Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 7: The police have arrested a 50-year-old man on charge of sexually assaulting seven minor boys who he tutored in Arabic and Kannada at his house under the limits of Ashok Nagar police station in Bengaluru. Shockingly, the accused Muneer Abbas Ali, who hails from hails from Gauribidanur, was working as a muezzin of a mosque in Bengaluru for past 10 years. “He is married and has two

Mangaluru, Dec 7: Two persons have been arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Mangaluru city police, who busted a cricket betting racket yesterday. The arrested are Alwyn Kiran Montero, 23, and Kishore D’souza, 39, a resident of Pilar. The police seized Rs 2.06 lakh in cash from the duo. An official communiqué here said the CCB police on getting information about betting during India

Mangaluru, Dec 7: Mangalore City Police have booked a case against a person for allegedly demanding the 'encounter' of former Union Minister and Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary. The suspect who claimed to be an ardent supporter in his statement said that he was upset with Poojary for his pro-Ram Temple remarks, however had no criminal intent. On Thursday, the Kavoor police booked a case

Riyadh, Dec 6: Abdul Khader, popularly known as "Emirate Khader", aged about 62, died along with his father-in-law Mulky Bawa Basrikatte due to road accident that took place today early morning (06/12/2018) near Jooda, which is on Riyadh-Dammam highway express. He was returning back from Makkah after performing Umrah along with his family. Others sustained minor injuries initially being

Mangaluru, Dec 6: In a bid to understand how pollution is affecting people’s health on a daily basis, Mangaluru’s Regional transport Office (RTO) in association with the Anti-Pollution Drive Foundation (APD) has released a paper revealing the ‘impact of air pollution on the health of outdoor workers’ at a unique event in the coastal city. The paper is based on the results of a series of Pulmonary

Belagavi, Dec 6: 'Marriages are made in Heaven' and for this young bride and groom the graveyard became heaven as they entered wedlock at Sadashivanagar graveyard here on Thursday. Former Minister Satish Jarkiholi had organized a programme of graveyard stay under the banner of 'Manav Bandhutva Vedike' on death anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar as ‘anti-superstition day’. The inter-caste marriage took

Kalaburagi, Dec 6: The Veerashaiva-Lingayat Swabhimanigala Balaga, a Veerashaiva community outfit here, on Thursday demanded reservation for economically weaker section within the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community as done in Maratha community modal in Maharashtra. Addressing a joint Press conference here on Thursday, M S Patil Naribol and Divya Hagaragi, President and head of Women’s wing

Bengaluru, Dec 6: The Bengaluru Police on Thursday ruled out possibility of any sabotage in the the cylender blast at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in which a research researcher died on the spot and three others seriously injured. The 32-year-old research engineer Manoj Kumar died and three others sustained serious injuries in the blast that took place in IISc's Aerospace Engineering

Mysuru, Dec 6: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Women wing President Pushpa Amaranath today urged for more berth to fair sex in the expansion of the Cabinet of Congress-JDS Coalition government scheduled for December 22. Speaking to newsmen here on Thursday, she said as many as four to five women Legislators are in the race and one should be included in the Cabinet. In this regard she

Bengaluru, Dec 6: The much awaited Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting, for which JD(S) leader and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy were also invited on December 8, was postponed as the Coalition Government Coordination Committee which met here yesterday decided to hold the Cabinet expansion on December 22. According to sources a communication had been sent to Congress and JDS Legislators in