Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sep 26: Seven persons, all aged between 20 and 24 years, have been arrested by the Mangaluru City Police for allegedly blackmailing a bank manager after forcing him to pose with a girl in a locked room. The arrested have been identified as Srijit Konaje (20), Avinash Konaje (21), Sachin Pachhanady (21), Ranjit Shetty Kuttar (22), Yatish Poojary Kuttar (24), Nitin Deralakatte (21) and

Mangaluru, Sep 26: A 23-year-old man, who had come to Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala on a pilgrimage, was drowned at the bathing ghat of the Sri Kshetra on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Bharat, a resident of Dasarahalli 5th Cross, Sawmill Road in Bengaluru. He had come to the temple town along with his relative, Kumar. Temple sources stated that Bharat lost balance on the bathing ghat

Kozhikode, Sep 26: Accusing Opposition parties for propagating a "distorted definition" of secularism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invoked Jan Sangh ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya to say that Muslims should not be treated as mere tools to garner votes nor neglected but should be treated as "own". Addressing the National Council meet, he vowed his commitment to his call for "Sabka Saath

Mangaluru, Sep 26: In a bizarre incident, bus conductor jumped from a moving bus into the Kumaradhara river at Subrahmanya on Sunday, following a heated arguments with a female passenger over a few hundred rupees change. The deceased has been identified as Devadas (42), who was doing conductor's job in a bus belonging to Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) plying from Mangaluru to

Mangaluru, Sep 25: Expressing shock over the reports that he was forced to convert to another religion, a teenage Hindu boy from Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district has said that he had left home after his father beat him up. 19-year-old Deekshith Gowda, son of Janardan Gowda from Paladka near Arambur in Sullia taluk had gone missing on September 7. Local leaders of Sangh Parivar had had claimed

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 25: Kicha, who hails from Kochi, found fame after starting KichaTube HD channel on the video-sharing site. YouTube sensation and young chef Nihal Raj, also known as Kicha, showcased his cookery skills on popular American TV programme The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Kicha, who hails from Kochi, found fame after starting KichaTube HD channel on the video-sharing site. Launched in

Mandya, Sep 25: C.S. Puttaraju, MP, decided to withdraw his 'resignation' from the Deputy Commissioner, on Sunday. Mr. Puttaraju, a Janata Dal (Secular) leader from Pandavapura, had submitted his resignation to Mandya Deputy Commissioner S. Ziyaullah recently as a mark of protest against the Supreme Court's order to release 6,000 cusecs of water from state reservoirs to Tamil Nadu. According to

Hyderabad, Sep 25: Reunited with their families, two Indian professors, who were held captive by ISIS in Libya for over a year, say it is like a rebirth for them. T Gopikrishna from Andhra Pradesh and Ch Balram Kishan from Telangana, who were teaching at Libya's Sirte University, were abducted by Islamic State militants in July last year. They were released around a week back and returned to

Bengaluru, Sep 25: The Karnataka High Court has quashed a case against a Bangladeshi national, who overstayed in India after the expiry of her visa. The amendment to the Passport (Entry Into India) Act, in September 2015, came to her rescue as it provides for a Hindu facing religious persecution in Bangladesh, to be localised as an Indian citizen. Tapassi Das, currently residing in Mysuru, claimed

Mangaluru, Sep 26: The department of minorities' welfare will soon host a job fair in Mangaluru under the patronage of the government of Karnataka. Y Sayeed Ahmed, the minority cell president of the Karnataka State Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), who was in the city on Saturday told media persons that the department will announce the date shortly. He said that minority cell will hold zonal