Karnataka

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

Mangaluru, Aug 1: Delay in completing widening work on National Highway 66, including the construction of flyovers at Pumpwell and Thokkottu junctions today spurred the activists of Indian National Congrress to stage a protest at the construction site in the city. The protest was jointly organised by the Mangaluru City South and Mangaluru City North Assembly constituency units of the party. There

Belthangady, Aug 1: A dejected lover caused a road accident by ramming his pick up vehicle into an auto-rickshaw, assaulted its driver and two female passengers and molested them near Gandibagilu village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The accused, identified as Thomas, was arrested by the jurisdictional Dharmasthala police after the Monday’s incident. The police said that a 20

Kasaragod, Aug 1: A team of municipal officials that carried out surprise inspection at 17 food outlets in various parts of the town seized rotten food items from 13 outlets. The operation, thus, exposed the lack of teeth in the regular exercise to check food security. The raid carried out by a four-member team of the municipality’s Health officials, assisted by the curious local people, found

Bengaluru, Aug 1: In a bid to alleviate the anguish of the people in North Karnataka amidst allegations of neglecting the region in recent budget, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has promised to grant Belagavi city the status of second capital the state and shift some government departments to Suvarna Vidhana Soudha (SVS), the secretariat building in Belagavi. This has been one of the long-pending

Dubai, Aug 1: An Indian man on Tuesday hit a jackpot to become the latest winner of the $ 1 million Dubai Duty Free raffle, according to a media report. Kuwait-based Sandeep Menon is the 132nd Indian to win the whopping prize money at the raffle since its inception in 1999, the Khaleej Times reported. “I’ve never won anything in my life, especially not something as huge as this. I am extremely