Karnataka

Belthangady, Aug 21: One person died on the spot and six others were severely injured as the vehicle in which they were traveling fell down 150 ft deep gorge along the Charmadi, on Tuesday night. The deceased is Mohan from Ujire. Of the injured, Subramany (40) is recovering at a private hospital in Ujire, Ranjith is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Mangalore and four others have been sent to

Kundapur, Aug 21: An incident of serial theft has come to light in Kundapur, involving theft in several gold ornament manufacturing units, one Herbal shop and a newspaper office. The theft has taken place in 'Popular building' and another building next to this, near old bus stand. The matter came to light on Tuesday morning. 'Popular building' owned by Harish Nayak has five shops doing jewellery

Bangalore, Aug 21: Around 15 percent of over 3.6 million voters cast their ballots in the first four hours of voting in bypolls for two Lok Sabha seats from Karnataka Wednesday, an official said. "Voting is underway peacefully in both Bangalore Rural and Mandya constituencies," an election commission spokesperson told reporters here. Mandya is about 80 km from Bangalore. Though polling booths

Karkala, Aug 21: Police arrested four persons on the charges of illegal trafficking cattle on Tuesday at Karkala. Sunil Dolphy Tellis (38), resident of Doopadakatte, Koraga (50), George D'Souza (62) of Nitte Parappady and Latheef (55) of Padubidri are the arrested. They were transporting two cows and a calf to Kasargod abattoir, it is learnt. On a tip off, the police intercepted their Tata Pick-up

Chikkaballapur, Aug 21: A speeding car carrying 11 people, including three children, rammed a parked KSRTC bus, killing the driver, his wife and two other women on National Highway-7 near Doddapayalagurki in Chikkaballapur on Tuesday afternoon. All the 11 belonged to one family. The accident occurred when Zakeer, 38, tried to slow down his Maruti Swift car after seeing a group of people, including

Mangalore, Aug 20: The 98th birth anniversary of the state's former chief minister D Devaraj Urs was observed at a programme jointly organised by Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, district administration and Backward Classes Welfare Department, Mangalore, here on Tuesday. Delivering the inaugural address at the programme, B Ramanath Rai said that the Land Reforms Act implemented by Devaraj Urs had

New Delhi, Aug 20: Among various religious groups, Muslims have the lowest living standard with the average per capita expenditure of just Rs 32.66 in a day, says a government survey. At the other end of the spectrum, Sikh community enjoys a much better lifestyle as the average per capita spending among them is Rs 55.30 per day, while the same for Hindus is Rs 37.50. For Christians it is Rs 51.43

Bangalore, Aug 20: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today dismissed the controversial statement of a key cabinet colleague comparing him with Narendra Modi, saying he and the Gujarat Chief Minister are poles apart. "BJP is praising him to the hilt but Modi can never be a social face," he commented, a day after Housing Minister and actor-politician M H Ambarish said Siddaramaiah is like Modi

Mangalore, Aug 20: One of the relatives of Panjimogaru twin murder victims has demanded CBI investigation into the case. Razia (32) and her daughter Z. Fathima(7) of Panji Mogaru, Kavoor were murdered by unknown persons on June 28, 2011 noon. Case was hand over to CID but now Razia's brother has demanded the handing over of case to CBI for inquiry. Razia's brother Haneef speaking to reporters here

Mangalore, Aug 20: If all goes on well then Karwar will soon see a captive port, which has become a need of the hour. Minister for Ports and Textiles Baburao Chinchanasur addressing the gathering after taking part in 'Samudra pooja' programme organized by the Mangalore Elupatna Mogaveera Samyukta Sabha, at Bokkapatna, on Tuesday said that the estimated cost of the project is about Rs 500 crore