Karnataka

Kasaragod, May 13: Seven members of a family from Kasaragod were killed in a road accident near Velankanni in Tamil Nadu early Saturday. Three others were injured. The deceased were Horald Muroe, 50; his wife, Prasilla; son Rohit; Horald's brother Fathorin Muroe; daughter Sharone; Harold's younger brother Alwin Mandro, 29; and his wife, Preema, 22. Alwin and Preema got married on May 2 and post

Managluru, May 13: Zaika, a multi cuisine family restaurant, located Taj Residency building near Jimmy’s super market, Falnir, Mangaluru, is now ready to serve the people. The restaurant is started by Eqbal Ahmed and Mushahid, who have many years of experience in catering. In a simple ceremony, the restaurant was formally inaugurated on Saturday by M Sulaiman, proprietor of city based Bombay Lucky

Bengaluru, May 13: The Benglauru police have arrested three people on the charge of murdering financier and realtor Suresh Poojary aka Golden Suresh (40) at his apartment near JSS Circle in Jayanagar on May 9. The arrested are Rakesh (35), Suresh Gowda (32) and Narayana, all from Bilekahalli on Bannerghatta Road in the city, police said. Rakesh is a native of Mangaluru and has settled in Bengaluru

Mangaluru, May 13: Ivan D'Souza, the chief whip of the government in Legislative Council has released a political ‘charge-sheet’ against 44 top BJP leaders including former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and Union minister H N Ananth Kumar. The move comes after the Bharatiya Janata Party released a 64 page ‘charge-sheet’ against Siddaramaiah government which completed four years of its tenure today

Bengaluru, May 13: While three students have created history by scoring of 625 out of 625 marks in Karnataka SSLC examinations 2017, sis small town students have missed the top slot by a whisker. Students from Mangaluru, Kalaburagi, Hassan, Udupi, Uttara Kannada districts share the second spot, scoring 624 out of 625 marks. Jayani R Nath, a student of St Agnes School from Mangaluru was in shock

Bengaluru, May 13: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait, who announced the SSLC results yesterday, said that though government schools usually register lower pass percentage than private schools, government residential schools have done well. “There were 19,506 candidates from residential schools such as the Morarji Desai Residential Schools run by the Minorities Welfare

Bengaluru, May 13: With less than a year to go for the Karnataka Assembly elections, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has begun to aggressively promote the schemes he has launched over the past four years keeping the rural masses as the focal point. The government has organised a public function ‘Soulabhya Vitaraneye Sambhrama’ (distribution of benefits is a celebration) in Chitradurga on May 13 to

Mangaluru, May 12: Four employees of a cash transportation firm, who were tasked with ferrying Rs 7.5 crore from Yeyyadi branch of Axis Bank in Mangaluru to the bank’s Koramangala branch in Bengaluru on Friday, have gone missing with the money. The employees of Sis Prosegur Holdings, a logistics company, left with Rs 7.5 crore in a Mahindra Bolero for Bengaluru at 8.30 am on Thursday but did not

Bengaluru, May 12: Shivakumara Swamiji, the chief pontiff of Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru, has been admitted to BGS global hospital in Bengaluru on Friday around 10.15am. As per medical investigations, the 110-year-old seer is suspected to be suffering infections in the lungs, liver, coupled with urinary infection. Dr Smitha Thammaiah, DGM Medical services said that his condition was stable

New Delhi, May 12: The Supreme Court today said the practice of triple talaq was the “worst” and “not desirable” form of dissolution of marriages among Muslims, even though there were schools of thought which termed it as “legal”. There are “school of thoughts (which) say that triple talaq is legal, but it is the worst and not desirable form for dissolution of marriages among Muslims,” a five