Karnataka

Manjeshwar, Oct 11: A 32-year-old man lost his life in bid to catch his cow which all of a sudden began to run at Sonkal village near Uppala in Kasargod district. The deceased has been identified as Ameer Sadiq son of Abbas, a resident of Sonkal village. His family is engaged in cattle rearing. Ameer had tied the cows outside on Monday morning. In the evening, when he was leading the cows to their

Dubai, Oct 11: Dubai began construction work on Monday on a tower that will stand higher than its Burj Khalifa, which is currently the world's tallest skyscraper. The Gulf emirate's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, marked the groundbreaking of The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour as construction workers laid foundations for the skyscraper at a vast patch of sand. The structure "will be

Bantwal, Oct 11: A group of miscreants waylaid a tempo traveller and attacked its passengers including women and children near Kalladka in Bantwal taluk. Sleuths of Bantwal Town Police Station have arrested two persons in connection with Monday's incident. They are Yogesh and Kiran, both residents of Kalladka. A Bengaluru based family was travelling towards Managluru in the temp traveller. Near

Nagapattinam, Oct 11: Farmers of the Cauvery delta region yesterday told the Supreme Court-constituted high-level technical committee that they were incurring a loss of around Rs 1,000 crore to Rs 2,500 crore each year due to the Cauvery dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The team was formed by the Supreme Court to assess the situation in the Cauvery basin in both the states. The 14-member

Ranchi, Oct 11: In a case of police brutality, a Muslim youth breathed his last at a hospital in Ranchi after he was allegedly beaten tortured by police in Narayanpura Police station in Jamtara in Jharkhand. 22-year-old Minhaj Ansari, a native of Dighari village under Narayanpur police station, was picked up by police along with two others on October 3 on charges of posting provocative texts in a

Ahmedabad, Oct 11: Citing the example of Cleopatra's legendary beauty, Gujarat Gauseva and Gauchar Vikas Board has issued its own pearls of wisdom for cow protection. In an advisory to women meant to preserve their eternal beauty, the board has stated that cow milk, ghee, urine and dung are the ingredients for a facial treatment that can leave the skin glowing. The board says, "The queen of Egypt

Mangaluru, Oct 11: Two persons wanted in separate theft cases have been arrested by the sleuths of Suratkal police station in Mangaluru. Sandeep (23), a resident of Madhya was arrested on charge of robbing a woman student of her cell phone at NITK campus on October 9. Police have recovered the mobile phone worth Rs 14,000 from him. In another case, personnel of the same police station arrested a

Madikeri, Oct 10: The proprietor of an automobile service station allegedly shot and killed a customer just because the latter used abusive words against him and his family for not washing the car on time at Shanivarsanthe in Kodagu district. The incident has triggered communal tension in the region. 45-year-old Shekhar, a resident of Shanivarsanthe breathed his last at a hospital within an hour

Kannur, Oct 10: A CPI(M) worker was on Monday hacked to death by six people at Pathiriyad in Kannur district, police said. Police said the deceased, Mohanan (40), died on the way to the hospital. The assailants have not been identified yet. Mohanan, a toddy shop worker, was the CPI(M)'s Paduvilayi local committee member. The attack took place this morning when he was inside the shop. Another

Panaji, Oct 10: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today said he would meet his Maharashtra and Karnataka counterparts on the issue of Mahadeyi river water diversion, notwithstanding reservations voiced by opposition parties in Goa. "I will be attending the meeting with Chief Ministers from Maharashtra and Karnataka on Mahadeyi water diversion issue. It is not proper to refuse the tribunal's