Karnataka

Ahmedabad, Oct 2: A 21-year-old Dalit man was brutally beaten to death by a group of men belonging to the upper caste Patel community for attending a garba event near a Hindu temple in Gujarat's Anand district. Police have managed to arrest eight accused in the case. According to police, Jayesh Solanki, a resident of Vankarvas area in Bhadraniya village, had gone to see the Navaratri festivities

Bengaluru, Oct 2: Acclaimed Bollywood actor and columnist Prakash Raj, who is known as Prakash Rai in coastal Karnataka, has threatened to return his five National Awards and condemned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on certain sections “celebrating” the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh on social media. “Those who killed Gauri may or may not be traced but that apart, there is a huge

Bengaluru, Oct 2: The department of stamps and registration of government of Karnataka is all set to launch a dedicated portal for marriage registration wherein couples can apply and print their marriage certificate online from wherever they stay. Once the portal is formally launched, couples needn't visit the sub-registrar's office to get their marriage registered. "We are streamlining the

Bengaluru, Oct 2: A young civil contractor was hacked to death by a group of men in the early hours of Sunday, minutes after he scolded them for smoking and creating a ruckus in front of his house in central Bengaluru 32-year-old Harish, a resident of ‘B’ Street, Ashoknagar, woke up around 2 am on hearing a loud noise as a Dasara procession was being taken out. He came out and saw four men smoking

Mangaluru, Oct 2: Upholding the right of students to keep their marks card and other original academic documents with them after getting admission in a new institution, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner K G Jagadeesha has warned of filing criminal cases against private educational institutions if they fail to return all original documents to students. Speaking at a review meeting chaired by

Manipal, Oct 2: Muhammad Mubeen, a researcher from the Pharmaceutical Chemistry department of Manipal College of Pharmaceutical sciences, has been awarded PhD degree from Manipal University. Mubeen received the doctorate for his thesis titled ‘'design, synthesis and anticancer activity of novel heterocyclic compounds as epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors'’ The PhD was

Kasaragod, Oct 2: Days after the burglary attempt at Canara Bank’s ATM counter at Irikkur, unidentified miscreants made yet another abortive bid to loot cash from the bank’s ATM counter at Periye in Kasaragod district in the early hours of Sunday. Two persons wearing masks and red-coloured overcoats were noticed during the inspection of CCTV footage in the presence of fingerprint experts, dog

Chitradurga, Oct 2: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said there is no doubt that a Congress leader would inaugurate the next year’s Dasara celebration in Mysuru as the chief minister. Talking to reporters here, Siddaramaiah said the media had reported that he had said he would inaugurate the Dasara celebrations next year also. “There is no doubt over the Congress retaining power under my

Mangaluru, Oct 1: City-based young entrepreneur Vathika Pai has been unanimously elected president of Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) for 2017-18. 28-year-old Vathika was elected to the post at the 77th Annual General Meeting of KCCI members held here recently, a press release said. She is the 53rd president of the KCCI. She is also the second woman to head the chamber after Latha R

Mangaluru: Even though Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) director V V Rao has rubbished the possibilities of losing passengers to Kerala’s fourth international airport, which is expected to be commissioned within a few months, his counterpart at Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL) has spelt out a greater competition. If everything goes as expected commercial operations at Kannur Airport