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Udupi, Feb 3: A four-year-old boy was killed when a lorry hit him at Goliyangady in Belve village in Kundapur taluk of Udupi on Saturday. According to the police, Amshik was standing by the side of the road when the accident occurred. Rash and negligent driving by the truck driver is said to be the cause of accident. A case has been registered at the jurisdictional Shankarnaryana police station.

Udupi, Feb 3: A foreign national has tested positive for the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD or monkey fever) and is receiving treatment at Kasturba Hospital in Manipal here. The hospital on Saturday said that the patient is 33 years old woman and is from France. Sources in the Department of Health and Family Welfare said here that the woman was visiting the tourist spot of Yana in Uttara Kannada

Bengaluru, Feb 3: Amid the looming threat of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy facing a no-confidence motion during the upcoming Budget session of the legislature, four disgruntled legislators have kept the Congress on edge as they remain incommunicado. Gokak MLA and former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, Athani MLA Mahesh Kumthalli, Chincholi MLA Umesh Jadhav and Bellary MLA B Nagendra have been under

Bengaluru, Feb 3: Three men were arrested on charges of murdering an autorickshaw driver who allegedly stared at them. The killing happened on January 24 at NGEF Layout in Nagarabavi. R Raghu of Mallathahalli was stabbed to death outside a bar and CCTV footage had shown the three men, sitting at the next table, had attacked him around 11.40pm. Sridhar alias Rowdy Sridhar alias Gorilla, J Manjesh

Bengaluru, Feb 3: A passenger, who attempted to slip away with over Rs 12 lakh worth of gold biscuits in the inner pockets of his jeans, was caught at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Saturday. The suspect, an Indian passport holder, had travelled on the Gulf Air flight GF 282 from Bahrain to Bengaluru. The aircraft landed at KIA at 3.45am on Saturday and the officials zeroed in on

Bengaluru, Feb 3: A 32-y e ar-old private firm employee, who was searching for a suitable match for his younger sister on matrimonial websites, was cheated of Rs 1.2 lakh by a tech-savvy gang. Saurabh Kumar Nema, a resident of Jakkasandra Extension, approached Koramangala police on Thursday and filed a complaint against two people, including the man who posed as prospective bridegroom. Nema said

Mysuru, Feb 3: Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy alleged that the Union governmentcheated people of Karnataka as none of the major demands of the state has been fulfilled in the Budget. Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Kumaraswamy stated there are confusions regarding tax benefits announced in the Budget. “The people of the state elected 17 BJP MPs. They failed to bring any major projects to

Bengaluru, Feb 3: Newly appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may launch a blitzkrieg campaign in Karnataka to counter the Narendra Modi-led BJP for the 2019 general elections, if the local Congress leaders here have their way. KPCC campaign committee chairman and senior Congress leader HK Patil gave enough indication that Priyanka, who has been given charge of the party in

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Karnataka BJP Saturday hit out at Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy for claiming credit for the arrest of underworld gangster Ravi Pujari from Senegal and asked him to show "some guts" and stop crimes in the state. It also took a dig at Kumaraswamy by referring to him as "Anna" (big brother), as the chief minister is usually referred to. The party also asked the chief minister show

Kasaragod, Feb 2: The sleuths of the National Investigation Agency have arrested another absconding accused in the 2006 Kerala twin blasts from the airport in New Delhi. P.P. Yoosaf, who had since been absconding, was arrested on Friday from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after he arrived from Saudi Arabia, an NIA spokesperson said. He was produced later in the day before an NIA