Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 26: Even tough education sector is booming in Dakshina Kannada, the youth of the district increasingly getting addicted to narcotic drugs is a matter of concern, said Deputy Commissioner K G Jagadeesha. Presiding over a meeting, he instructed the officials and teachers to keep a vigil in the surroundings of educational institutions to prevent students from falling prey to drug

Pune, Nov 26: A 25-year-old man today jumped into a tiger enclosure in Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park here, but was rescued unhurt by the animal keeper and security guards, officials said. Shudhodhan Babarao Wankhede scaled the parapet wall of the white tiger enclosure and jumped into it, they added. "He went very close to the tiger and even touched the animal. However, our security guards and the

Kannur, Nov 26: RSS worker Subeesh E, who has been arrested in connection with the murder of CPM worker K Mohanan at Valankichal in the district on October 10, has moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the CBI and also JFCM Court in Koothuparamba alleging brutal torture on the part of the police to make him give false statements with the aim of saving the accused in Fasal murder case

Kozhikode, Nov 26: Both the BJP-RSS and Popular Front of India (PFI) have dismissed the 'revelation' of an RSS worker that it was Sangh Parivar activists who had killed PFI (then NDF) worker Mohammad Fazal in 2006. RSS worker Subeesh who was arrested in the murder of CPM activist Mohanan last month had reportedly confessed to the police that he, along with other RSS-BJP workers, killed Fazal. BJP

Bengaluru, Sep 26: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has reiterated that the State government would not support any protest call given by the Opposition parties on the issue of demonetisation. Speaking to presspersons after chairing a preparatory meeting on the State Olympics Games here, he said: “The government has so far not supported any kind of bandh and henceforth too, will not support

Mangaluru, Nov 26: As a prelude to the much awaited Mangalore Premier Leaugue – 2016, the Karnataka Regional Cricket Academy will be holding an MPL fest and trophy launch ceremony at Panambur Beach on Sunday, November 27. Announcing this at a press meet here, Sirajuddin, Imthiyaz, the office bearers of KRCA, and Gowtham Shetty, MPL coordinator, said that the fest is being organized with an aim to

Mangaluru, Nov 26: More than a year after miscreants opened fire at Rajdhani Jewellers in Puttur, the Dakshina Kannada district police has arrested the fifth accused in the case, who had managed to fly abroad. Sleuths from Puttur town Police Station under the guidance of Dakshina Kannada Superintended of Police Bhushan Gulabrao Borase arrested Rameez Raja at Calicut International Airport. The

Bengaluru, Nov 26: Cashing in on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's so called crusade against common man'sblack money', three fraudsters posed as Income Tax officers and made off with a bag containing Rs 1 crore being brought to Bengaluru to purchase raw materials, saying the money needed to be investigated. The incident happened on Tuesday, a day before the driver of a van ferrying Rs 1.37 crore

Mangaluru, Nov 26: An Indian expatriate worker from coastal Karnataka died in Saudi Arabia on Friday due to cardiac arrest. The deceased has been identified as Khalandar Shareef (40), son of Abdulla Haji, a resident of Kanyana near Vittla in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Shareef was working for a major company in Saudi Arabia and he had visited his home town nearly one and a half

Mangaluru, Nov 26: Showing no sympathy to the 17 students of Mangaluru-based Milagres College, who were denied end-semester examination hall tickets on account of attendance shortage, the Karnataka High Court has dismissed their writ petitions. The high court clearly said that it cannot direct the college or the university to permit the petitioners who do not have the required minimum attendance