Karnataka

Mangalore, June 24: Almost a year after eloping with her Hindu boy friend and marrying him, a city-based Muslim woman has returned to her parents' home, unable to adjust with her in-laws. Despite the opposition of her family, Shifali (20), a resident of Mangaladevi, had registered her marriage with Divyesh of Boloor on June 17, 2010. Three months ago, Shifali gave birth to a boy, whom Divyesh

Mangalore, June 24: On the occasion of fourteenth death anniversary of Late P V Aithal, P V Aithal's English Yakshagana Troupe has decided to present Yakshagana Field Drama with English dialogue titled 'Lavanasura- Lava Kusha' written by Dr. P Sathyamoorthy Aithala on June 26 at S. D. M Law College Auditorium. Announcing this at a press meet here on Friday, Dr. Sathyamoorhy Aithal, Member of P V

Mangalore, June 24: Personnel of Mangalore North (Bunder) police station headed by PSI Ramakrishna on Thursday arrested a person and seized 600 grams ganja worth Rs. 10,000 from him. The team, based on a tip-off, arrested Abdul Raheem, son of Abdul Azeez and a resident of Ansari road in Bunder, when he was trying to sell it at Mangalore North docks. Police said that he bought the stuff from Kerala

Mangalore, June 24: A verbal war that erupted between two friends over a petty issued ended in the brutal murder of one of them near Nandavara in Bantwal taluk on Thursday. The victim was identified as Sharif (32), a labourer at Basthi. His friend Zubair, who resides close to his house, is accused of clobbering Sharif sharif to death using two smashed soda bottles. Although Zubair himself rushed a

Mangalore, June 24: Popular Front of India (PFI) has condemned the murder of students in Hunsur and urged the police to take stringent action against the criminals involved regardless of what community or organization they belong to. Elyas Muhammad, state president of PFI, categorically asserted that PFI has no connection with the incident and media reports that the accused had the motive of

Udupi, June 23: Members of the Udupi District BJP Yuva Morcha on Thursday evening staged a protest demanding the central government to impose a ban on Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD), for the alleged involvement of its members in the murder of two students of Hunasur. BJP District Vice President and advocate Mattar Rathnakar Hegde alleged that in the absence of a Common Civil Code, a section of

Udupi, June 23: Udupi district unit of Joint Committee of Trade Unions (JCTU) on Thursday evening took out a protest jatha from Service Bus Stand to Taluk Office, against the hike in the price of petrol. Speaking on the occasion member of the Joint Committee of Trade Unions (JCTU), Karnataka, Vishwanath Rai said that announcing the hike in the prices of petrol is the opportunistic move of the UPA

Mngalore, June 23: Three youth including a student were feared dead after they were swept out to Arabian Sea by a rip-tide at Tannirubavi beach on Thursday evening. The missing youth have been identified as Deepak (21), a student and Tilak (23) and Santosh (23). The trio had come to the beach at around 4:30 pm along with their relatives Dhanush, Mahesh, Nithesh, Prashanth all residents of

Mangalore, June 23: A man was crushed to death by a train near Yekkur Railway bridge on the outskirts of the city on Thursday morning. The deceased whose identity could not be ascertained, was wearing a white shirt and black trousers and is believed to be aged between 40 and 45 years. The severity of the accident, which said to be occurred at around 8:30 am, was such that the man's both legs were

Mangalore, June 23: Mangalore City Police have arrested two persons for selling stolen property to a jewellery store here. The arrested are Muhammad Shareef (28), son of late M Abbas and resident of Belma in Deralakatte village and Raees Muhammad Raja (21), son of Abdul Hameed and resident of Uliya road at Ullal. They are accused of assisting Jamaluddin, the prime accused in the extortion case