Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 4: The Urva Police in Mangaluru have arrested two persons from Bengaluru on the charge of blackmailing a city based man and extorting money from him. The police said that Aditya alias Ashwini (19), resident of Subedar Palya, Yeshwantpur, had impersonated as a woman and got in touch with the complainant through Facebook. After luring the complainant and getting his photograph, the

Mangaluru, Oct 4: A special police team constituted to investigate two assault cases, said to be retaliatory ones, reported from Moodbidri police limits on September 24, arrested three persons in each case. Dhanaraj (25), a resident of Thokur, Dinesh Poojary (38), a resident of Sasihithlu, and Shashwath Shetty (23), a resident of Honnakatte, were arrested in connection with the assault on Imtiyaz

New Delhi: Congress' social media in-charge Divya Spandana, aka Ramya, set aside rumours suggesting that she has either resigned or been sacked from her post when the description on her Twitter bio changed. "Actor, Former Member of Parliament and currently handles social media and digital communication for Congress": that’s what her Twitter bio read after the actor-turned-politician was picked by

Mangaluru, Oct 3: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Police have successfully trapped Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayath Integrated Rural Energy Project Engineer Nagesh while accepting bribe of Rs 30,000 for showing official favour. According to ACB, a resident of Kavalabettu in Bantwal taluk, of the coastal district and owner of bio gas turnkey agency had sought to release the subsidy amount for

Srinagar, Oct 3: Even after removal of Haj subsidy a record number of 1,75,025 pilgrims from India preformed Hajj 2018, when air fare from different destinations, including Jammu and Kashmir was also reduced. A Press Information Bureau (PIB) release issued here on Wednesday evening said that Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that it is for the first time after

Bengaluru, Oct 3: Mohammed Nalapad, son of Congress MLA N A Haris, was seen leading the Karnataka Youth Congress workers' protest against the Rafale deal outside the HAL office in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Nalapad, who was in the news for assaulting a youth, Vidwath, at an upmarket restaurant in Bengaluru in February, reportedly mobilised the crowd for the protest rally. This comes around seven

Mangaluru, Oct 3: In an attempt to set continuous growth of an ecosystem to fuel the constructive innovation by young entrepreneur aspirants and students of Dakshina Kannada districts, Central and State Government through its ambitious “Startup-programme” approved various schemes with financial support of 4 crores rupees to P A College of Engineering, Mangaluru for the next three years. Under

Hassan, Oct 3: Issuing a stern warning to nationalised banks against issuing notices to farmers with respect to loan recovery, Public Works Minister H.D. Revanna has said bank managers will be held responsible if a farmer commits suicide. Speaking to presspersons here, Mr. Revanna pointed out that the government had taken a decision to waive farm loans borrowed from nationalised banks as well. “If

Mangaluru/Udupi, Oct 3: Harishchandra K P, an inspector of coastal security force from Hejamadi in Udupi district died of cardiac arrest today. The 54-year-old officer is survived by wife and two children. According to sources, he suffered cardiac arrest at his residence in Kolnad, Mulki in Mangaluru taluk. He was immediately rushed to Mukka hospital where doctors pronounced him brought dead. For

Mandya, Oct 3: At least four persons including a local politician were killed and over 20 persons suffered injuries when a goods truck ran amok on the busy Guthalu Road near Benaka Samudaya Bhavana in Mandya last night. According to police, the Bengaluru registration truck was transporting tender-coconuts from Bharathinagar to Mandya when the driver lost control over it around 8.05 p.m. The