Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 17: The aggrieved family members of the slain RTI activist Vinayak Baliga on Saturday visited the murder accused Naresh Shenoy alias NaMo Naresh to personally serve the dasti notice of the Supreme Court on him. The victim's father Ramachandra Baliga (85), accompanied by his two daughters, handed over the notice to the accused No 1 in the murder case as to why his bail should not be

Bengaluru, Dec 17: In an apparent case of linguistic chauvinism, a 36-year-old software engineer was chased and allegedly beaten up by a mob of 50 Karnataka Rakshana Vedhike (KRV) activists - because the victim, J Daniel, spoke in English while trying to broker peace between the mob and an event organiser who was playing non-Kannada music at Swami Vivekananda Road metro station on Old Madras Road

Tumakuru, Dec 17: A 40-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by four persons in Gulur on the outskirts of Tumakuru on Tuesday, but this came to light only on Friday. The woman, left naked in an acacia grove for two days, shouted out for help but when it went unnoticed, she finally gathered the courage to walk out of the grove. She was spotted by local villagers who rushed to her rescue with

Bulandshahr, Dec 17: A nasty fight erupted outside a bank here after a woman attempted to jump the queue to withdraw money, prompting police to fire in the air. The woman identified as Shanti tried to jump the queue at the Punjab National Bank's Aahar branch here. Those waiting for their turn got agitated and protested, SP (rural) Jagdish Sharma said. The woman then called five youths, who on

Mangaluru, Dec 17: The Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has urged the government to take necessary steps for the Non-Resident Indians from Karnataka, who in spite of being deprived of many facilities of the government remit their hard earned money every month. A delegation of the BCCI led by its president Haji S M Rasheed submitted a memorandum, containing various demands, to Arati

Chandigarh, Dec 17: The Enforcement Directorate has recovered about Rs 30 lakh cash and 2.5 kg gold from the premises of a prominent tailor here as part of its operation to unearth illegal cash. The seizure comes three days after ED officials recovered Rs 2.19 crore cash from a cloth merchant here. Acting on tip off, the sleuths of ED swooped down on the premises of Maharaja Tailor in Mohali

Mangaluru, Dec 17: The formal launching ceremony of United Ullal cricket team and its jersey was held atOlavina Halli Rehabilitation Centre' at Kinya on the outskirts of the city on Friday evening. Owned by UT Khader, minister for Food and Civil Supplies, who also represents Ullal (Mangaluru) constituency in Karnataka legislative assembly,United Ullal' is one of the 12 franchises of Mangalore

Mangaluru, Dec 17: An 18-year-old engineering student from Kerala, who tried to commit suicide by taking poison after being ragged by senior students, is battling for his life at a private hospital in Mangaluru. Ashish Thamban, son of P V Thamban, a resident of Kasargod district, took the extreme step on December 13 and was rushed to the Pariyaram Medical College before being shifted to Mangaluru

Bengaluru, Dec 17: The state will get its first air ambulance facility in the New Year. While Chief Minister Siddaramaiah formally launched the air ambulances on Friday, commercial operations will begin in January 2017. Speaking to journalists after the launch at the HAL airport here, Arun Sharma, managing director, Aviators Air Rescue Limited, the service provider, said necessary clearances have

Gangavathi (Koppal district), Dec 17: Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, Jagadish Shettar, has suggested that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah received a Rs 1,000 crore kickback in the Arkavathy Layout denotification scam. He made the sensational accusation while speaking to journalists here on Friday, but gave few details. He said the chief minister had appointed his close aides and