Karnataka

Mangalore, May 25: A nine-member committee has been set up by Mangalore City Police Commissioner Manish Kharbikar to probe into allegations of harassment at workplace levelled by assistant sub-inspector Srikala KT against assistant commissioner of police (ACP) South division TR Jagannath. The committee is headed by Mangalore central division ACP Kavitha BT. Manish has also accepted a request by

Udupi, May 25: Two children drowned in a river near Karvalu at Alevoor gram panchayat on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Prateek Nayak (8) and his cousin Karthik Nayak (6), both residents of Karvalu. Police said that Pratheek and Karthik were missing since Saturday. They had left home to play as it was a holiday. The search for duo ended with the tracing of their bodies in the river

Mangalore, May 25: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, an 8-year-old boy was electrocuted to death after he accidentally touched a power transformer while playing near his house in Mangalore on Saturday evening. The deceased has been identified as Nadeem son of Abdul Sattar, a resident of Husna Mansion at Jeppu Kutpady in the city. He was a class IV student at Sarojini Madhusudan Kushe School, Attavar

Mangalore, May 25: With the police department almost shaken by the sexual harassment case filed by Pandeshwar ASI Shrikala against Assistant Commissioner of Police T R Jagannath, the Home Minister has asked the Police Commissioner to furnish a report on the same. Health Minister U T Khader addressing the reporters in Mangalore on Saturday said that he has brought the matter to the notice of the

Mangalore, May 25: With increased number of epidemic cases being reported in the State, the Health Minister U T Khader has said that he has directed the health officials to take steps to control the epidemic on war footing basis. “Plans will be chalked out after holding district-level officials' meet so as to see to it that the situation does not go out of control,” he said. Addressing a news

Mangalore, May 25: Strongly retaliating at the Bharatiya Janata Party for alleging that the state Congress government was indulging in revenge politics, veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary said that it was the BJP government that had resorted to revenge politics by means of attacks on churches and mosques, and putting reporters doing their duty in jail. Addressing a press conference here

Jeddah, May 25: Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, received a message from the Vice President of the Republic of India, Dr. Mohammed Hamid Ansari. The message was delivered to the Crown Prince during an audience here on Saturday with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid. During the meeting, they discussed prospects of bilateral cooperation between

Bangalore, Jun 25: Member of Legislative Council S?R?Patil was sworn-in as minister by Governor H?R?Bhardwaj at the Raj Bhavan, here on Saturday. A total of 30 ministerial berths, including that of the chief minister, have been filled up, leaving four vacant. Patil is yet to be given a portfolio. Patil, 65, is the only MLC?to become a minister in Siddaramaiah's council of ministers. He took oath

Mangalore, May 25: Mangalore City South MLA J R Lobo's new office was inaugurated by senior Congress leader Janardhan Poojary on Saturday. The spacious office is located on the first floor of KUDCEMP building in Kadri. After cutting the ribbon, Janardhan Poojary and others lit the lamp and inaugurated the premises of the MLA's office. A small crowd thronged into the new office during the

Bangalore, May 25: The Lokayukta police conducted raids on the residence of six government officials across the State and came away with a rich haul of assets that are ostensibly disproportionate to the officials' known sources of income. Additional Director General of Police (Lokayukta) H N Sathyanarayana Rao said the raids were conducted in Bangalore, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Davangere and