Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 4: Tension gripped Ullal region in Mangaluru taluk after unidentified miscreants attacked two men and killed one among them at Mukkachery on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Zubair, 40, an electrician by profession and resident of Mukkacheri. The injured has been identified as Ilyas, 50, working at fish dock. He is being treated at private hospital in Thokkottu

Mangaluru, Oct 4: A controversial voice message by the leader of one of the coastal Karnataka-based Salafi groups has sent shockwaves in the region after local media gave massive coverage to the 11-minute clip in which the speaker apparently discouraged his followers from joining another Salafi splinter group and claimed that its members dress like ‘ISIS’ terrorists. The audio clip, which contains

Lucknow, Oct 4: A case was registered against actor Prakash Raj on Wednesday in a Lucknow court on a complaint by a lawyer over his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The case will be heard on October 7. Earlier on October 3, at an event in Bengaluru, the actor had said, "Gauri Lankesh's killers have not been caught yet. But what is more disappointing is people celebrating her murder over

Panaji, Oct 4: The Goa government today appealed to Centre to ban the entry of trawlers from neighbouring Karnataka in the state waters, saying the modern techniques used by these boats are severely affecting the fish catch in the coastal state. Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai said employing techniques like the use of LED light or bull trawling are causing "over exploitation" of fishing

Mangaluru, Oct 4: the New Mangalore Port during the first half of the fiscal year 2017-18 handled 19.54 million tonnes of cargo as against 17.49 million tonnes handled in the corresponding period of last year and thereby registered 11.72% growth. Increase in the handling of coal, iron ore for KIOCL, LPG, cement, etc. has contributed to the above growth in traffic. The port has also achieved 14.76%

Mangaluru, Oct 4: People of Dakshina Kannada have urged the government to give priority to health, education, science, tourism, agriculture, road and railway infrastructure and communal harmony to see the coastal district comprehensively developed in the years to come. Participants of the workshop organised by the Dakshina Kannada district administration about 'Nava Karnataka 2025' (Vision 2025)

Former union minister, economist and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Shourie has stepped up his attack the Narendra Modi government and its policies, terming the demonetisation exercise as a money laundering scheme. In an interview with NDTV last night he said: "Demonetisation was a money laundering scheme. Because everybody who had black money, converted into white through banks."

Mangaluru, Oct 4: IPS officer Uma Prashanth on Tuesday took charge as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) of Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate. The post was vacant after DCP Hanumantharaya was shifted to law and order department. The State government had transferred Uma to Mangaluru through an order dated September 18. Uma has worked in the past in different designations at

Mangaluru, Oct 4: Indian Coast Guard handed over two fishing boats to the Coastal Security Police in Karwar for action after they were found conducting bull trawling which is banned in the State, on Monday. A Coast Guard release said here on Tuesday that Coast Guard Ship C-420, while on surveillance patrol, carried out boarding operation on the two fishing boats, Sagar Kusum and Sagar Kusum V, at

Bengaluru, Oct 4: The BJP's Karnataka unit has hit out at multilingual actor Prakash Raj for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on those "celebrating" the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, saying he has shown "political immaturity." Raj had described as "chilling" the silence of Modi on those "celebrating" the killing of Lankesh, including the ones followed by him on Twitter