Karnataka

Udupi, Oct 18: All-rounder Tanush Kotian got the most memorable birthday gift on Mondaywhen the national junior selection headed by Venkatesh Prasad granted him a place in the India U-19 team for the Asia Cup to be held in Malaysia next month. Tanush was born and brought up in Mumbai. However, his roots are in coastal Karnataka. His father Karunakar and mother Mallika Kotian hail from Pangala in

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Maulana Syed Anzar Shah Khasmi, a city-based outspoken cleric, who was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Delhi police nearly two years ago on suspicion of terror links, was finally acquitted by a Delhi court. During charge proceedings, Additional Sessions Judge Siddhartha Sharma discharged Qasmi stating that there was not sufficient evidence against him. However, the other

Udupi, Oct 17: An elderly man lost his life when a speeding bus rammed into his scooter near MGM College in Udupi on Tuesday. The deceased had been identified as Peter Raphael Aranha, 64, a resident of Moodubelle. He was riding from Moodubelle to Doddanaguddeand taking a turn near MGM College, when a private bus moving from Manipal to Mangaluru hit his scooter. Aranha was rushed to a private

Mangaluru, Oct 17: A city-based man, who was searching for a new bride after ending his unsuccessful marriage with his first wife, was duped to the tune of over Rs 11 lakh by a ‘British woman’ and her two male accomplices. The victim, a resident of Kinnigoli area in Mangaluru, had uploaded his personal details on a matrimony website in June 2017 and within a few days he received a reply on

Mangaluru, Oct 17: City based NGO Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation has set up four stations across Mangaluru to monitor air quality before and during Diwali festival. Under the ‘Shuddha Gaali’ project, the Foundation has set up air quality assessment stations at four places. The assessment of air quality started on Monday. “We will assess the air quality on Tuesday and again on Thursday and

Bengaluru, Oct 17: The Congress on Tuesday strongly defended its president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, while upping the ante against BJP national president Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah, whose business reportedly saw a massive revenue growth after the BJP came to power. Fresh allegations have emerged against Vadra following a TV news report that “absconding arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari

Bengaluru, Oct 17: BJP leader BJ Puttaswamy on Tuesday threatened to stage a dharna in front of the office of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) if it fails to file an FIR against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the denotification of 6.26 acres of BDA land near Hebbal in Bengaluru. Puttaswamy, who is the state BJP Other Backward Classes (OBC) wing president, had accused the chief

Bengaluru, Oct 17: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday directed the presiding officers of both Houses of the legislature to make the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Vidhana Soudha a low-key affair. The chief minister's direction comes in the wake of the controversy over the legislature secretariat’s plan to organise a grand celebration for the occasion. The chief minister directed

Dubai, Oct 17: For the first time Mangalureans in Dubai will be organising maiden exotic ‘Mangalorean Carnival 2017’ in Dubai on Friday, October 20, 2017 in association with Broadway Events. The event will be happening in Knotty Yard at Holiday Inn Hotel, Embassy District, Bur-Dubai in a beautiful ambience withgreat interiors, Bars, Dance floor and that too in Mangalurean style. The organisers are

Kasaragod, Oct 17: A 23-year-old man was arrested on the charge of sexual assault on a minor student under the Badiadukka police station limits in Kasaragod district. The accused has been identified as Rajesh (23), a resident of Pilankatta, near Badiadukka. He is said to be a saffron activist. Police have booked him under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The