Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 15: In spite of rigorous pre-poll campaign by Bharatiya Janata Party candidates, the Congress candidates have managed to register huge victories in two wards of Ullal City Municipal Council. The bypolls were held in Chembugudde and Kallapu wards of the CMC on February 12 and the results were announced today. Sitting Congress councillor Basil D'Souza retained Chembugudde ward by

Mangaluru, Feb 15: A gang of miscreants brutally murdered rowdy-sheeter Kalia Rafiq near Kotekar petrol bunk under the limits of Ullal police station in Mangaluru taluk last night. 35-year-old Kalia Rafiq, a resident of Bappayithota, Uppala in Kasargod district, was facing around 45 criminal cases in different police stations across Karnataka and Kerala. He had spent many years behind the bars

Mangaluru, Feb 15: Even as the row over collecting toll at the newly commissioned toll plaza on National Highway 66 at Talapady in Mangaluru taluk remains to be settled, a fresh row erupted on Tuesday, with the vehicle owners accusing the operators of duping them by reissuing unclaimed receipts. Sometimes, vehicle users in a hurry to pass through the plaza move out immediately after paying the fee

Mangaluru, Feb 14: First Additional District and Sessions Judge C.M. Joshi on Tuesday sentenced to life Jayanta (28) on finding him guilty of murdering his wife Jayanti and attempting to murder their newborn son at a primary health centre in Moodbidri five years ago. On February 9 this year, the judge convicted Jayanta, a resident of Tenka Yedapadavu, of hacking his wife Jayanti (24) to death at

Mangaluru, Feb 14: Jignesh Mevani, a prominent social activist from Gujarat, on Tuesday announced the setting up of Samvidhan Suraksha Samiti (SSS)?to counter the influence of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha (RSS)?in the country. Mevani, an advocate by profession, was addressing the cadres of the Campus Front of India (CFI) during its students vigil conference organised at Town Hall in the city

New Delhi, Feb 14: Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would decide issues pertaining to "legal" aspects of the practices of triple talaq, 'nikah halala' and polygamy among Muslims and would not deal with the question whether divorce under Muslim law needs to be supervised by courts as it falls under the legislative domain. "You (lawyers for parties) sit together and finalise the issues to be

Mangaluru, Feb 14: An engineering student hailing from Mangaluru recently impressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi by drawing latter’s picture and presenting it to him. Daughter of Karunakar Kavangi and Sujata K couple from Mangaluru, Suprabha K is currently perusing chemical engineering in R V College, Bengaluru. Suprabha is one of the few NCC cadets from Karnataka who took part in the annual NCC

Houston, Feb 14: An Indian-origin NASA scientist has said he was detained and forced to unlock his PIN-protected work phone at the US border by custom officials. Sidd Bikkannavar, 35, said in a post on social media that US Customs and Border Protection officers wanted his cell phone and password -- before they would let him through at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. "On my way home

Bantwal, Feb 14: A major portion of a cashew plantation spread across three and a half acres of land at Anilakatte village near Vittla in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district yesterday. The plantation which also reportedly had some medicinal plants belongs to Dr Suresh Kuduru, a resident of Vittla. It is suspected that short circuit might have led to the tragedy. A few local residents, who

Bengaluru, Feb 14: There will be no question paper leaks or any malpractice during the coming SSLC and PU exams, assured Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait. He made this statement in the Legislative Assembly when the Karnataka Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was taken up for consideration on Monday. The Bill has made certain changes in the Education Act to ensure stringent