Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 12: A college student attending her male Facebook friend’s birthday party was allegedly raped by the latter’s roommate in HAL area in Bengaluru. The accused, Adithya K, a resident of Doddanekkundi near HAL and from Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, has been arrested by the police He is a software engineer with a private firm in Marathahalli. Police said Adithya shared a flat with his

Bengaluru, Feb 12: A teenage engineering student, who was allegedly blackmailed by two female Facebook friends, committed suicide by hanging at his paying guest accommodation near Kadubeesanahalli, southeast Bengaluru. The deceased is Athish S Nayak (19), a native of from Kalaburagi was residing at Sri Ram PG in Kariyammana Agrahara. He was a II-semester BE (civil) student of a Marathahalli

Bengaluru, Feb 12: The High Court of Karnataka has ordered issue of notices to the State police on a habeas corpus writ petition, which has alleged that Mahesh Iranagouda Kumathalli, Congress MLA from Athani, has been kept under illegal detention by Ramesh Jarkiholi, disgruntled Congress MLA from Gokak, in Mumbai. A Division Bench comprising Justice K N Phaneendra and Justice K. Natarajan passed

Bengaluru, Feb 11: The High Court of Karnataka today refused to grant bail to Mohan Nayak M., accused number 11 in journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder case, while observing that prima facie there was sufficient material against him to decline his plea. Nayak, a resident of Mundadka in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, is currently lodged at Bengaluru Central Prison. While it was contended

Mangaluru, Feb 11: The Udupi District Police have arrested two police constables in connection with the Kota double murder case here. Superintendent of Police Laxman Nimbargi said here on Monday that the two police constables arrested in the case were Pavan Amin (31) and Veerendra Acharya (31). Both were serving as constables in the District Armed Reserve (DAR) Police. Both Amin and Acharya had

Mangaluru, Feb 11: The Bajpe police along with officials from Revenue and Mines and Geology Departments on Sunday seized three boats which were being used to extract sand illegally from the Phalguni (Gurupura) in Addoor village. A communiqué from Mangaluru police said the boats were worth about Rs. 5 lakh. Assistant Commissioner of Police (North) Srinivasa Gowda guided the operation led by Bajpe

Mangaluru, Feb 11: Within days after seizure of $ 10,000 from a Dubai bound passenger, the Customs at the Mangaluru International Airport have seized various foreign currencies valued at Rs 7.65 lakh from another Dubai-bound passenger. The Customs officials stated that on Sunday they seized US Dollars, Euros and Dirhams from a passenger, which was concealed in between clothes in the check-in

Madikeri, Feb 11: A peaceful bandh was observed in Kushalanagara town on Monday by the members of Cauvery Taluk Horta Kendriya Samithi demanding the formation of Cauvery Taluk. Schools and Colleges in the Taluk remained closed, Commercial establishments, petrol bunks and other activities came to standstill in support of the Bandh. Kushalanagara Chamber of Commerce extended support to the Bandh

Bengaluru, Feb 11: Karnataka Congress on Monday recommended disqualification of its four MLAs who did not attend the ongoing state budget, as well as the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meet ahead of the budget. The four MLAs - Ramesh Jarhikoli, Umesh Jadhav, Mahesh Kumatalli and N B Nagendra - did not attend the state budget session as well as the CLP meeting despite a whip issued by the party

Three Indian teams are among the 12 finalists who will vie for the top slot in the Microsoft Imagine Cup Asia Regional Semifinals in Sydney and move one step closer to win the grand prize of $100,000 at the world championship in the US. First place at the Asia competition will secure $15,000 and a spot in the world championship to be able to win the grand price of $100,000 at Microsoft's Redmond