Karnataka

Dubai, Sep 23: A Dubai court has charged an unemployed Indian man with strangling his wife to death to avoid paying maintenance money after divorce. The Indian man, 23, who is identified by initials of his name AQ, reportedly strangled his wife, identified as BA, before putting her body in a garbage bag and leaving it in the Fuqaa area March 11 this year in connivance with a Pakistani friend

Dubai, Sep 23: The family of an Indian worker kidnapped in Oman two days ago has received ransom calls demanding a huge amount for his release, according to a media report on Saturday. The man, identified only as Haneefa from Kerala, went missing two days ago when he had gone to meet some friends in Sohar city, about 200 km north of Muscat. Later, his family reportedly received phone calls from

New Delhi, Sep 23: The Centre today told the Supreme Court that securing Aadhar cards, being issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was optional and it has not made it mandatory for the citizens. The apex court, hearing a batch of pleas against decisions of some states to make Aadhar cards compulsory for a range of activities including salary, PF disbursals and marriage and

Bangalore, Sep 23: Karnataka government intends to enact a legislation to crack down on superstition and black magic on the lines of the one in Maharashtra, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said today. Illiterates and gullible sections of society falling prey to such practices are rampant in the state, and the government wants to curb them, Jayachandra told reporters here. The Minister said he would

Mangalore, Sep 23: Dharmadhikari of Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Dr. D Veerendra Heggade will inaugurate the Mangalore Dasara 2013 at Kudroli Gokarnatheswara temple on October 5 at 5.30 pm. Addressing the reporters, Harikrishna Bantwal of Temple Development Committee said that Congress leader B Janardhan poojary will preside over the function. The finale will be held on October 14 with traditional

Mangalore, Sep 23: Activists of Dakshina Kannada unit of the Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) on Monday carried out demonstrations in front of Mangalore City Corporation building, Lalbagh demanding appointing of MCC Mayor. Repair of roads, efficient water supplies and issuance of birth and death certificates on time were some of the other demands. MLC, Monappa Bhandary addressing the protesters said

Mangalore, Sep 23: A two-day national seminar on'Explosives and Blasting Techniques for Mining, Quarrying and Infrastructure Industry' organised by Department of Mining Engineering at National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Suratkal, will be inaugurated at the institute on Friday, said conference chairman Prof V R Sastry. Speaking to mediapersons at a press conference here on Monday, he

Manipal, Sep 23: Shocked and worried, parents of students staged protest outside a school in Manipal opposing the sexual abuse of a four-year-old child by school van employee, on Monday. As the news of the sexual abuse of a child came to light, parents gathered in large number outside Madhava Kripa school in Manipal and staged stir against the school management, highlighting its lapses. According

Mangalore, Sep 23: Many kids, who were once given on adoption, often initiate a search for their biological parents. While everyone is not lucky enough to meet the one's they come in search of, a two-year-old boy who was given in adoption to a Dutch couple, from Moodbidri, showed that he was lucky enough to meet his biological father after thirty odd years. Martin with his wife Nazareth After

Krishnapura, Sep 23: The residents of Idya area who were fed up of persistent cattle theft were further raged by a theft incident on Saturday. Following this, the residents picketed Surathkal police station and took the SI to task. At about 3 a.m. on Saturday thieves entered the cow-shed and took away a cow belonging to Vasanthi Giriyappa Idya. Around 4 am, the family members discovered that the