Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 14: The newly established Kankanady Town Police Station started functioning from Garodi near Pumpwell junction in the city on Friday. District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai inaugurated the station, which is the 22nd station in the city. The Kankanady Town station has been carved out from the Mangaluru Rural police station (which was known as Kankanady police station in the past

Jeddah, Oct 14: Police in Saudi Arabia have busted a major hawala racket and arrested 32 from Jeddah on charges of money laundering. According to reliable sources, at least 20 among the arrested are Indians and many of them are South Indians. The accused, arrested in two separate cases, allegedly handled 9 billion Saudi Riyal in illegal money transfers, the police said. Eight of them were released

Manjeshwar, Oct 14: An elderly man lost his life and a middle aged man suffered severe injuries after a speeding car rammed into a two-wheeler at Uppala near here on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Mushtaq Husain (65), a school manager from Bengaluru. Afaq (45), who sustained injuries in the mishap, was rushed to a hospital. The two had gone out for some work on a scooter in

Bengaluru, Oct 14: A senior Muslim cleric has urged the Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah to take necessary steps to protect the interests of Muslim community in the state. Shafi Sa'adi, state president of Sunni Students Federation, on Thursday called on the CM along with CM Ibrahim, deputy chairman of the state planning board in Bengaluru and discussed some of the problems faced by the

Mangaluru, Oct 14: Haters of Tipu Sultan, the only king in the history of modern world who laid down his life in the battle field fighting against the colonial forces, have planned to stage protests in Mangaluru and other parts of Dakshina Kannada district against the Karnataka government's decision to celebrate his birth anniversary this year too in spite of the controversies surrounding the

Kota, Oct 14: Wedding bells are ringing for Naresh Tekwani (27) of Jodhpur and Karachi's Priya Bachani despite the strained ties between their home nations. Thanks to foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, Priya has got a visa from the Indian embassy in Pakistan, and will now be able to tie the knot with her fiancé on November 7. Marriage preparations had come to a standstill as Bachani and her family

Mysuru, Oct 14: Two engineering students from Mysuru drowned and one had a providential escape after the sports utility vehicle in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a 15-ft deep canal near Naviloor in Chamarajanagar district. The deceased students have been identified as M H Darshan (21), a resident of Tilak Nagar, Mysuru and J Karthik (21), a resident of Chamundi Hill

Mangaluru, Oct 14: Three people including an elderly couple were rushed to a private hospital after attack by a gang of miscreants on Thursday at Katipalla in Mangaluru taluk. The victims are Aboobakar, his wife Suraiah and her sister Sameena, residents of Katipalla. It is learnt that a gang of eight miscreants barged into the house of Aboobakar and attacked the three family members present there

Mangaluru, Oct 14: A 30-year-old Indian expatriate worker lost his life in a road accident at Buraydah in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recently. The deceased has been identified as Shahul Hameed (30), son of Ahmed, a native of Urimajalu near Vittla in Dakshina Kannada district. He met with an accident on October 8 and later breathed his last at a hospital without responding to any treatment. The last

Udupi, Oct 13: Nearly a week after speakers at the Chalo Udupi valedictory ceremony exhorted the Dalits to storm Udupi's Krishna Mutt if it fails to end pankti bheda', Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt has threatened to go on an indefinite fast. Addressing media persons here on Thursday, he said that some persons at the Chalo Udupi' programme on Sunday have tried to mislead Dalits and asked