Karnataka

Bantwal, Feb 2: A group of miscreants attacked two persons when they were reportedly transporting cattle in a pick-up vehicle at Balthila village under Bantwal police limits on Wednesday. The victims have been identified as driver Sadiq and helper Sanjay D'Souza. The miscreants assaulted them on charge of illegally transporting the cattle, police sources said. Bantwal Town Police visited the spot

Kuwait City, Feb 2: Kuwait has suspended the issuance of visas for nationals of Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. After US President Donald Trump's executive order banning seven Muslim-majority countries last Friday, the Kuwaiti government has told would-be migrants from the five banned nations to not apply for visas, as it is worried about the possible migration of radical Islamic

Mangaluru, Feb 2: The three-day national level fest organised by the city based St Aloysius College inaugurated on Thursday innovatively by spray painting the seven names of the fests by Mr A.S Naik, Chief Manager, Central Bank of India, Mangaluru along with the guest of honour Kishore Alva, Joint President of ADANI group Ltd., Udupi and the dignitaries on the dais. “A fest is structured to

Srinagar, Feb 2: Shaheera Ahmed, who studied in the same school as slain Kashmiri fighter Burhan Wani, has topped the Kashmir's Class 12 board exams. Shaheera scored 498 marks out of 500 in Class 12 Board exams. While thanking her school teachers for the achievement, Shaheera said she wished to appear for NEET examination. Proud of daughter's achievement, Shaheera's father said, “I always advised

Kottayam, Feb 2: The School of Medical Education (SME) under the Mahatma Gandhi University witnessed a crime of passion on Wednesday, with a jilted barging into a classroom and setting a girl on fire along with him. Adarsh (25) of Neendakara near Kollam and Lakshmi (21) of Haripad succumbed to burns at medical college hospital here later in the evening. Lakshmi was a final-year Bachelor of

Mangaluru, Feb 2: Activists of the local unit of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad on Wednesday gheraoed Mangalore University vice-chancellor K Byrappa over continued confusions in announcing degree results. When Mr Bhyrappa visited the University College at Hampankatta in the heart of the city to preside over the inaugural function a three-day international conference the members of the students

Belagavi, Feb 2: A constable who tried to rescue a girl from the clutches of troublemakers fell into a 20-ft well after two among them started chasing him brandishing knives on Tuesday night. He was rescued only on Wednesday morning. Constable Raju Kerimani (26), attached to Kakati police station, was returning home from duty around 9 pm when he heard the screams of a woman coming from inside a

Belagavi, Feb 2: Six professional sharpshooters who had arrived in the city with a plan to attack VIPs and for contract killings were nabbed by the city police on Wednesday. The suspects were staying at Rex Annexe lodge near the central bus stand. Five pistols, guns, more than 50 live bullets, SIM cards and other items were recovered from them. Two of them were arrested in the lodge located

Bengaluru, Feb 2: There has been a mixed reaction in the political circles in the state to the budget proposals presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday. State Congress president G Parameshwara termed the budget as anti-development. The Centre has not announced any new scheme in the annual financial statement. Though the Centre used to speak at length about curbing black money

Koppal, Feb 2: An 18-year-old cyclist lay bleeding after he was run over by a bus here on Wednesday, and all eyewitnesses did was capture his plight on their phones. Soon, footage of the boy's dying moments appeared on social media. Writhing in pain as blood streamed out of his torso, he called out desperately for help, but no one was ready to respond. An ambulance eventually arrived and took him