Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 7: The trouble mongers have continued to target civilians in Dakshina Kannada district. On Friday evening, an engineering student was stabbed and his friend was attacked at Adyar Padavu on the outskirts of the city by unidentified miscreants. Sajid (23), a student of third-year civil engineering in a city-based private college, and a native of Mallapuram in Kerala was rushed to a

Mangaluru, Jul 7: The saffron activists not only violated the prohibitory orders and stage a ‘protest’ at BC Road in Bantwal taluk on Friday but also lifted RSS veteran Prabhakar Bhat Kalladka up, raised victory slogans and danced on the road. In fact, the protest was organised by the Hindu Hitarakshana Vedike in the wake of recent murder attempt on an RSS activist in BC Road. 28-year-old Sharat

Mangaluru, Jul 7: Violating the Section 144 of CrPC imposed by the district administration hundreds of Hindutva hardliners on Friday staged a massive demonstration at BC Road in Bantwal taluk in protest against the recent murder attempt on an RSS activist. Several leaders of Sangh Parivar including Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje, Karkala MLA Sunil

Mangaluru, Jul 7: A man wanted in connection with an accident death case registered in Mangaluru North Traffic police station limits in 2014, was arrested on Thursday at Mangaluru International Airport. The accused has been identified as Mohammad Nazeer, a resident of Mulki in Manglauru taluk. He was detained at the airport based on a look out circular (LoC) issued by the police t0 the immigration

Bengaluru, Jul 7: The state government has given sanction for the prosecution of a former tahsildar of Ballari in the Lokayukta court in land grabbing case. The sanction has been given to prosecute Shashidhar Bagali, who was the tahsildar in Ballari between February 15, 2010 and September 5, 2013. Currently, Bagali is deputy commissioner (adminstration), Belagavi City Corporation. Bagali is

Shivamogga, Jul 7: In a case of sheer negligence, the staff of a private hospital here have lost the cranial bone that was removed from the brain of a man who had sustained head injuries after falling from an areca nut tree. H G Ramesh (28), a resident of Harobenavalli near Shivamogga, had a fall while tying a cable to the tree on March 15. He was admitted to Nanjappa Hospital in Shivamogga. Dr

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Health and Family Welfare Minister K R Ramesh Kumar on Thursday said the select committee of the legislature will hold consultation with all the stakeholders before preparing its report on the controversial bill to regulate private hospitals. Speaking to reporters after participating in the first meeting of the committee at the Vidhana Soudha, the minister said the state

Bengaluru, Jul 7: In a U-turn, the JD(S) on Thursday decided not to release its candidates’ list for the next Assembly elections in advance, citing poaching by rival parties. JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy had been claiming that the party will release its list of candidates well ahead of the Assembly elections as the party wanted its nominees to prepare well in advance for the elections

Bengaluru, Jul 7: The Department of Collegiate Education has decided to hold classes from 8 am in government first grade colleges with immediate effect. The move has not gone down well with students and lecturers. The department issued a circular on Thursday stating that in the academic interest of students and for better administration, classes in government degree colleges should start at 8 am

Bengaluru, Jul 7: The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the Lokayukta police “not to precipitate the investigation” into a land denotification against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. The Lokayukta police is investigating into a complaint registered in 2015 accusing Yeddyurappa of denotifying land. He has moved the court seeking directions to quash the Lokyaukta proceedings