Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 1: The police have arrested a 19-year-old diploma student, the princpal of his polytechnic and the founder for alleged rape attempt on an eight-year-old girl in the washroom of the same college on Wednesday. G Suman took the girl from his neighbourhood along with him in the morning on the pretext of dropping her to school, said Avalahalli police. “He forcibly took her into the

Manglauru, Oct 31: In what could be termed as victory for the local residents and commuters, the council of Mangaluru City Corporation has passed a resolution to recommend to the government to close down the toll gate on NH 66 at Surathkal. Councillors of both the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP agreed to the same during Wednesday’s council meeting. The councillors said that since the toll

Hyderabad, Oct 31: Eleven-year-old Mohammed Hassan Ali teaches students of Bachelors and Masters in Technology. The Hyderabad boy does not charge any fees from his 'students' and wants to teach a thousand engineers by end of 2020. Speaking to media, Ali said, "I have been doing this since last year. I go to school in the morning and I am back home by 3 pm. I play and do my homework. By 6 pm, I go

Dubai/Mangaluru, Oct 31: Hawwa Naseema, the only daughter of Karnataka Minister for Urban Development and Housing, will be representing India in the 3rd edition of the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak International Holy Quran Competition to be held from November 4 to 16 as part of Dubai International Holy Quran Award (Dihqa). The 13-year-old girl, who aspires to become an Islamic scholar, has the

Bengaluru, Oct 31: With the high profile campaign for by-elections to three Lok Sabha and two Assembly segments in Karnataka to be held on November 3, political mudslinging is on the rife. Social media users came out in support of former chief minister Siddaramaiah after he posted a stirring tweet directed at mining czar G Janardhan Reddy for commenting on his son Rakesh Siddaramaiah’s death. BJP

Bengaluru, Oct 31: Karnataka Cyber Crime sleuths have arrested two people for helping Online robbers with details to withdraw money illegally from accounts of private citizens. Police said on Wednesday that the arrested were identified as G Kamalakar and N Vinod. Police had arrested Raghavendra and Rakesh Kumar in connection with a cyber crime and they were under Judicial custody. During

Shivamogga, Oct 31: Congress leader and minister of irrigation and medical education D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party was hesitating to seek vote in the name of Narendra Modi as the people have already realised he is unfit to become the prime minister of this great country. “The BJP local leaders are seeking votes in Yeddyurappa’s name in Shivamogga and Sriramulu’s

Bengaluru, Oct 31: Former Ranji off-spinner Prakash Rathod and social worker U B Venkatesh, both from Congress party, were on Tuesday nominated to the Karnataka Legislative Council by Governor Vajubhai Vala, as per the recommendations made by State government. The names of Mr Rathod and Mr Venkatesh were recommended for nomination by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. Meanwhile, Ms Vinisha Nero, was

Neglecting his limping leg, a 53-year-old coolie worker raced 6 kms to alert railway authorities of a broken track and averted a major railway mishap at Udupi last Saturday. By the time the railway team reached the spot, the earlier gap in the track had already widened and the train bound from Goa was on arrival. Diagnosed with a nerve issue in his right-leg over a year ago, Krishna Poojary was at

Bengaluru, Oct 31: A 30-year-old software engineer allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of his paying guest accommodation at Neeladri Layout near Electronics City, southeast Bengaluru, on Monday evening. K Settu Kumar from Chennai was an employee of a leading IT firm in Electronics City. He is suspected to have taken the extreme step as he was saddled with loans totalling Rs 1.5