Karnataka

Moodbidri, Aug 14: The alert local youth of Mariyadi village have set an example by nabbing one of the two young men who were involved in cheating the people in the name of polishing gold ornaments. It is said that two youth from Bihar had been roaming in Mariyadi area, claiming to polish gold. With bag on their back, the duo has visited the house of one Chennappa in Mariyadi village. Since

Puttur, Aug 14: The love story of a couple which had entered the Court room after the man allegedly slit his lady love, as a retaliation to opposition to the union from girl's father has been solved, with the Court ordering the couple to get legally married. It is said that Harish from Kasargod and Sowmya from Sullia were in love with each other. But Narayan Naik, father of Sowmya was against the

Manipal, Aug 14: Police arrested a Manipal student hailing from Republic of Yemen for his stay beyond the period of validity of visa here at on Tuesday. The arrested is Abdullah Al Asani. He is studying Physiology at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. Although his visa expired in June 28, 2011, he continued to stay in the city without renewing it. The Udupi police got to know of Asani's illegal

Bangalore, Aug 14: Congress senior leader B Janardhana Poojary on Tuesday ridiculed the revival of bonhomie between KJP leader B?S Yeddyurappa and JD(S) leader H?D Kumaraswamy, and wondered as to when the 'love bloomed' between the two. Addressing a press conference in Bangalore, Poojary said that Kumaraswamy and Yeddyurappa shared a common dais and also a garland at a programme in Mysore on

Bangalore, Aug 14: Peeved over the tie-up between the JD(S) and the BJP, JD(S)?senior leader and former MP C?Narayanaswamy has tendered his resignation from the party membership. A JD(S)?member for the past 36 years, Narayanswamy said he has resigned from the party and decided to join the Congress on August 15. “I believed in the philosophy of secularism and joined the party. But the recent turn

Mangalore, Aug 14: Walking amidst the mucky fish market sniffing the pungent smell is soon going to be thing of past. Relishing on some fresh fish is going to be hassle free as fish sale is going online in Mangalore. You place the order online and sit back. The ordered variety of fish will be delivered at your doorsteps. Shireen Exports, owned by Muhammad Haneef from Ullal is contemplating to take

New Delhi, Aug 14: Acting for the third time since January, the government on Tuesday raised import duty on gold to 10 per cent to stem import of the yellow metal, a key contributor to India's exorbitantly high current account deficit (CAD) and the consequent currency depreciation. But concerns remained that a 10 per cent duty difference in gold prices in India and outside may lead to increase in

Kundapur, Aug 13: A family of pump operator was assaulted by a gang of miscreants who barged into their house, at Vandse in Kundapur taluk, late on Sunday night. The incident finds its roots in an issue of releasing water to a colony in the village. The victims Farida Banu (40), her sons Rizwan (21), Imran (18) and Irfan (17) are wife and children of Nazir respectively, who is a pump operator for

Mangalore, Aug 13: Students affiliated to the district unit of Akhila Bharata Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Youth Against Corruption (YAC) staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Tuesday, against the corrupt UPA government and condemning the killing of Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the

New Delhi, Aug 13: Congress leader Digvijay Singh today accused the BJP of sparking communal incidents in states of Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir and Rajasthan. The AICC General Secretary had alleged in July that BJP would instigate communal riots in Congress-ruled states ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as the opposition party feels that it cannot win without "communalising" the polls. “6 Communal