Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 8: If everything goes as expected every student in Karnataka will have an Aadhaar card by the end of 2016-17 academic year. The Department of Primary and Secondary Education has decided to make Aadhaar mandatory for all students in government, aided and private unaided schools, as well as Pre-university colleges across Karnataka. With this move, it hopes to streamline government

Mangaluru, Oct 8: Two youths have been arrested by the Mangaluru East police for allegedly involving in chain-snatching incidents reported on the Kadri Kambla Road in the last 15 days. The police gave the names of the accused as Mohammed Nazir (25) and Juraise K.M. (22), both from Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada. The police have recovered the two gold chains that they had reportedly stolen. It

Udupi, Oct 8: One should not underestimate the strength of regional parties as they can provide proper development in their respective States, said former Prime Minister and Janata Dal supremo H D Deve Gowda. Speaking to presspersons during his visit to the Sri Mookambika Temple at Kollur in Udupi district, Mr. Gowda said that regional parties are closer to the people and can do better justice to

Panaji, Oct 7: Monika Ghurde, a well-known perfumer, was found dead at her residence in Goa's Sangolda village on Thursday. Her hands were tied to a bed and she was half-undressed, said the police, who suspect that the 39-year-old was raped and murdered. There was a reddishness on her face that indicates she could have been suffocated using a pillow, said a senior police official who is

Mangaluru, Oct 7: Promising all-rounder Naveen MG and right-hand opener batsman Mohammed Taha saw fierce bidding among several franchises with Udupi Tigers and Coastaldigest.com picking up the two icon players for Rs 75,000 and Rs 70,000 respectively. This was the scene at the players' auction for the upcoming Mangaluru Premier League-2016 held at Fiza Forum Mall in the city on Friday evening

Bengaluru, Oct 7: A 27-year-old woman pickpocket was nabbed within 25 minutes after she stole the purse of a bank's assistant general manager in a BMTC bus and was trying to withdraw money from a ATM kiosk on Thursday morning. The victim's husband received an SMS on his mobile about the huge withdrawal of Rs 90,000 and alerted her. The victim got down from the bus and being a bank official, she

Dehradun/Pithoragarh, Oct 7: A 35-year-old Dalit man was beheaded allegedly by a primary school teacher, who accused him of rendering "impure" a flour mill by using it before the upper caste villagers in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district, a senior police officer said today. Sohan Ram died when he was assaulted with a sickle by Lalit Karnatak after he protested an insulting remark against his caste

Bengaluru, Oct 7: The Special Lokayukta Court on Thursday ordered a probe into the assets of BJP leader and former Minister, C.T. Ravi. The court, hearing a 2010 private complaint lodged by activist A.C. Kumar, ordered the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to take up a probe into alleged disproportionate assets of the BJP leader. The private complaint alleged that during 2002-2010, the known income of

Bengaluru, Oct 7: The Karnataka state government led by Siddaramiah has decided to officially celebrate Tipu Sultan Jayanti across the state on November 10 this year too, in spite of the controversies surrounding the maiden event last year. Having faced flak from various quarters, the government however this time has shifted the responsibility of organizing the event from the minorities department

Dadri, Oct 7: The Hindutva activists and family members of one of the accused in Dadri lynching, who died of fever earlier this week, have refused to cremate the dead body unless the Uttar Pradesh government pays Rs 1 crore as compensation, recommends a CBI probe into his death and fulfils other demands. Less than a kilometre from where Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched last year over beef allegation