Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 5: A 24-year-old man has been arrested for posting "abusive" comments against Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on social media platform Instagram, police said here today. Prashant Poojary (24), of nearby Bantwal, was arrested yesterday by Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths based on a suo motu complaint, they said. The message containing "derogatory" comments against

Udupi, Aug 4: Personnel of the Forest Department trapped a leopard at Malady village near Kundapur in the district on Saturday. The big cat’s movement had created a sense of fear among the people of the village in the past three months, and it had even eaten some dogs there. Forest officials subsequently set up a cage to trap the leopard about a week ago. The local Thekkatte Gram Panchayat too was

Mangaluru, Aug 4: Two men lost their lives when their two-wheelers were knocked down by other vehicles in two separate road mishaps occurred on Saturday in Mangaluru. Prajwal D'Souza (24) was killed when a lorry rammed into his motorbike from behind near Padil. The reckless driver dragged the victim for a few metres on the road by not stopping the lorry immediately. Later, the driver fled the

Mangaluru, Aug 5: Janata Dal (Secular) leader S L Bhoje Gowda has sparked row by accusing the Congress party of ignoring Hindus in coastal Karnataka. Speaking to media persons in the city, the MLC said that his party, under the leadership of chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, will not lose the trust of Hindus by following the path of Congress. According to Mr Gowda, the main reason behind Congress’

Udupi, Aug 4: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy-led state government and leaders of Congress party have manipulated the reservation for the municipal wards for Udupi City Municipal Council to ensure that strong BJP candidates could not contest the polls, alleged Udupi MLA K Raghupati Bhat. Mr. Bhat, however, said that the BJP leaders were capable of facing the present reservation of wards. “The

Mangaluru, Aug 4: A 16-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Bettampady in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district under mysterious circumstances. The deceased has been identified as Shreeramana Kumar, a Class 10 student, and a resident of Bettampady. According to police, the boy may have hanged himself between 12am and 6am on Friday. The victim has

Mangaluru, Aug 4: A passenger, who arrived from Dubai was arrested after customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport found around 1.5 kg of gold worth Rs 45 lakh concealed inside four emergency lanterns he was carrying. According to sources, the passenger, a 30-year-old man hailing from Kasaragod, arrived in an Air India Express flight about 5am. Customs officials who were on duty grew

Mangaluru, Aug 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is the opposition party in Mangaluru City Corporation has accused a civic body committee of brazenly flouting rules and approving an office to J R Lobo, Congress leader and former MLA of Mangaluru City South, in the corporation’s commercial complex at Mallikatta. Premananda Shetty, Leader of the Opposition in the MCC, said the Standing Committee

Chikkaballapur, Aug 4: Two brave boys rescued a 5-year-old girl from drowning by exhibiting great presence of mind at Appegowdanahalli village in Shidlaghatta taluk of Chikkaballapur district. The incident took place on Thursday while Poorvika (5) was playing. She accidently slipped into a 9-foot sump near her house, where her neighbour Ganeshappa, is constructing a house. 6-year-old Satvik and 5

Mangaluru, Aug 4: Cases were slapped against as many as 193 conductors by the Mangaluru City Traffic Police in a single day for not issuing tickets to passengers. The cops also collected a fine of Rs 19,300 through Friday’s operation. The unexpected action was a fallout of the weekly phone-in programme of City Police Commissioner T.R. Suresh, wherein many callers used to complain about non-issue