Karnataka

Kasargod, Sep 16: At least five people including two children were killed and four others suffered injuries after a lorry collided head-on with an auto-rickshaw at Kunnurravi in Payyanur on Friday. The lorry also hit a goods auto-rickshaw, that was selling fish, near the accident spot. Police have identified the deceased as Ramanthally native Ganeshan (38), wife Lalitha (32), daughter Lishna (6)

Indian real estate sector has witnessed a spectacular growth in the last few decades giving a big boost to the country's economic growth. The sector has witnessed a titanic shift wherein the preference has changed from traditional independent homes to lavish and high-rise luxurious apartments. Mangalore too has been witnessing this paradigm shift wherein people have been showing interest in opting

Mangaluru, Sep 16: Former Union minister B?Janardhana Poojary will perform “Urulu Seve” at Gokarnanatha temple in Kudroli on Sunday seeking resolution of the Cauvery dispute. He has invited Chief?Minister Siddaramaiah to take part in the ritual. Speaking to mediapersons here on Friday, Poojary said that people from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala can take part in the event. “Since the ritual is

Mangaluru, Sep 16: In a tragic incident, a young labourer died after coming into contact with a conveyor belt in the iron processing unit of KIOCL in Panambur police station limits here on Thursday. According to the police, Safwan (26) was among the labourers engaged in clearing the dust that falls off the conveyor belt as the iron ore passes through. A long stick was given to move the dust to a

Madikeri, Sep 16: Expressing suspicion on the way the police handling two communally sensitive cases - attempt on a cattle dealer at Kaggodlu in Madikeri and the murder of auto-rickshaw driver Praveen?Poojary in Kushalnagar - former minister A?K?Subbaiah has demanded criminal investigation department (CID) probe into both of them. Addressing media, Mr Subbaiah condemned the attack on cattle dealer

Mangaluru, Sep 16: In a controversial move, the Mangaluru city police have included four anti-pollution activists from Jokatte village in their list of rowdy-sheeters. Besides, the police also served them notices under CrPC Section 113 seeking bond seeking bond of Rs 50,000 and surety from them. The four targeted activists are B S Hussein (75), Aboobakker Bava (58), Moideen Sherief (42) and

Bengaluru, Sep 16: Oracle employees were at work on Monday when protesters entered their nine-storey building in India's technology hub, Bengaluru , and asked them to leave in support of demonstrations that had erupted across the city over a water dispute. By early afternoon, one of the US software giant's biggest overseas offices had been evacuated, two employees there told Reuters, as had the

Mangaluru, Sep 16: The second phase of Haj operations 2016 is expected to commence at Mangaluru International Airport on September 18. The flights carrying Haj pilgrims will take off at Madina International Airport and reach Mangaluru four consecutive days from September 18 to 21, Airport sources said. "Air India Express will operate four Haj flights carrying around 150 passengers on board every

Bengaluru, Sep 16: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court here on Thursdayconvicted 13 persons accused in the Karnataka terror module case, wherein several educated Muslim youths were arrested from their houses and rented rooms in Bengaluru, Hubballi and other places four years ago. Sources in the NIA said that this was the first time the accused have pleaded guilty in a terror case

New Delhi, Sep 16: The Kingdom of Bahrain on Thursday offered a red carpet welcome and donated Rs 8.87 lakh to a Odisha tribal who was forced to carry his wife's body for nearly 12 km, en route to his village, after she died at a hospital last month. A video of Dana Manjhi walking with a wailing daughter and wife's body over his shoulder after help eluded him went viral last month, sparking