Karnataka

Palakkad, Feb 24: A 22-year-old youth, who was allegedly subjected to immoral policing by a group of men at Azheekel beach, was found dead at his house at Attapady in the district, police said today. Aneesh (22) was found hanging from a tree behind his house late last evening, they said. Aneesh and his friend were allegedly attacked by a group of people in the name of protecting culture at

Mangaluru, Feb 24: Income Tax officers on Thursday conducted searches on the on the business and residential premises of entrepreneur and Janata Dal (Secular) leader B M Farooq over alleged undisclosed income. A source said the raids were conducted at the offices of five companies, either owned or connected to Mr Farooq, in Mangaluru and Bengaluru. Farooq, who contested the Rajya Sabha election in

Washington, Feb 24: An Indian engineer was killed and two others injured when an American man opened fire on them after allegedly yelling "get out of my country", with the local police calling it as a "possible hate crime". Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, working at the Garmin headquarters in Olathe, was killed in the shooting on Wednesday night, while another Indian and his colleague Alok Madasani was

Mangaluru, Feb 23: Over 4,000 police personnel, 700 CCTV cameras and six drone cameras will keep a watchful eye over the harmony rally of CPM to ensure law and order, which will be addressed by Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in the city on Saturday. At a joint press conference on Thursday, city police commissioner M Chandra Sekhar and superintendent of police Bhushan Gulabrao Borase, said

New Delhi, Feb 23: Over five crore Indians suffered from depression, a major contributor to global suicides which occurred mainly in low- and middle-income countries like India in 2015, a WHO study has said. The World Health Organisation in its new global health estimates on depression for 2015 said while over five crore Indians suffered from depression, over three crore others suffered from

Kozhikode, Feb 23: A divorcee's attempt to clear the hurdles in the way of her second marriage proved to be fatal for her. The woman, Shamina (35) hailing from Puthiyakadavu here, had approached Najma, a black magic practitioner, at her residence in Kuttiady on Saturday afternoon, police said. While the black magic was being performed, Shamina's dress caught fire from a petrol-filled earthen pot

New York, Feb 23: Hijab-wearing model Halima Aden made her Milan debut during Alberta Ferretti's show which also saw fashion sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid on the runway. Clad in a navy-and-black striped belted coat with flared pants styled underneath, the 19-year-old Somali-American walked the runway like a pro, reported New York Post. Aden recently signed with the IMG agency and walked the runway

Mangaluru, Feb 23: The Billava leaders in coastal Karnataka have expressed shock over the Sangh Parivar’s opposition to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s participation in a harmony rally in Mangaluru this weekend. With Left parties and the organisations ideologically- affiliated to them welcoming Vijayan's scheduled visit to address a communal amity rally at Nehru Maidan on February 25, the

Bengaluru, Feb 23: A day after three members of the management of a preschool in Bellandur were arrested and let out on bail, parents of six other students filed complaints of molestation. On Friday, Marathahalli police had arrested Manjunath V, the school's office boy, after the parents of a three-and-a-half-year-old child lodged a complaint that he had sexually abused the child in school

Kochi, Feb 23: The prime accused in the abduction and assault of a popular Malayali actress, 'Pulsar' Suni and his accomplice VP Vijeesh, were taken into custody as they entered a local court building to surrender today in Ernakulam, six days after the incident created a nationwide outrage. "We have taken them into custody. We had deployed our men in the city. They managed to get them," Ernakulam