Karnataka

Udupi, Feb 13: Muslim community activist and social worker from Udupi, Shoukath Hussain Assadi, passed away today morning due to severe cardiac. He was 63. Mr. Assadi was the general secretary of Hashimi Masjid, Udupi lifetime member of Muslim Welfare Association, and a member of Jamat-e-Islami Hind, Udupi Unit. He left behind 3 daughters and wife. Jamate-e Islami Hind, Udupi unit President Abdul

Udupi, Feb 13: The ‘Udupi bandh’ sponsored by the ‘Toll Virodhi Horata Samiti’ opposing toll collection at the plazas at Hejmady and Sasthan in the coastal district has evoked mixed response on Monday. Even though city buses and auto-rickshaws were plying as usually in the morning, Mangaluru and Kundapur bound buses had to suspend their trips when the protest intensified. Hundreds of agitators

Lucknow, Feb 13: A 22-year-old woman, who had accused Samajwadi Party MLA Arun Verma of raping her along with some other youth in 2013, was found murdered near her house in Sultanpur, police said on Monday. The body of the woman, who was missing since Saturday, was found on Sunday near a primary school in Jaisinghpur, they said. An FIR has been registered in this regard. Police said the injury

Hassan, Feb 13: The Arkalgud police have arrested a D-group employee from a government college on the charge of leaking the question papers of the SSLC preparatory examinations. The accused allegedly began doing so two years ago to help her son clear the SSLC exam then. She has leaked question papers of the preparatory examination many times since then. Following a complaint filed by the Block

Udupi, Feb 13: An elderly man was killed after he was hit by a motorbike at Padubidri in Udupi district on Sunday. According to the police, Vittal R. Poojary (60) was walking from Beedu to Kelagina Pete, when he was hit by a two-wheeler moving in the same direction. A severely injured Poojary was rushed to the Kasturba Hospital, where doctors pronounced him brought dead. A case had been registered

Mangaluru, Feb 13: City based entrepreneur A H Abdul Hameed Haj passed away following a massive heart attack last night here. He was 78. Abdul Hameed, who started his career as a civil engineer, later established ‘Hasco Travels and Services’, a travel agency in Mangaluru. He had also worked in Saudi Arabia and Muscat in the past.

New Delhi, Feb 13: A 20-year-old BJP was allegedly hacked to death in Thrissur district of Kerala. Nirmal, the victim, was murdered in Mukkattukara area of the district late last night, according to ANI report. Soon after the incident, BJP accused ruling CPI-M of killing its worker even as it has called for a strike in the district on Monday. A few parts of the state, especially politically

Bengaluru, Feb 13: State BJP president B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday demanded that Small Scale Industries Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi be removed from the council of ministers immediately in the wake of I-T raids at his residence and office in Belagavi recently. Unaccounted for cash to the tune of Rs 162 crore was seized during the raids, but the chief minister is shamelessly protecting the minister

Mysuru/Chamarajanagar,?Feb 13: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday slammed state BJP president B?S?Yeddyurappa, who had accused him of paying Rs 1,000 crore to the Congress high command to retain his position, saying the latter had no moral values. Speaking to reporters at the Mysuru airport, Siddaramaiah said the former chief minister was facing 15 charges and was also imprisoned on corruption

Bengaluru, Feb 13: State Congress working president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Sunday charged the BJP with misusing Income Tax (I-T) department to target Congress leaders in Karnataka. Hours after state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa demanded Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s resignation on the charges of taking a kickback of Rs 150 crore, Gundu Rao tweeted: “Misuse of I-T on Congress leader in K’taka by