Karnataka

Bangalore, July 22: The two-month-old murder case of Kundapur based Divya took a new twist with one of the initial suspects being killed by a gang of miscreants in Jaraganahalli here. The J P Nagar police said Manjunath (22) was attacked by an armed gang of four while he was standing outside his house after dinner on Friday night. Manjunath, a cab driver involved in a murder attempt at

Mangalore, July 22: Three youths sustained severe injuries when the car in which they were traveling met with an accident near Pandith House on the outskirts of the city late on Saturday night. The injured have been identified as Jubin Baby Abraham, Shaheen and Praveen Prakash, all students of A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences. The injured have been admitted to a private hospital in

Puttur, July 22: Amidst the ongoing efforts to end the stand-off between Muslim students and management of the Sri Ramakunjeshwara First Grade College at Ramakunja in Puttur taluk, the adamant principal of the College has gone on to the extent of lodging complaint against 14 students. The fresh development came a day after hundreds of students staged a protest in front of the College on Friday

Manipal, July 22: A 14-foot-long python sighted on the campus of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) here created tension for a few hours on Saturday. The Indian rock python was resting on a tree near Venugopal Temple on the campus. Forest officials and snake catcher Gururaj Sanil managed to trap the python with the help of a rope. Range Forest Office Prakash Poojary said the staff of the

Udupi, July 22: Timely action by brave residents saved the life of a leopard which had fallen into a well in Kukkupalke village of Udupi district on Saturday. A local woman who went to fetch water at around 6: 30 am saw the wild cat holding on to a water pipe inside the well. The worried woman alerted her neighbours. The news of leopard's presence inside the well spread like wildfire and dozens of

Mangalore, July 22: In a tragic incident, a fisherman was drowned and two others were rescued after their boat capsized near Kotepura Kodi in Ullal on Saturday. While Michael D'Souza (40), fisherman from Bunder, was washed away, David and Jayaram swam to safety. According to local fishermen, at around 6 a.m., their boat developed a technical snag and capsized owing to strong winds. Boy drowns

Mangalore, July 21: Several electricity poles were damaged in Yekkur and Police Lane when two trees were uprooted owing to strong winds on Saturday evening. Supply of electricity was snapped in Yekkur and Police Lane. Two electric poles were damaged when a tree near Ganapati temple in Police Lane fell on them. It also damaged a police motorcycle and a portion of a residential quarters in Police

Kasargod, July 21: Municipal and Health and Food department officials carried out raids in various hotels and food outlets, including bakeries, for the third day on Saturday as part of the State-wide searches being made in the wake of the recent death of a youth who consumed contaminated food items in an outlet in Thiruvananthapuram. Health officials inspect a restaurant in Kasaragod The

Bangalore, July 21: Four long months in prison under charges of waging a war against the Indian State, having to face the humiliation of being made to write an examination in chains and being denied permission to enrol into the third year of his journalism course at the Mangalore University, have evidently not dulled Vittal Malekudiya's resolve. Weeks after he was released, the 22-year-old shared

Mangalore, July 21: A decision with regard to banning plastic in Dakshina Kannada district would be taken soon, said C T Ravi, District In-charge Minister, Dakshina Kannada. He was speaking to media persons after participating in a review meet held at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Saturday. Responding to a query on plastic ban, Mr. Ravi admitted that at the moment, the