Karnataka

Manglauru, Mar 23: Police have arrested six including six women on charge of running a honey-trap racket that recently extracted a huge amount of money from a man by blackmailing him with his nude photos with women. The arrested have been identified as Ravi Gowda (42) from Mudigere taluk, Prithesh (36), a resident of Mission Compound, Jail Road in Mangaluru, Ramesh (35) from Padil Kodakkal in

A 22-year-old woman has been stabbed to death just hours before her wedding by her casteist father, who had grudgingly agreed to let her marry the man she loved. The incident took place at about 5 pm on Thursday, March 22, in Malappuram district of Kerala. Jurisdictional Areekode police have detained the killer father, Rajan. Athira, a resident of Poovathikandi in the district, was scheduled to

Mangaluru, Mar 23: Police have busted a vehicle theft racket by arrest four men and seized five cars valued at Rs 50 lakh from their possession. The operation was carried out by the sleuths of the City Crime Branch (CCB), along with personnel of the Mulki police station on Thursday. T R Suresh, Commissioner of Mangaluru City police told media persons that the arrests were carried out based on

Moodbidri, Mar 23: Two men, who had entered a forest in Karinje on the outskirts of Moodbidri for hunting earlier this week, were found dead yesterday under mysterious circumstances. Vivian Gratian Rodrigues (34), a resident of Prantya near Karinje and Praveen Tauro (32), a resident of Karenje had allegedly gone for hunting last Tuesday night without informing their families. Gratian Rodrigues was

Mangaluru, Mar 23: Fishermen working out of Mangaluru Fishing Harbour can now breathe a sigh of relief from the overcrowded Mangaluru old port as Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports Pramod Madhwaraj on Thursday inaugurated a 102-metre-long jetty for idle berthing of fishing vessels at Sultan Battery. Built at a cost of Rs 5 crore, the 100 m long jetty abutting the

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Irked by Congress president Rahul Gandhi remark that the JD(S) is BJP's 'B' team, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday hit back, saying that the Congress in Karnataka is in reality 'B' team of the JD(S). Targeting the JD(S) in the H D Deve Gowda's fiefdom, Hassan, Rahul had on Wednesday accused that the regional party was in cahoots with the BJP. He had termed the

Bengaluru, Mar 23: A keen contest is on the cards for the Rajya Sabha elections on Friday, especially between Congress' third candidate G C Chandrashekar and B M Farookh of the JD(S). While the Congress is confident of support from the JD(S) rebel MLAs, it is jittery about cross-voting by its own legislators. Farookh is said to have approached six of the eight independents, seeking their support

Bengaluru, Mar 23: The special court for economic offences on Thursday granted bail to Energy Minister D K Shivakumar in the Income Tax case against him. The magistrate court had taken cognisance of a prosecution complaint filed by the Income Tax officials in February, and issued summons to Shivakumar to appear before the court. The minister appeared before the court on Thursday morning and his

Mangaluru, Mar 22: The first hobli level Indira Canteen in the state was inaugurated near Thokkottu bus stand in Mangaluru assembly constituency (erstwhile Ullal constituency) limits on Thursday. Minister for food and civil supplies and consumer affairs U T Khader, who is also the MLA for this constituency, dedicated the facility to the public. Earlier, speaking to media persons, he said all

Mangaluru, Mar 22: APD Foundation in collaboration with Karnataka State Forest Department, Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) and Antony Waste Handling Cell Pvt Ltd. (AWHCPL) observed 6th International Day of Forests on 21st March 2018 (Wednesday) at Tree Park Tannirbavi, here. Mahesh Nayak, chief guest, inaugurated the event by planting a sapling along with Sri P. Shridhar, Range Forest Officer