Karnataka

Chikkamagaluru, Jun 23: Unidentified bike-borne assailants stabbed a local leader of Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Chikkamagaluru. According to reports Mohammad Anwar (44) was stabbed thrice by the attackers in Gowri Kaluve area last night. Police and locals rushed Anwar, who was general secretary of BJP’s Chikkamagaluru unit, to a local hospital but he succumbed to his injuries. The police

Mysuru, Jun 23: Coming down heavily on the opposition unity in Indian politics, Kannada Littérateur-cum-Hindutva advocate S L Bhyrappa said that the country deserve the rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a long time. A controversial writer was addressing media persons after receiving a copy of the ‘Achievements of the BJP Government at the Centre’ from Kodagu-Mysuru MP Pratap Simha on Friday

Udupi, Jun 23: The Udupi district administration has prohibited local people and tourists from entering the sea on all beaches in Udupi district during the entire monsoon period. A press release here on said that Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis has issued orders to this effect. The rainy season has started and sea waves were extremely rough. This could result in loss of life. Hence, till

Kasaragod, Jun 23: The protest by various fronts seeking stoppage for the bi-weekly Antyodaya express train took a new turn yesterday after local Muslim League MLA N A Nellikkunnu halted the train by pulling the alarm chain at the Kasaragod railway station where a group of party workers waylaid it for nearly 20 minutes. Acting swiftly, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) registered cases against Mr

Mangaluru, Jun 23: A youth was killed after his motorbike collided with a truck at Kunjathur near Manjeshwar on the outskirts of the city. The accident occurred around 10.30 a.m. on Friday as Niyaz, 19, lost control of his two-wheeler after hitting a pedestrian. His motorbike then hit a truck and came under its wheels. Even though he was rushed to a Mangaluru hospital, his life could not be saved

Bengaluru, Jun 23: A day after a businessman shot dead his wife and fled with his three children, the Bengaluru police tracked down and arrested the accused Ganesh H K, in Ramanagaram district on Friday. However, by the time they were able to trace his whereabouts, the father had shot two of his children. “We found his 12-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter lying in the back seat of the car

Bantwal, Jun 23: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday granted bail to Sharief alis Mohammad Sharief (21), main accused in the Sharath Madiwala murder in Bantwal of Dakshina Kannada district in July last year. Justice John Michael Cunha passed the order while allowing the petition filed by Sharief seeking bail. Earlier, the Sessions Court refused to enlarge him on bail, after he was arrested in

Bengaluru, Jun 23: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached term deposits worth Rs 49 crore with the Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL), in the coal block allocation case. The ED case is that the Rs 49 crore in the form of term deposits was proceeds of sale of rejects after coal wash and attracted provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Act. This case was one of the several

Bengaluru, Jun 22: The much-awaited first six-car Metro coach of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) hit the tracks in Karnataka capital today. Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy flagged off the train from a decked up Byappanahalli metro station in the presence of deputy CM G Parameshwara and Union minister of state for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri. The CM, along with

Mangaluru, Jun 22: A team of police with the help of Mysuru-based NGO Odanadi Seva Samsthe (OSS) today busted a hi-tech prostitution racket raiding a lodge near Pumpwell in the heart of the city. As many as six girls were rescued and 11 persons arrested following the raid. Five girls, who are minors, managed to flee from the spot using a secret hideout. The operation was headed by Uma Prashant