Mangaluru, Sept 24: A six-year-old boy, who was returning home after purchasing chocolates, was run over by a train near the Mahakalipadpu railway level crossing here on Saturday. The victim has been identified as Muhammad Hussain Haafil (6), the eldest son among three children of Anwar and Shameena couple from Mahakalipadpu, and a Class 2 student of Cassia St Rita English Medium School, Jeppu
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Bengaluru, Sept 24: The Congress on Saturday kick-started its statewide door-to-door campaign ‘Mane Manege Congress’ from Mahadevapura Assembly constituency, where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other party leaders trained their guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa. The party leaders, including Siddaramaiah and AICC general secretary in charge of Karnataka
Bengaluru, Sept 24: In the wake of garbage contractors threatening to disrupt waste collection in Bengaluru, the state government on Saturday invoked ESMA, prohibiting pourakarmikas and other staff from going on strike for the next one year. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah directed the Urban Development Department to invoke Section 3 of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), which empowers the
Mangaluru, Sept 23: For more than a year Jacintha Mendonca lived like a bonded labourer in remote area in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, thinking he would never see his family again. Jacinta Mendonca with her daughters Velita and Vineetha at the press conference in Udupi on Saturday The 47-year-old woman from Mudrangady near Karkala in Udupi district, who was dubed by a duped by a recruitment agency and
Mangaluru/Udupi Sep 23: The District Congress Committees in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on Saturday launched ‘Mane Manege Congress’ campaign on the directions of the KPCC and AICC. The campaign aims to strengthen the party at the grassroots level in the run-up to the 2018 Assembly elections. Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai inaugurated the district level campaign at Kadri
Jaipur, Sept 23: Police today arrested a 70-year-old self-styled Hindu godman, accused of raping a law student, from a private hospital in Alwar in Rajasthan. Police said Swami Kaushlendra Prapannachari Falahari Maharaj had got admitted to the hospital after the 21-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district filed a rape complaint against him earlier this month. Aravali police station SHO
Bengaluru, Sept 23: Former chief minister and JD(S) State president HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday underwent a successful valve replacement surgery in Bengaluru. He was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Bannerghatta road following excessive coughing over the last few months. Doctors revealed that Kumaraswamy has responded to the procedure well, still in a stable condition, and he would regain
Mangaluru, Sept 23: Israr Pasha, a college student from this coastal city, has clinched two gold and one silver medals at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship recently held in South Africa. The-18-year old boy secured gold in classic benchpress and equipped powerlifting, and won silver at the classic powerlifting sport. In a short span of three years, the international champion has reached
Belagavi, Sept 23: A two-and-a-half year old girl was brutally raped, murdered and buried by her uncle, in Kurubagodi village of Raibag taluk of Belagavi district on Thursday. Harugeri police on Friday arrested the victim’s uncle Uddappa Ramappa Ganiger (32), who confessed to the crime. Superintended of Police BR Ravikanthe Gowda said Ganiger lured the girl from her home, promising her chocolates
Bengaluru, Sept 23: The city police have issued summons to former chief minister and BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa to appear before them on September 28 for questioning in connection with an attempt-to-kidnap and assault case involving Vinay, personal assistant to K.S. Eshwarappa, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council. The police have arrested eight persons so far and had even