Karnataka

Kasargod, Aug 14: Muhammed Noushad (34) and Mohammed Rameez (25), residents of Kottappuram near Neeleshwaram were arrested by the police on charges of murdering NRI businessman A B Abdul Salam Haji at his residence at Vellappu near Thrikaripur on August 7. Circle Inspector T. N. Sajeevan said five others are still at large in the case. Muhammed Noushad and Muhammed Rameez Deputy Superintendent of

Chikmagalur, Aug 14: In a shocking incident, the personal assistant (PA) of Member of Parliament Jayaprakash Hegde was found dead in a guesthouse in Chikmagalur on Wednesday, in an apparent case of suicide. Sources confirmed that the body of Jagannath (48), who was the personal assistant of Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Jayaprakash Hegde, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room at the guesthouse

Mangalore, Aug 14: Author, Speaker, Columnist Chetan Bhagat will deliver a talk on leadership and goal setting under a human resource initiative programme at the T M A Pai International Convention Centre on Mahatma Gandhi Road here on August 24. Kumble Narasimha Prabhu, CEO, Manipal Ace briefing a press conference said that the talk will be helpful to corporates, management students, engineering

Mangalore, Aug 14: The problem of maintenance and repair of check-dams in Dakshina Kannada district was discussed during the tri-monthly KDP meeting held at Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat here on Wednesday, which was chaired by ZP President Koragappa Naik. According to the ZP Chief Planning Officer, there were a total of 813 check dams in the district, out of which 230 were in need of repairs

Mangalore, Aug 14: Jana Jagruti Samiti will hold a protest rally on August 19 from 10 am onwards from Jyoti Circle to Deputy Commissioner's office, Mangalore. Addressing a news conference on Wednesday, Samiti Convener Kateel Dinesh Pai said that cattle theft cases have been increasing and even slaughter houses have been coming up proportionately. The Samiti will demand the police department to

Vitla, Aug 14: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Vittal organized a Eid gathering on Saturday at the organisation building. The function commenced with the recitation of Quran by Master Nasser while Master Imran read the translation. Yaseen Baig, Organizer of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Vittal welcomed the guests and briefed the activities of JIH and sought audience participation in social uplift activities. He spoke

Mangalore, Aug 14: A trifling matter took a rather drastic turn when a gang of eight men attacked two at Mogaveerapatna. Within few hours a counter attack was staged by three others on two persons at Bastipadpu in Ullal. In the two attacks four have been injured and admitted to the hospital. The incident has created a sense of tense atmosphere in and around Ullal area. Security has been beefed up

Mangalore, Aug 14: Former minister K Vijaykumar Shetty has said that he is an aspirant for the Legislative Council polls to be held in 2014. Addressing a news conference, Mr Shetty said that while the central leaders have promised him to provide membership to the Council, he is also ready to work as the District Congress President, if offered. Talking about the Niddodi project, Mr Shetty said that

Mangalore, Aug 14: The information that Panambur police received with regard to the on-going cattle theft put the police in soup. The fact was that two cattle had locked horns in front of MCF gate, which was creating lot of inconvenience to the people walking on the road as well as the ones moving in and out of the company premises. Hence contract workers of the company Deepak and Sudeep tried to

Bantwal, Aug 14: The Congress came to power in the state three months ago. Siddaramaiah formed his government and has in place his minister for all departments but here in one of the cut outs at Revenue Department office in Farangipet, Jagadish Shettar is still the Chief Minister and K S Eshwarappa the Deputy CM. A huge hoarding has been installed by the department with regard to the 'Atal