Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sept 23: The city police have arrested a Maharashtra based woman in connection with the seizure of a ‘suspicious’ power bank at Mangaluru International Airport earlier this week. Sleuths of Managluru North Police Station arrested Parvati Bayi (50) on charge of selling duplicate power bank that had triggered bomb scare at the Airport on September 19. Police sources said that she has been

Mangaluru, Sept 23: A private firm employee, who broke up with her girlfriend, is now facing rape charge as the latter filed a complained against him here. The accused is identified as Rajesh, a resident of Uppinangady in Puttur taluk who is working in a private company in Mangaluru. Sources from Mangaluru city police said that Rajesh made friendship with the girl, who is a resident of Mangaluru

Bengaluru, Sept 23: Some 50 software engineers were allegedly cheated by a fake IT firm, which employed them after collecting security deposits but shut shop without paying them salaries for five months and refunding the deposits. Kiran M, 25, an MTech holder and resident of Dodda Banaswadi in east Bengaluru, has filed a cheating complaint against four persons from a firm called Reyan Infotech

Udupi, Sept 23: Media should give importance to cultural activities too, said Udupi district in-charge minister Pramod Madhwaraj during the inauguration of ‘Udupi Habba’ organised by ‘Muktha TV’ in Udupi. The event was held in Jayakrishna Auditorium of Hotel Mathura Comforts. The event was formally inaugurated through lighting the lamp by Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji of Sri Puthige Mutt and Vishwa

New Delhi, Sept 22: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has blocked many banks from using its payment gateway for debit card transactions over the issue of convenience fees, media reports said on Friday. As of now, cardholders of banks including Indian Overseas Bank, Canara Bank, United Bank of India, Indian Bank, Central Bank of India, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank are allowed to

Mangaluru, Sept 22: Local residents and activists of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) have demanded the scrapping of NITK toll plaza at Surathkal. Leading a protest on Thursday against the pathetic condition of National Highway 66 between Kulur-Surathkal and the collection of toll at NITK, DYFI State president Muneer Katipalla said the toll plaza at NITK was illegal. He said there

Bengaluru, Sept 22: The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted an interim stay on FIRs filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau against BJP state president and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa for alleged illegal denotification of land by him as chief minister. Justice Aravind Kumar granted the interim stay on the grounds of lack of sufficient material to prove cognisable offences of Yeddyurappa

Mangaluru, Sept 22: Dakshina Kannada district police has finally registered a case against Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth for his extremist rant against Puttur Rural Police Sub-Inspector Abdul Khader. The development comes after Karnataka home minister R Ramalinga Reddy took Dakshina Kannada SP C H Sudheer Kumar Reddy to task for failing to take action against a hatemonger who

Aligarh(UP), Sept 22: A local woman BJP leader purportedly slapped a girl here for being friendly with a youth from the minority Muslim community, a video of which went viral on social media. The youth in question was arrested on charges of "obscenity" in public place and released later on bail, according to police officials. According to sources, the boy and girl did not even touch each other

Bengaluru, Sept 22: The body of an Income Tax officer's son was found near a lake today, 10 days after he was apparently kidnapped, and police said they have arrested four people including a friend of the victim. The decomposed body of 19-year-old Sharath Kumar was found buried near Ramohalli lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru, police said. Police believe the abductors killed the teenager because