Karnataka

Mangalore, Sep 23: The ban on fishing is over, but, yet shortage of fish has led to rise in price, literally making fish connoisseurs think twice before buying their favourite varieties. Sardine, one of the common and widely consumed variety itself costs Rs 80 per kg. This is the all time high. The stock of sardine has diminished considerably, leading to increase in price. While there is huge

Kasargod, Sep 23: A dead snake was allegedly found in a tetrapack of a branded soft drink after a child had consumed its contents in a village near Thiruvananthapuram, police said. The snake was found in the pack of mango pulp bought by Sajiv from a shop for his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, police said. In his complaint, Sajiv said his daughter had almost drained the contents of the packet

Tumkur, Sep 23: : Five members of a family, including two children, were killed on Sunday when their car careened off National Highway 48, near Gavimatha, Kunigal in Tumkur district, and fell off a bridge. The dead are Manjunath, 36, his wife Anitha, 28, Pushpalatha, 24, Preetham, 4, and an eight-month-old infant. All are from Bagalagunte in Bangalore. The family, travelling in a Maruti Swift car

Mangalore, Sep 22: A gang of four men gained entry into a call centre functioning on the outskirts of the city and attacked a person, on Friday. A case was registered in this regard on Sunday. The four men entered'Orbis Business Management Call Centre' at Kulur and warned not to employ women in the night shift. When they tried entering the compartment where women carry on their duty, employee

Mangalore, Sep 22: Special Personal Secretary will be appointed soon to deal with grievances cropping up in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district. Responding to a memorandum after taking part in an interaction programme on development of Coastal Karnataka, on Sunday, Minister for Transportation, Roads and Highways Oscar Fernandes said that the Personal Secretary will handle various cases. Earlier

Manipal, Sep 22: The police on Sunday picked up two persons on the charges of raping a four-year-old girl child in the town of Manipal in Udupi district. The arrested have been identified as Shubha Kumar (25), a resident of Hebri, and Sudheer (45), a resident of Adarshnagar in the same district. It is learnt that the arrested are driver and conductor of a school bus. Even though the gruesome

Dubai, Sep 22: A massive fire broke out Sunday in an industrial area in Dubai near a shopping centre, Mall of the Emirates. Thick black smoke was seen rising from an area of the size of a football field adjacent to a branch of the Dubai roads and transport authority RTA, Xinhua reported. The Mall of the Emirates, located opposite the road of the RTA branch, was not affected. Dubai police have

Padubidri, Sep 22: A Gram Panchayat Member has been put behind the bars for thrashing two kids gruesomely, after the pictures of the bruises suffered by the kids was uploaded on watsApp, mobile application. Firoz (38), resident of Kanchinadka, Padubidri is the arrested. This GP member had beaten Numan (7) and Sihana (6), children of Nawaz from Abbediya for no evident reason. On September 18, at 8

Mangalore, Sep 22: Forest officials have successfully rescued a leopard cub from Kullakumreru of Niddodi village on Saturday. The one-month-old cub which had fallen into a well has been shifted to Pilikula. Range Forest Officer, Moodubidre Dinesh was alerted about a lone leopard cub near Kullakumeru village by the local residents on Saturday. Acting on this immediately the forest personnel rushed

Mangalore, Sep 22: A person transiting through Mangalore International Airport was detained with a bag full of ganja on Saturday. According to reports received here, a passenger, who came from Kerala and was about to board a Dubai bound Air India Express flight at around 8 p.m. It is learnt that the accused had managed to pass bag containing ganja sachets through the scanner without any problem