Karnataka

Mandya/Ballari/New Delhi, Dec 9: The Mandya district police have formed three teams to investigate the suicide of Ramesh Gowda, the official driver of Bheema Naik, special land acquisition officer, Bengaluru Urban district. Gowda had made startling revelations in this regard in a death letter on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Mandya, Superintendent of Police C?H?Sudheer Kumar Reddy said the

Mangalore, Dec 8:The Swim of the Century' supported by IDBI Bank has set the Guinness World Record for the longest open-water relay swim by successfully completing the 1000 km expedition in the Arabian Sea from Gateway Of India, Mumbai to Tannirbhavi Beach, Mangalore via Goa. Sea Hawks, led by Wing Commander Paramvir Singh, in alliance with IDBI Bank, embarked on the expedition on November 26

Mangaluru, Dec 8: Queues might have shortened a bit in front of banks and ATMs, but economic activity at the retail level in Mangaluru, Udupi and other parts of coastal Karnataka is still far from normal after the passage of a month since demonetisation took effect from November 8 midnight. Retailers and small stores have complained of declining sales and the situation has only worsened instead of

Ernakulam, Dec 8: A Kerala Catholic priest, accused of raping a minor girl, has been awarded a double life term by a special court. Fr Edwin Figarez was also slapped with a fine of Rs 2,15,000. His brother was sentenced to one year on charges of helping the priest go into hiding. According to prosecution, Fr Figarez exploited the minor girl, who was also a member of the same parish which the

New Delhi, Dec 8: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday said that the practice of triple talaq among Muslims is unconstitutional and it violates the rights of women. The high court said that no personal law board is above the Constitution. It said, “Triple talaq is unconstitutional, it violates the rights of Muslim women. No personal law board is above the Constitution.” Several political parties

Mangaluru, Dec 8: The formal inaugural ceremony of Bearys Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI), a newly formed NGO that intends to create a network between businessmen across communities and countries, will be held on December 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Hotel Ocean Pearl in Mangaluru. B Ramanath Rai, Minister for Forest, Ecology & Environment and D.K. District in-charge will be the inaugurator. U T Khader

Kasargod, Dec 8: A series of unexpected developments and shocks in recent months have prompted the factions of Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) to bury hatchet after 14 years of living apart and announce their merger to uphold unity among Salafis. The unification of the KNM led by T P Abdulla Koya Madani, and the breakaway faction Kerala Naduvathul Mujahideen (Markazu-DHAVA) led by Hussain

Bhatkal, Dec 8: Honnavar police in Uttara Kannada district have arrested a person with Rs 37.78 lakh unaccounted cash. Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested Abdul Latif of Konandur village of Tirthahalli taluk in Shivamogga district on Gerusoppa Road in Honnavar when he was transporting the cash on his four-wheeler without documents from Sagar in Shivamogga district to Honnavar in Uttara

Mangaluru, Dec 8: Three persons have been arrested by the Puttur police for allegedly involving in currency exchange racket. Rs 18.8 lakh cash including 168 notes in Rs 2,000 denomination have has also been recovered from the trio. According to the police, on a tip-off, a team, led by Puttur Town Police Inspector Mahesh Prasad, stopped a car in which the cash was being taken. Jaffer Sharief (28)

Bengaluru, Dec 8: If you have had to go back to security from the boarding queue of a flight because your hand baggage did not have the stamped tag, there is relief coming at five airports. The hand baggage tags will not be necessary as the Civil Aviation Ministry has ordered that they could be done away with, on a pilot basis, at Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore airports. “We