Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 6: In another shocker from Bengaluru, a woman was allegedly assaulted near her home early today, even as the IT city was coming to terms with the horrific incidents of mass molestation on New Year's Eve that triggered public outrage. In a CCTV footage captured from a home, the woman was seen heading towards a bus stop near her residence on a deserted road and was being followed by a

Karwar, Jan 6: Finally, a suo motu case has been registered against Uttara Kannada BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde for his violent behaviour at a private hospital on January 2. The five-time MP had allegedly assaulted doctors and hospital staff of a private hospital in Sirsi town as he was unhappy that they paid no special attention to his mother and attended other patients. CCTV footage of him

Kolkata, Jan 6: Locked in a bitter feud with the Centre over demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today sought resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and mooted a "national government" headed by BJP veteran L K Advani, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley or Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The TMC supremo, who has declared an all out war against the Modi dispensation over

Mangaluru, Jan 6: A 51-year-old man from Bhatkal, who was supposed to board a Dubai-bound flight has been arrested by the sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Mangaluru International Airport after he was found in possession of foreign notes. Mohammed Farooque Armar had completed all check-ins and immigration formalities and was about to board SpiceJet flight SG59 on Thursday

Mangaluru, Jan 6: Senior IPS officer P Harishekaran on Friday formally took charge as the Inspector- General of Police (Western Range). He is the 12th IGP of the vast range comprising Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Chikkamagaluru district police units. Outgoing IGP J Arun Chakravarthy, who has been transferred posted as the IGP (Internal Security), Bengaluru, welcomed the new officer

New Delhi, Jan 6: Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju today tendered unconditional apology for contemptuous remarks in his blog to the apex court which was accepted by it and the contempt proceedings closed. The order was passed by a bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and U U Lalit which accepted the apology and decided to close the contempt proceedings against the former judge. "In

Manglauru, Jan 6: Aneesha Nayak, a multi-talented teenage girl from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district is representing her country at the I-FEST², an International Festival of Engineering Science and Technology, being held in Tunisia from January 6 to January 14. The Class 10 girl, who is also one of the youngest surfers in the country, had won bronze medal for her project 'Hydrophobicity of

Mangaluru, Jan 6: South Karnataka Salafi Movement's vice president Aboobakar Pandeshwar passed away at a private hospital here on Friday after a brief period of illness. He was 61. Also known as Abbuccha among his friends, he was a social worker and philanthropist. The mortal remains were kept at his sister's house in Ullal for public viewing. The final rites are expected to take place near Sal

New Delhi, Jan 6: A 'violent' passenger on a New Delhi bound flight from Dubai was restrained by cabin crew earlier this week. On Tuesday, Indigo flight 6E 024 - that had taken off from Dubai airport - witnessed an unruly passenger after he refused to follow the in flight security rules, sources told Indiatoday.in He even allegedly threatened the crew, the sources added. As things got out of hand

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Bengaluru will witness the biggest-ever Pravasi Bharatiya Divas with the total number of registrations to the three-day event commencing from January 7 crossing 6,000. In the last 14 editions of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the previous highest number of delegates registered was in Gandhinagar in 2015 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the event to his home state of Gujarat