Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 5: In a shocking incident, an Assistant Sub-Inspector attached to Urwa police station in Mangalur was attacked by unidentified miscreants in the early hours Wednesday. ASI Aithappa, who suffered severe head injuries in the attack, was immediately rushed a private hospital in the city for treatment. It is learnt that he is under observation in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The attack

Hubballi/Dharwad, Apr 5: Rural Development and?Panchayat Raj Minister H?K?Patil has taken exception to former chief minister S M Krishna’s remark that the Siddaramaiah government was the “worst” in his political career. He said the Siddaramaiah government was doing far better than the regime headed by S?M?Krishna from 1999 to 2004. Speaking to journalists in Hubballi on Tuesday, Patil said Krishna

Bengaluru, Apr 5: Information Technology Minister Priyank Kharge has requested the Election Commission of India to hold an ethical hackathon on electronic voting machines (EVMs) to dispel doubts that they can be tampered with. Kharge has said Karnataka is ready to host the hackathon if the ECI is willing. He has also tweeted his opinion in this regard. The minister, who is busy in campaigning for

Bengaluru, Apr 5: The state government will come out with a new sand policy incorporating the demands of the three coastal districts to allow locals to extract sand, Law Minister T?B?Jayachandra said on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists in Bengaluru, Jayachandra said the people of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada have been seeking that they should get sand at cheaper rates. Besides, only

Paris, Apr 4: Suspected chemical attacks killed at least 100 people in Syria's rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday and left another 400 suffering from respiratory problems, a Syria medical relief group said. The death toll is likely to rise, according to the Union of Medical Care Organizations, a coalition of international aid agencies that funds hospitals in Syria and which is

Mngaluru, Apr 4: Dismissing the claim of Mangaluru city police that the activists of Popular Front of India and Social Democratic Party of India pelted stones and attacked cops as “a shameless lie”, SDPI Dakshina Kannada president Haneef Khan Kodaje said alleged that the police deliberately unleashed violence against the “peaceful” protesters. Speaking to media persons at SDPI office in the city

Bengaluru, Apr 4: The Department of pre-university (PU) education, Karnataka, will announce the results of the II PU Exams by May 10, said C Shikha, director, PUE. The department is set to begin the evaluation of II PU answer papers on Wednesday at 48 camps across the state. The evaluation will take place in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Mangaluru, Davanagere, Dharwad and Belagavi. Shikha added

Mangaluru, Apr 4: Strongly justifying the action against agitators belonging to Popular Front of India, Mangaluru City Police Commissioner M Chandra Sekhar has said that the PFI protesters not only pelted stones on government buildings but also attacked a few police personnel. Several of PFI activists suffered injuries when the police resorted to batten charge to disperse the protesters in front

Mangaluru, Apr 4: As many as eleven cops including two senior officers reportedly suffered injuries during a protest staged by the Popular Front of India in front of the office of the Mangaluru City Police Commissioner on Tuesday. The injured include Mangaluru Central ACP Uday Nayak, Mangaluru South ACP Shruti and inspector Beliappa. The police claimed that the protesters pelted stones towards

Mangaluru, Apr 4: Several agitators were injured when the cops resorted to the baton charge during a protest organised by the Popular Front of India in Mangaluru against an alleged case of police atrocity on Tuesday. The police also detained nearly 100 activists when they tried to gherao the office of Mangaluru City Police Commissioner demanding justice to a Muslim youth, who was hospitalised