Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 1: V S Ugrappa, chairperson of Expert Committee on Preventing Sexual Violence against Women and Children, who on Tuesday visited Alva’s Education Foundation in Moodbidri, where a Class 10 student was found dead last month, expressed shock over the violation of various laws by the largest institution of the coastal Karnataka. Ugrappa said that his committee found several shortcomings

Udupi, Aug 31: The district police managed to rescue a law college student, who was kidnapped from Paniyadi here in the afternoon, late in the evening near Karkala on Thursday. Vijay Kumar Shetty (32), a student of Vaikunta Baliga College of Law, was kidnapped from his room at Paniyadi here by a gang in two cars between 2.30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Sanjeev M. Patil, Superintendent of Police, said that Mr

Dubai, Aug 1: The door to good fortune opened for 26 lucky participants as UAE Exchange, a global remittance firm, announced the winners of its recently concluded Summer Promotion 2017 'Win a Home in Dubai'. The announcement was made last week at an event in Dubai. The grand prize winner, Ubaidulla, and Indian expatriate hailing from Neralakatte in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, could

New Delhi, Aug 1: A Delhi court today ordered framing of charges against Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Yasin Bhatkal and 10 others in the 2010 Jama Masjid blast case. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma, however, discharged three alleged members of the outfit, saying there was not enough evidence against them. The court discharged Syed Ismail Affaque, Abdus Saboor and Riyaz Ahmad Sayeedi

Bengaluru, Aug 1: The mysterious death of Kannada film actor and player of the Celebrity Cricket League Dhruv Sharma is appears to have taken a fresh twist as his family members have suspected that he might have committed suicide. Sources have now revealed that his father, Suresh Sharma, also told the police that his son might have tried to end his life. In his complaint, Suresh reportedly said

Mangaluru, Aug 1: Finally, the union government has identified eight major highways in Karnataka for development under Sagarmala scheme. Sagarmala project, unveiled by the NDA government, aims to take up port-led development including widening of port-connecting highways for smooth movement of trucks. Projects identified in the state are: building six lanes of Hubballi-Ankola highway, laying

Udupi, Aug 1: Former DySP Anupama Shenoy has once again managed to grab the media attention by claiming that Rs 70-lakh diamond-studded Hublot watch that had triggered a row last year in Karnataka was a gift to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah by NRI business magnet Dr B R Shetty. It may be recalled here that when the Opposition parties had raked up the watch issue. Siddaramaiah had revealed that a

Kasaragod, Aug 1: Another Kerala resident, who along with 20 others is suspected to have fled to Afghanistan last year, was killed in a “drone strike,” a senior NIA official said. He was quoting a message received by the father of the victim. Mohammad Marwan, a resident of Kasargod in Kerala was among a group of women, men and children who mysteriously disappeared from the south Indian state. NIA

New Delhi, Aug 1: The deadline for interlinking of Aadhaar and PAN linking has been extended till August 31. The government on Monday announced the extension in deadline. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has also announced that Income Tax Return (ITR) will be processed after after Aadhar-PAN linking. Actual linking of PAN with Aadhaar can be done subsequently, but any time before 31st

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday demanded that the Union government withdraw it’s decision to eliminate the LPG subsidy from March next year, saying it was a matter of concern. The decision would only cause difficulties to the common man as their day to day expenses will steadily go up. Hence, government should be prepared to withdraw the decision, he