Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 2: A 40-year-old man lost his life when a speeding private bus knocked down his motorbike at Hosabettu junction in the city today. The victim has been identified as M K Mariyappa, a resident of Tarikere taluk in Chikkamagaluru district. He was working as a security supervisor in the city. Mariyappa was taking U-turn at Hosabettu junction when the bus plying from Udupi to Mangaluru

Bengaluru, Aug 2: The Congress leadership is said to be asking Siddaramaiah to enter national politics by contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which is crucial for the party to come to power at the Centre. The central leadership considers him “Lok Sabha material” and a force to reckon with, sources in the KPCC said. The sources said Congress president Rahul Gandhi is impressed with the

Mangaluru, Aug 2: The Karnataka government will soon approve the proposal to establish a truck terminal in the vicinity of Baikampady Industrial Area in Mangaluru, assured U T Khader, minister for Urban Development, Housing and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge. Interacting with members of the Kanara Small Industries Association (KSIA) after receiving felicitations here, Mr. Khader said the

Bengaluru, Aug 2: The police have arrested a 25-year-old domestic help, who, along with her husband, allegedly stole 4 kg of gold and diamond jewellery, and two-and-a-half kg of silver articles from her employer. The total value of the items is estimated to be about Rs. 1.5 crore. They were stolen over a period of a year-and-a-half. With the money they got from allegedly selling the jewellery, the

Mangaluru, Aug 1: Passengers who had to fly from Mangaluru to Dubai by a SpiceJet flight in the early hours of Wednesday had to wait for more than 16 hours in the city to take off after the pilots reported sick with malaria. The flight, SG 59, was scheduled to leave at 12.45 a.m. However, it took off at 5 p.m. Hence, the number of passengers came down from the initial 188 to about 30 as many of

Mangaluru, Aug 1: The Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) is checking the possibility of oil leakage from its underground pipelines here, after people complained of a leak. The residents expressed fear over the leaked oil mixing with the Phalguni river water. In a statement today, MRPL said during a routine pipeline corridor inspection from MRPL to New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT)

Bengaluru, Aug 1: Taking a jibe at the opposition, Karnataka Water Resources Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday termed the call for north Karnataka bandh on Thursday demanding separate statehood for the region as "BJP sponsored". "Uttara Karnataka bandh is sponsored by BJP...where did the issue start? Who has spoken? They are the ones who are dividing the state," Shivakumar said. "At any cost

Bengaluru, Aug 1: The III ACMM court on Tuesday remanded L Suresh, Kunigal-based civil contractor, to eight days in the custody of the Special Investigation probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. On July 26, SIT had arrested Suresh, 36, for allegedly providing a motorbike to Gauri’s killers and later destroying evidence like jerkin, helmet and shoes of assailants by burning them

Mangaluru, Aug 1: At least 16 people suffered injuries after a speeding bus crashed into a moving car on a highway near Arkula-Adyar on the outskirts of the city today. According to reports, the bus driver lost control over his vehicle after tyre burst which led to the tragedy. Most of the injured are passengers of the ill-fated bus. Three persons on board the car also suffered injuries. The

Mangaluru, Aug 1: Kadaloor Sathyanarayana Acharya and S H Hosagoudar today took charge as the new Principal District and Sessions Judges of Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada respectively. The two judges was posted by the Karnataka High Court after their predecessors K S Bilagi and V S Dharwadkar, the Principal District and Sessions Judges of Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada, respectively