Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 7: The Karnataka government on Monday transferred five senior IPS officers. The latest shake up has seen the government post M Hemant Nimbalkar, a 1998 batch IPS officer, awaiting posting as Inspector-General of Police (Western Range) headquartered here, relieving the incumbent P Harishekaran, who has been posted as IGP (Headquarters), Bengaluru. Likewise, Bijay Kumar Singh, IGP

Mangaluru, Aug 7: Parents of Kavya Poojary, who died under mysterious circumstance at Alva's High School hostel, have submitted in writing to the investigation officer that her physical education teacher is behind their daughter's death. Baby Poojari, mother of Kavya, told reporters on Monday that her daughter's death is a clear case of murder. "My daughter's death is a pre-planned murder

Mangaluru, Aug 7: The arrest of two persons allegedly attempting dacoity has revealed their reported involvement in duping foreign nationals by sending them pictures of women. A team of policemen from Mangaluru South Police, headed by the Sub-Inspector of Police, arrested Keerthan (26) of Farangipet and Kuldeep (32) of Yekkur for allegedly attempting dacoity. The police have launched a search for

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Do you remember those days when Bharatiya Janata Party staged protests across Karnataka against chief minister Siddaramaiah-led Congress government’s ‘Shaadi Bhagya’ scheme which provided financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to brides of minority communities such as Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and Buddhists in Karnataka? Now, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA

Lucknow, Aug 7: Forty-five-year-old Motilal Pal, a constable with Uttar Pradesh police, wanted his only son to study Mathematics as a subject in the next class perhaps because he wished to see him become an engineer. The son Raja Pal alias Prince, however, detested Maths and he had also been scolded and sometimes beaten by his father for scoring poorly in the subject. Motilal, however, had never

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar today appeared before the Income Tax department officials at the IT office here in connection with the raids conducted at various properties linked to him last week. After being grilled by the officials for three consecutive days in connection with an alleged tax evasion case, the state power minister was issued summons to appear before the

Mumbai, Aug 7: A software engineer who works in United States of America finally decided to visit his mother, who was staying alone at a flat in Mumbai. On Sunday morning Rituraj Sahani reached his mother’s Oshiwara flat, but no one answered the door. He managed to enter the house at around 4 p.m. with the help of a key-maker. On reaching the bedroom, he found his 63-year-old mother’s skeletal

Mangaluru, Aug 7: Prof. Dr M Abdul Rahiman, former vice-chancellor for the Kannur and Calicut Universities, has been honoured with the ‘Best Educationist Award’ and a ‘Certificate of Education Excellence’ for his outstanding achievements and remarkable role in the field of education. The award instituted by International Institute of Education and Management (IIEM), a govt registered voluntary and

Mangaluru, Aug 7: In an apparent drunk driving case, a speeding car rammed into an auto-rickshaw parked at the auto-rickshaw stand in front of KMC Hospital near Dr Ambedkar Circle in the heart of the city late last night. At least four auto drivers who were waiting for customers suffered injuries in the mishap. One among them breathed his last at a hospital. The auto-rickshaw was almost reduced

Bengaluru, Aug 7: After raids over three days, the income tax department has summoned Karnataka energy minister DK Shivakumar to appear before it in Bengaluru on Monday in connection with a tax-evasion probe. "It is a normal procedure. The minister has sought two days to appear," an I-T department spokesperson said. The energy minister said he would consult advisers to decide when to appear before