Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 10: A youth from Mangaluru who was on his way to a relative's house in Manjeshwar on the outskirts of the city died in a road mishap on Sunday. Shivappa and Ramachanra, residents of Padil in Mangaluru were travelling on a motorbike. At around 12 noon a lorry rammed into their motorbike on National Highway 66 near Govinda Pai Collge. While one among them died on the spot another was

Ahmedabad, Oct 9: "My life is my message", said Mahatma Gandhi. And one of Bapu's original disciples, Abdul Hamid Kureshi, 89 -the chair man of the Sabarmati Ashram - has enclosed a message in his death. Kureshi, who was also an eminent lawyer, chose to be cremated and not buried. Kureshi breathed his last at the breakfast table in his residence in Swastik Society, Navrangpura, on Saturday morning

Dubai, Oct 9: Balwinder Sahani, an Indian business tycoon in Dubai bought the most coveted number plate D5 for Dh33 million (around Rs 60 crore) at the Roads and Transport Authority's number plate auction on Saturday. Sahani, also known as Abu Sabah, is the owner of RSG International, a property management company, with interests in the UAE, Kuwait, India and the United States. "I like collecting

New Delhi, Oct 9: Excessive exposure to social media is affecting psychological well-being of youths with many of them exhibiting "unusual" behavioural and lifestyle changes that have "wrecked" their education and interpersonal relationships, say experts. Psychiatrists at top health institutions in Delhi also say that in most cases people don't even understand they may be actually affected by it

Udupi, Oct 9: Baby Poojary, the mother of BJP activist Praveen Poojary, who was beaten to death while transporting cattle in August, has said that she won't forgive the Hindutva activists, who are responsible for her son's death. When a delegation of Chalo Udupi-Swabhimani Sangharsha Jatha' visited her house at Kenjoor village, 3km from Santhekatte in Udupi two days ago, the aggrieved mother burst

Mangaluru, Oct 9: A month after he went missing under mysterious circumstances, Abubacker Padubidri, a non-resident Indian from Padubidri in Udupi district, has finally been traced. The 48-year-old man was taken into custody by police from a train in which he was reportedly travelling from Chennai to Bengaluru on Saturday. Later, he was brought back to Mangaluru in a car by the Crime Branch Police

Bengaluru, Oct 9: In a bizarre incident, a youth was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012 for trying to molest a three-year-old girl on Thursday noon. DJ Halli police arrested Nadeem (28), who works at a vegetable shop in Gondappa Block, following a complaint filed by the minor's parents. On Thursday, the girl had accompanied her mother to a nearby

Dharwad, Oct 9: Four high school girls, who had run away from their homes in Arekurahatti village of Navalgund taluk, were traced to Goa on Saturday. While one girl studies in Class 9, the remaining three are Class 8 students. According to police, Rani (name changed), had left her home as her grandmother scolded her for not studying properly. One of her friends advised Rani to desert home and head

Udupi, Oct 9: A 19-year-old boy was killed and another injured when their motorbike skidded off the road in Manipal on Saturday. According to the Manipal police, Harshith (19) and Himanshu (16) were riding the two-wheeler from Ganapathi Temple to Manipal. Their motorbike skidded near the Manna Palla Lake in Manipal. Both of them were severely injured in the accident and rushed to the Kasturba

Mangaluru, Oct 8: A video clip showing a police officer attached to the Bantwal rural police station allegedly threatening his neighbours with a weapon before destroying coconut and other plants in their property has gone viral on the social media. The incident reportedly happened last Tuesday in Deppoli, Peraje village in Vitla police limits where Assistant Sub Inspector Rukmaiah Gowda resides