkala, when a gang which came in a car threatened him and looted the shop. Shop owner immediately informed police who plunged into action and started

Mangalore, Sep 18: A district court has convicted two railway employees and acquitted one due to lack of evidence in connection to sexual assault case of minor, in a railway coach at Mangalore Central Railway station, on July 14, 2010. However, the main accused in the case is still at large. The Fourth Additional District and Sessions Judge B.K. Naik convicted K. Ashok, an employee of a railway

Subramanya, Sep 18: A 70-year-old farmer was murdered by strangulating after tying legs and hands, at Uppukala in Balugodu on Tuesday. The deceased is Parameshwar Gowda. It was said that after the death of his wife he was staying alone in his house. The incident came to light when labourer Ganapayya Uppukala visited the house for work. There were wounds on his forhead, and knees. A sickle was