Karnataka

New Delhi, Jun 24: Rescuers working to evacuate stranded pilgrims in Uttarakhand claim to have recovered over Rs 1 crore over the past two days from the last few batches to be airlifted, money that had apparently been looted from this devastated town. The stolen jewellery and money, some of it in muddied and wet bundles of cash, amounts to Rs 1.25 crore and will be dispatched soon to the district

Mangalore, Jun 24: Four days after the gang-rape of a 22-year-old MBBS student at Manipal, Udupi district Police has finalised the sketch of one of the accused based on the description given by the victim. Sketches of the other two accused were expected to be released soon, according to Udupi SP Dr Boralinagaiah. The fourth year medical student was abducted and raped by three men in an

Mangalore, Jun 24: The new block of Lady Goschen hospital in the city, sponsored by ONGC-MRPL, will be completed by December 2014. The first two stories of the building will be inaugurated on March 18 next year, said Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily. Mr Moily made an inspection of the on-going work in the new building of the hospital. Speaking to mediapersons during a

Mangalore, Jun 24: Mangalore City Police have arrested the main accused in the murder case of assistant bank manager Anjana who was strangled to death in Bejai-Kapikad in April this year. Mahesh, the boyfriend of Anjana, is the arrested person, who was nabbed in Gujarati City of Surat by the Urwa police and brought to Mangalore. Anjana had been working as assistant manager in the Katipalla branch

Bangalore, Jun 24: Four persons including a reporter of a Kannada daily were trampled to death in Kolar and Bangalore Rural districts since Saturday afternoon by marauding herds of wild elephants. While three people were killed in Malur taluk on Saturday, a media person who tried to take photographs of the elephants was trampled to death in Hoskote taluk of Bangalore district on Sunday. The dead

Manipal, Jun 24: At least four persons were taken into custody for questioning in connection with alleged gang-rape of a medical student of Manipal University, police sources said. The Inspector General of Police (Western Range), Prathap Reddy C?H, also confirmed that four people, including some auto-rickshaw drivers, were detained. Of the eight teams formed to investigate the case, about three

Bantwal, Jun 24: An incident of a fatal assault by a group on a person on Saturday night has been reported from Kanyana in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Aboobakkar Siddiq, son of Muhammad, a Poyyagudde resident, was attacked by a group in Golikatte near Kanyana. Siddiq, who sustained severe injuries, has been admitted to a private hospital in Mangalore and his condition is said to be

Jeddah, Jun 24: The Ministry of Labor is currently devising a new initiative to nationalize the Kingdom's retail sector. The move is expected to generate 600,000 job opportunities for Saudi nationals, and is therefore set to pose a considerable threat to the current foreign manpower working in the sector. Undersecretary at the Ministry of Labor Ahmed Al-Humaidan said the objective of the

Mangalore, Jun 24: Reem Dates & Nuts, a new shop was opened on fourth floor of City Centre Mall in Mangalore. Mangalore Qazi Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar formally inaugurated the shop. It is an exclusive store, selling finest quality dates and dried fruits, with wide range from different parts of the world according to the proprietors.

Mangalore, Jun 23: The state government must not think twice in taking action against officials who are sometimes hand in glove with anti-social elements carrying out sexual assaults, said M Veerappa Moily, Union Petroleum Minister. Speaking to media persons on the Manipal gang rape incident on the sidelines of a programme in Manjeshwar on Sunday, Mr. Moily said that many a time officials and