Karnataka

Kasaragod, Sept 5: A court here has acquitted six people accused in the murder of Communist Party of India (Marxist) activist M.B. Balakrishnan at Mangad, near Uduma, here in September 2013. Pronouncing the verdict on Tuesday, the Principal District Sessions Court acquitted Congress workers A.K. Ranjith, 34; A. Suresh, 29; U. Sreejayan, 43; Shyam Mohan, 23; Majeed; and Shibu, stating that the

Bengaluru, Sept 5: A year after senior journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her residence in Rajarajeshwarinagar, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the case is just a few steps away from cracking the case. The SIT has so far arrested 12 accused in the case and also established various links to the previous killings of rationalists M M Kalburgi on August 30, 2015, in Dharwad

Bengaluru, Sept 4: Minister for Urban Development and Housing U T Khader was on Tuesday hospitalized after his health condition worsened due to lack of rest and sleep deprivation. Mr Khader, who is also the district in charge minister of Dakshina Kannada, has been suffering from severe back ache and left leg pain for past few days. Though he was receiving treatment, the problem worsened today

Mangaluru, Sept 4: Tension prevailed for a while during the dahi handi celebrations at Kadri in the city after an inebriated man allegedly touched a woman inappropriately. An officer from Mangaluru East police station said the inebriated man touched the woman inappropriately once. She ignored it thinking it an inadvertent act. The man took advantage of this and allegedly touched her again. This

Manglauru, Sept 4: A youth from Puttur taluk in Dakshina Kannada district died at a private hospital in the city due to suspected rabies. The victim Ashith, son of Anand Poojary, a resident of Ichlampady Kayarthadka village in Puttur, had had just completed his engineering from a private college in Sullia. As he developed severe pain in the waist, he was admitted to a private hospital in Puttur

Raichur, Sept 4: Veteran Kannada actor and politician Doddanna has been hospitalised after he fell down at the restroom of the guest house of RTPS at Shaktinagar in Raichur district on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred when the actor had gone inside to relieve himself. After being informed by his wife, the guest house staff lifted him and brought outside. His wife started weeping as Doddanna

Bengaluru, Sept 4: Karnataka is likely to get seven new ministers, while 30 legislators of the Congress and the JD (S) will be adjusted as chairmen of top corporations and boards in the state, according to party leaders. The Karnataka state cabinet will be expanded by the third week of September to its full strength of 34, with the addition of seven new ministers, JDS Secretary general Danish Ali

Udupi, Sept 4: Over eight years after the coldblooded murder of reputed paediatrician Dr Sharath Kumar, a local court in Bengaluru has convicted all the seven accused in the case. The 63rd additional city civil and sessions court awarded life imprisonment to the seven convicts — Ravi Kumar, 36, of RMS Colony in Sanjaynagar; Aswathgowda, 33, of Geddalahalli; Shivaprathap, 33, of Nandini Layout

Udupi, Sept 4: After receiving a drubbing in the elections to the four urban local bodies in Udupi district, the Congress has gone into an introspective mode. The ULB poll results are the second major blow to the Congress in the coastal district after losing all assembly constituencies in the district to BJP in May this year. Janardhan Tonse, President of the District Congress Committee, said the

Kasaragod, Sept 4: The police here have arrested two people in connection with the smuggling of 1.2 kg of 24 carat gold to the tune of Rs. 38 lakh from a Gulf country. On a tip off, a team led by Kasaragod Town Police Principal Sub-Inspector P. Ajithkumar on Sunday evening arrested Abdul Shahid, 25, a resident of Nellikkunnu here, and Shamir, 30, from Vidyanagar here. The arrest was made when