Karnataka

Bangalore, November 1: Three persons, including a broadcasting engineer of a Kannada news channel, were arrested in connection with the attack on noted industrialist P Dayanand Pai here, a top police official said today. A 9 mm pistol and 30 rounds were recovered from one of the accused, City Police Commissioner Jyotiprakash Mirji told reporters here today. Pai, noted industrialist and member

Mumbai, November 1: Underworld don Chhota Rajan's aide Rohit Thangappan, who was behind bars for the murder of senior scribe Jyotirmoy Dey, was on Wednesday arrested in connection with a firing case involving a hotelier, two days after a local court sought his production, police said. The court had on Monday issued the production warrant after the crime branch, probing the firing at hotelier BR

Mangalore, November 1: The first Commissioner of Mangalore City Police Seemant Kumar Singh, who was recently transferred after two-and-half-year of service, was felicitated and bid farewell by the Commissionerate, here, on Wednesday. 42-year-old Mr Singh had served as the Commissioner of newly established Mangalore Commissionerate from April 30, 2010 to September 2012. Responding to the

Bangalore, November 1: Dr Usman Ghani, a Bangalore-based doctor, detained in Saudi Arabia, was released on Sunday after being held by Kingdom police for 20 days, family source confirmed. Dr Ghani working in National Guard Hospital in Riyadh was detained by Saudi Arabia police based on the request of Bangalore police seeking his arrest in relation with controversial terror module case. Though the

Mangalore, October 31: Mangalore Airport belongs to the people of Mangalore and now it is up to them and everyone connected to it, to see to it that no more room for misapprehensions regarding it given, M R Vasudeva, Outgoing Director, Mangalore International Airport, said. He was speaking at a farewell programme organized by Airport employees at the old airport premises in Bajpe on Wednesday

Mangalore, October 31: Mangalore police arrested two persons on Wednesday on charges of chain-snatching in the city. Acting on a tip off, police arrested Vincent D'Souza (48) and Naveen Sequeira (39) from Hotel Blue Star in Falnir. Four gold necklaces have been recovered from the arrested. In three separate instances, two necklaces weighing 18 sovereign altogether were snatched from a woman in

Mangalore, October 31: An 'Eid get-together' was jointly organised by the Mangalore Corporation Unit of Jamiyyatul Falah (JF) and Shree Ganesha Seva Trust (SGST) at Saanidhya Residential School and Training Centre for the mentally challenged situated in Shaktinagar in Mangalore on Wednesday. Delivering the Eid message, Khatheeb of Hawwa Jumma Masjid, Bolangady, Moulana Yahya Thangal Madani said

Bangalore, October 31: Air India Express will introduce a new flight between Bangalore and Mangalore with effect from November 9. The four-days-a-week flight, IX 508, will leave the city at 7.15 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays to reach Mangalore at 8.15 pm, the airline said in a statement. "For Bangalore passengers this flight will provide a convenient connection to Dubai by flight

Bangalore, October 31: Noted writer Boluwaru Mohammad Kunhi and artist Ramesh Kalladka are among the 50 eminent personalities who have been chosen for coveted Karnataka Rajyotsava award 2012. Minister for Kannada and Culture Govind Karjol on Wednesday announced the names of 57 achievers and 7 institutions, chosen for the precious award which will be conferred on Thursday, November 1, Kannada

Mangalore, October 31: As many as 19 eminent personalities from Dakshina Kannada District will receive the Dakshina Kannada district Rajyotsava award at the Kannada Rajyotsava Day function to be held at Nehru Maidan here on November 1. Announcing the list of awardees at a media conference here on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda said senior journalist and Mangalore bureau