Karnataka

Mangaluru/Kasaragod, Jul 24: Two children were killed and their father and six others were critically injured in collisions between vehicles on the Kasaragod-Mangaluru National Highway stretch. The accident occurred at Adukkathbayal in Kasaragod district Sunday late night killing Milhaj, 5, on the spot while his elder sibling Ibrahim Shasil, 7, succumbed to injuries at a Mangaluru hospital on

Bengaluru, Jul 24: The department of social welfare has come out with a ready-reckoner to help police deal better with crimes against SC/STs. The department has prepared a handbook detailing all sections under the Prevention of Atrocities Act. Launching the handbook, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said it would help in removing the confusions regarding inclusion of the appropriate sections

Hubli, July 23: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested two more suspects in connection with the Gauri Lankesh murder case. Amit and Ganesh were arrested from Hubli on Sunday and were produced before the third Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court on Monday. The court has sent them into police custody till August 6. This comes after SIT arrested the seventh suspect in

Bengaluru, Jul 23: The Karnataka government is contemplating issuing free bus passes only to students of government schools and colleges. Student organisations all over the state have been staging massive protests demanding free bus passes for all students in recent weeks. Speaking at a JD(S) workers' meet in Channapatna on Monday, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said that said that students of

Mangaluru, Jul 23: Rural India has been severely hit by the anti-poor economic policies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance Government at the Centre, said Prasanna, noted theatre personality, activist and Gandhian. During his interaction with a group of people at the University College auditorium, in the city yesterday Mr. Prasanna said that while the BJP is being

Kasaragod, Jul 23: Prominent anti-nuclear activist S P Udayakumar has called for setting up the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) model hospital offered to the State in Kasaragod district. He said that it could be an atonement by the State for the prolonged aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan in cashew estates which resulted in the tragedy for hundreds of families in the

Mangaluru, Jul 23: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Mangaluru City Police arrested Keshav Sanil (47), a rowdy-sheeter for being in illegal possession of 1.8 kg of cannabis. The police said that following a tip-off, the CCB team stopped near the Talapady Toll Gate on Saturday a car coming from Kerala that was driven by Sanil, a resident of Katipalla. The police recovered 1.8 kg cannabis from the

Kasaragod, Jul 23: The District Sessions court here has ordered disbursal of Rs 2,46,34,360 to the next of kin of the doctor couple family from Kasaragod who got killed in a road accident three years ago. The tragedy had taken place in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district in April 2015 when the family was on a pilgrimage to the Tirupati temple. The victims are Dr Santosh, who was the Reproductive

New Delhi, Jul 23: Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Sunday made a strong pitch for strengthening the organisation in the state by bringing in “good people” and involving party workers in the decision- making process. Gundu Rao and former chief minister Siddaramaiah also favoured state-specific alliances for the Lok Sabha elections to defeat the “fascist forces.” Siddaramaiah was

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Police have so far arrested seven accused in connection with the coldblooded murder of activist-cum-journalist Gauri Lankesh. Among them five accused have been chargesheeted in the foiled plot to eliminate progressive thinker, rationalist and writer Prof K S Bhagavan. According to police, the five extremists — Amole Kale, 39; Amit Degwekar, 39; Manohar Edave, 28; K.T. Naveen