Karnataka

Patiala, Jul 20: Ashwini Akkunji looks poised to enter the Indian 4x400M relay team for the World Championships in athletics after coming through the trials at the NIS track here on Friday. Ashwini, who is back after a two-year ban for doping, finished second in the one-lap race, clocking 54.7 seconds. Nirmala, who is assured of a berth in the Indian team having been part of the gold-winning Asian

Bangalore, Jul 20: Animal Husbandry Minister T B Jayachandra on Friday said a hike in milk prices has become inevitable as the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is facing losses. However, the quantum of hike is yet to be decided. Replying to a question by C T Ravi of the BJP, the minister said fodder prices have gone up from Rs 6,000 to Rs 16,000 per quintal in recent months. While the turnover of

Mangalore, Jul 19: The Department of Home Guards will deploy 21 selected Malekudiyas for a year beginning from August 1st, said Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal. Announcing this at a press conference at his office here on Friday, he said that once the department would get an affirmation from the Director General of Home Guards, the scheme would be implemented. The selected

Bangalore, Jul 19: An anonymous letter threatening to blow up the campus of software major Wipro here with 19 bombs sparked a security scare, sending police into a tizzy. "Police and bomb squad have carried out their search at Wipro campus and have found no suspicious object in the vicinity," a police officer told PTI. A letter claiming to blow up Wipro's corporate and training block at 11 AM on

Mangalore, Jul 19: The Dakshina Kannada district police have been successful in nabbing seven persons in connection with inter-district thefts at various temples and Jain shrines and seized several valuable silver and gold antique artefacts from their possession. The arrested are Thimmayya (55) son of late Rangegowda from Kadur in Chikmagalur district, Somanath alias Somesh (45) son of late

Mangalore, Jul 19: A theft was reported at a private tile store in Highland here on Friday, wherein Rs 49,000 in cash was stolen along with several pieces of expensive tile ware. The theft occurred at P C Mallapa and Co tile and sanitary ware store located beside Highland Hospital in Mangalore. According to the manager of the store Nithyananda Hegde, the theft was discovered on Friday morning when

Kasargod, Jul 19: In yet another shocking incident of child rape in Kerala, police in Kannur have arrested five persons, including the parents of a teenager, who was raped by her father and others since she was 11-years-old. Police said the girl, who is now 17-years-old, hailed from Alakode, a village in Kannur district. She had been taken to various places in Kannur and Kasaragod districts by her

Bantwal, Jul 19: A married woman who went missing from Halasinakatte in Vittal-Mudnoor village, along with her three-year-old child has surprised everyone by turning up at the police station after marrying one of her relatives. Nalini (23), wife of Rajesh had gone missing with their daughter Aindritha(3). However she appeared at the police station and said that she was married to Jagadish (27)

Bantwal, Jul 19: A conductor of a bus was beaten black and blue by the public for misbehaving with a girl student travelling in the bus. The incident took place on Thursday at Vittal private bus stand. Ravi alias Zebra Ravi is the one who earned the wrath and beatings of the people. Ravi works as a conductor in Vittal-Salethoor route bus. This bus carries several college students to their

Kasargod, Jul 19: Unidentified persons fired at the house of a leading Public Works Department contractor at Bevinja, near Cherkala, here on Thursday as police are investigating the suspected role of a Mangalore-based underworld group in the incident. The firing at the house of M.T. Mohammed Kunhi occurred between 5 am and 5.15 am when the male members in the house had gone to a nearby mosque for