Karnataka

Udupi, May 31: A local Bajrang Dal leader, who attempted to molest a woman landed in massive trouble when the local residents nabbed him and thrashed him black and blue. The incident took place at Kandlur near Basrur of Kundapur taluk in Udupi district. The molester has been identified as Dinesh Acharya, a resident of Kandlur and co-convener of Kundapur unit of Bajrang Dal. The police, who took

Bangalore, May 31: Karnataka's ruling Congress Friday won a keenly contested assembly seat, taking its tally in the 225-member house to 122. The BJP finished in the fourth spot. K. Venkatesh Congress nominee K. Venkatesh defeated K. Mahadev of the Janata Dal-Secular by over 2,000 votes in the May 28 poll whose votes were counted Friday. Periyapatna, about 200 km from here, did not vote with the

Mangalore, May 31: With heavy rains that poured over Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday evening, a pregnant woman was struck by a lightning bolt and died in Belthangady taulk. The deceased is Shameera (23) a resident of Gerukatte, who was four months pregnant. Due to the intensity of a lightning bolt which struck a tree next to the house, Shameera who was in the house died on the spot. She had

Uppinangady (Dakshina Kannada), May 31: Young talent from Uppinagady, Nihal Noojibail, has been selected to receive an award as part of the drawing competition held during Mitsubishi Asian Children's Enikki Festa held under the aegis of UNESCO. Nihal, who is the 6th standard student of Indraprastha Vidyalay has been selected in the 10-years category. Nihal competed with 70,899 students

Puttur, May 31: In an unsuccessful theft attempt, six houses located in Ramnagar near Uppinangady in Puttur taluk were broken into late at night on Thursday. The houses belonging to Hameed, Ibrahim, Hyder, Mustaq, Musa Beary and Shahul Hameed located around Ramnagar were broken into on Thursday when the occupants of the houses were asleep. The thieves gained entry into the houses by breaking doors

Mangalore, May 31: A lady was looted of her ornaments estimated to cost about Rs 7 lakh, by an auto driver and two of his aides, on Thursday mornin in Mangalore. At about 4.30 am on Thursday, Farah Kauser, a resident of Vijayanagar in Bangalore got off the Bangalore bus at Balmatta in Mangalore, along with her mother and son and hired an auto to go to Bikarnakatte. On traveling a distance the

Mangalore, May 31: The Imagine Trust, in collaboration with two schools of Mangalore, has taken its first step towards creating green schools. The Bangalore-based NGO took up the pilot project in St Joseph's Joyland School, Kolya and Infant Jesus Joyland School, Bolar. Volunteers from Imagine conducted a half day's workshop for the teachers of these schools recently. Over 50 teachers participated

Kochi, May 31 In a 'big boost' to Kerala Tourism, the first seaplane, which would commence service from Ashtamudi Lake in Kollam to Punnamada Lake in Alapuzha on June 2, landed here to a warm welcome on Thursday. The project, to be formally launched by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, aims at connecting various backwater destinations in the state. The Seaplane was given a 'water salute' as it touched

Bangalore, May 31: The state government is understood to have decided to ban the manufacture and sale of gutka and panmasala. A formal announcement in this regard is likely to be made on the occasion of World Tobacco Day on Friday. Gutka has been banned as per the Centre's Food Safety and Standards of India Act. Though the Union government notified the Act a year ago making it mandatory for all

Mangalore, May 30: With no progress in the investigation even after constituting an Inquiry committee to look into the sexual harassment case filed by a woman ASI against a senior police officer, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Forum Against Atrocities of Women (FAAW), Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS) and other like-minded organisations, have urged the government to intercede in the