Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 16: After five days of rigorous manhunt, the sleuths of Mangaluru police and the Kodagu district crime intelligence bureau managed to arrested three persons in connection with the Rs 7.5 crore heist and recover Rs 6.3 crore from them. However only two of the three employees of a cash logistics company, who reportedly drove off with Rs 7.5 crore from Mangaluru instead of transporting

Mangaluru, May 16: Police have arrested three persons for allegedly honey-trapping, blackmailing, kidnapping and extorting nearly Rs 15 from a city based reputed cardiologist. The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Rimsi (23), Hasan Sadiq (30), residents of Ullal and Narayan Saliyan (52), resident of Someshwar. Four other accused in the case, including a woman, are absconding. The 38-year

Mangaluru, May 16: “It is not the faculty, facilities or infrastructure which makes a university great, but the real success of a university depends on where it’s students stands after passing out from an university” said Dr. K. G. Jagadeesha IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada. He was speaking after inaugurating the Open House 2017 programme of Mangalore University at MBA seminar hall on

Belur, May 16: Dozens of people were affected after they inhaled chlorine gas that leaked from a water treatment plant belonging to the Town Municipal Council on the outskirts of Belur in Hassan district in the early hours of Tuesday. Some of the affected people have been admitted to Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences in Hassan for treatment. A watchman posted at the treatment plant noticed

Bengaluru, May 16: The Basavanagudi police in Bengaluru arrested 10 men allegedly involved in a currency exchange racket and recovered Rs 3.25 crore worth demonetised notes from them. The arrested are Srinivas Venkatesh (43), Mahesh Mallappa (32), P Karunakara Poomalai (48), Abdul Mujeeb (40), Neelakanta Somashekar (32), H G Jambhana Gowda (62), Narayana Anjanappa (48), Uday Kumar (34), Karthick

Belthangady, May 16: At least two persons lost their lives and nearly two dozen passengers suffered injuries when a private bus met with an accident on Charmadi ghat on Tuesday. The mishap took place when the driver lost control over the bus while negotiating the third curve of the tricky ghat that falls under Belthangady taluk. The Kerala registered bus was moving towards Ujire from the direction

New Delhi, May 16: The Supreme Court on Tuesday continued its hearing on a bunch of petitions relating to the practice of triple talaq, with the All India Muslim Personal Board presenting its case in the court. Senior Congress leader and advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the AIMPLB, argued that a tradition like triple talaq, which is centuries old, cannot be termed unconstitutional all of a

New Delhi, May 16: Rifath Sharook, 18, from the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu has devised – KalamSat – the world's smallest and lightest satellite. NASA will launch this satellite on June 21 from Wallops Island in the US. Sharook, a Class 12 student from Tamil Nadu's Pallapatti town, created the amazing satellite named after former Indian President (late) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. This pioneering

Mangaluru, May 16: A couch of a Mangaluru-Chennai express train was derailed near the Marnamikatta railway bridge in Managluru on Tuesday morning. There were no casualties or injuries in the incident as the rake was empty. The mishap occurred at 11:55 a.m. while backing to yard from Mangaluru Central Railway Station. Train traffic was not affected due to the mishap, sources said. More details are

Jerusalem, May 16: Israel today swore in its first female judge to its Muslim religious court system, the first woman to preside in any religious court in the Jewish state. Hana Khatib, an attorney from the northern town of Tamra, became a qadi, judge in arabic, in the Muslim court system that deals with personal law at a ceremony in the presidential residence in Jerusalem. "This appointment and