Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sep 18: A 24-year-old youth from Sullia in Dakshina Kannada (Mangaluru) district, who has accepted Islam on his own will, was reportedly thrashed earlier this week by a group of miscreant belonging to Hindutva organizations for turning down their demand of returning to Hinduism. Satish Acharya, a resident of Mavamjadka in Mandekolu village in Sullia taluk, had changed his faith more

Hubballi, Sep 18: Mysuru Warriors made light work of their task, as their batsmen romped home with seven wickets in hand, and 17 balls to spare in the second match against Mangalore United owned by Mangaluru North MLA Mohiuddin Bava at Karbonn KPL powered by Cycle Agarbathies. After winning the toss and deciding to bat first, Mangalore United were pushed onto the back foot early in the innings

Mangaluru, Sep 18: Nearly two decades after he murdered his second wife at Pudu village in Bantwal on the outskirts of the city, a native of Tamil Nadu has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the first additional district and session's court, here. While pronouncing the verdict on Saturday, judge C M Joshi also directed the convict Raju aka Raja, a trader of fighting hens from Coimbatore, to

Mangaluru, Sept 18: The construction process of Westline Signature, the tallest tower in the South India, was formally launched at a posh locality at Nanthoor Hills in the heart of the city on Saturday through a foundation stone laying ceremony in the presence of a galaxy of dignitaries. A structure of the 53-story building was unveiled at the function by B Ramanath Rai, the Dakshina Kannada

Mangaluru, Sep 18: Former police officer Anupama Shenoy, who had repeatedly rejected the requests of chief minister Siddaramaiah to withdraw resignation and continue serve in the police department, has now expressed her design to rejoin the department. Ms Shenoy, who had resigned as DySP of Kudligi sub-division in Ballari district after a public spat with former minister P T Parameshwar Naik, was

Kalaburagi, Sep 18: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of adopting an “indifferent attitude” to the plea of the Karnataka government to convene a meeting of Chief Ministers of the riparian States of the Cauvery, to find an amicable solution to the dispute. “I had written a letter to the Prime Minister seeking his intervention, and I had also spoken to the PM's office

Udupi, Sep 18: The Court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate extended the CID custody of Niranjan Bhat, one of the main accused in the Bhaskar Shetty murder case till September 19. The case is being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department. The court extended the CID custody of Niranjan Bhat, a priest, by two days till Monday. The court also accepted the plea of the counsel

Bengaluru, Sep 18: The Criminal Investigation Department is said to have given a clean chit to former minister K J George and two IPS officers in the case related to the suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police M K Ganapathi in July. Sources, however, said the details of the CID's final investigation report, submitted to the Judicial Magistrate First Class Court at Madikeri in Kodagu district on

Kasargod, Sep 17: A 48-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker has been arrested on the charge of sexually abusing a six-year-old girl at Perla, near Badiadukka in Kasargod district. The accused has been identified as Chidananda Acharya (48), a resident of Perla and proprietor of a jewellery workshop. On September 13, the accused lured the victim to his shop when she reached a nearby tailoring

New Delhi, Sep 17: Mid-air medical emergencies forced diversion of national carrier Air India's two international flights to airports in Norway and Finland. A flight from New Delhi to Chicago was yesterday diverted to the Bod International Airport in Bode, Norway, due to a medical emergency. Another coming into the city from San Francisco made an unscheduled landing at Finland's Helsinki Airport