Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 6: Peer pressure and intense competition over scoring marks claimed the life of a high school student who killed himself at his residence in a remote village in Mangaluru taluk. The dead body of Yatish (15), a class 9 student, was found hanging in his residence at Kalladi, Kuppepadavu on the outskirts of the city on Thursday night. According to his friends, Yatish was depressed as

Mangaluru, May 6: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has accused the Congress led Karnataka government of indirectly supporting cow vigilantism by defending law. The criticism comes amidst romours that the state government defended a law for protection of 'gau rakshaks' in the Supreme Court. However, chief minister Siddaramaiah later clarified that his government neither endorse cow

New Delhi, May 6: The Centre today asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to take immediate steps to stop the unauthorised broadcast of Pakistani and Saudi Arabian channels in the state. Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu spoke with the state chief secretary and also sought a compliance report at the earliest, official sources said here. He expressed concern over reports that

New Delhi, May 6: Popular news anchor, infotainer and sensationalist Arnab Goswami’s news channel Republic TV launched at 10 am on Saturday. The channel became the first one in India to be aired live on Star India’s digital platform Hotstar. The channel’s broadcast began with a monologue by Goswami thanking the viewers for their ‘patience’ and explaining at length the reason behind the birth of

Mangaluru, May 6: A youth who was arrested on charge of assaulting a police constable in Puttur two days ago, has been remanded in 12 days of judicial custody by the jurisdictional Magistrate. The accused has been identified as Naman Nayak (24), a resident of Narimogaru village in Puttur. He allegedly assaulted the police constable who had come to serve the former a notice for an inquiry into a

Tumakuru, May 6: Amidst reports of pathetic condition of cows in goshalas of BJP ruled states, a Congress MLA in Karnataka chose to celebrate his 50th birthday in a goshala by feeding cattle. The goshala on Friday saw more than 2,000 cows and buffaloes brought by around 1,500 farmers who have been struggling to feed the animals because of their financial situation. “I wanted to celebrate my

Bengaluru, May 6: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) says it has caught a five-member group that ran a massive racket selling 1.6 lakh fake marks card for a whopping Rs 125 crore in the last three years. Five people have been arrested in Bengaluru and Delhi. The racket was masterminded by Sandesh Agarwal, who runs a firm called Double Eight Consultancy in Vardhaman Mall, Delhi. The four other suspects

Mangaluru, May 6: A Mangaluru origin Indian American woman and her husband were gunned down May 4 evening in United States of America by the ex-boyfriend of their grown daughter. The victims have been identified as Indian American couple - Naren Prabhu, vice president of engineering at Juniper Networks and his wife Raynah Sequeira Prabhu, daughter of Lila Sequeira, native of Karambar, Bajpe in

Bengaluru, May 6: The state Cabinet on Friday decided to drop the proposed amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, which seeks to empower the state government to bring in necessary changes to the Act. Law Minister T B Jayachandra told reporters after the Cabinet meeting that President Pranab Mukherjee has taken objection to the amendment and directed the government to drop it

Udupi, May 6: In a heartrending tragedy, a teenage boy lost his life in his bid to save his friend from drowning in the Varahi river at Kumbarmakki near Shankarnarayana village in Udupi district on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Amogh Shetty (17), son of Subbanna Shetty, a resident of Amparu Mudubage. Amogh Shetty was a second year PUC student of Mother Theresa PU College at