Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sep 16: Nearly three years after an 11-year-old girl was abducted and raped in Sullia in Dakshina Kannada, a district court has sentenced him to three year imprisonment. Sarvodaya Shettigar, the judge of the second additional district and session's court which is also the special court for POCSO cases, found Naveen K a resident of Sullia guilty of sexually assaulting the minor in

Bengaluru, Sep 16: It's now official. It was not just the Chemistry question paper, but all the six papers of the second Pre-University (PU) examinations held in March-April 2016 were leaked at least two days in advance. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing the Chemistry paper leak has informed the government and the PU Board that all the six papers were leaked. The CID also asked

Mangaluru, Sep 16: Within a day after he was arrested on charge of placing mobile camera in the women's toilet of Mangaluru University, M.Sc. student M Santosh Acharya has managed to secure bail. 22-year-old Santosh, a resident of Sullia, was arrested by the police on Wednesday, September 14, after questioning over 80 suspects in connection with the case. Santosh was charged under IT act 66 and

Bengaluru, Sep 15: This is not a story from strife-torn Uttar Pradesh or Gujarat. This happened in a relatively peaceful village in Bengaluru district of Congress ruled Karnataka, where Muslims celebrated Eid-ul-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, earlier this week. A group of around 100 miscreants armed with stones, and sticks laid siege to a farmhouse on Jigani Main Road under the limits of Begur

Mangaluru, Sep 15: In an unexpected development, the Karnataka high court on Thursday granted conditional bail to NaMo Brigade leader Naresh Shenoy, the prime accused in Mangaluru-based RTI activist Vinayaka P Baliga murder case. 39-year-old NaMo Naresh', who is a prominent businessman in Mangaluru, was formally arrested by the Mangaluru CCB on June 26 more than three months after 52-year-old

Bengaluru, Sep 15: Ahead of a state-wide bandh in Tamil Nadu tomorrow over the raging Cauvery issue, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today wrote to his counterpart J Jayalalithaa requesting her to ensure protection of the lives and properties of Kannada speaking people. "I am deeply concerned that certain organisations have called for a bandh in Tamil Nadu tomorrow. You would agree that any

Mangaluru, Sep 15: Mangaluru city police chief has urged the second-hand mobile phone dealers to compulsorily collect documents from sellers and buyers as a proof of identification in view of safety and security measures. Speaking to media persons M Chandra Sekhar, Commissioner of Mangaluru city police, said, the police would soon serve notices to all second-hand phone dealers cautioning against

Bengaluru, Sep 15: A 25-year-old army man has been arrested on charge of molesting the teenaged daughter of his superior officer, after barging into her house in Bengaluru. He also reportedly issued death threats to the victim's family when they decided to initiate action against him. The victim's father, a senior officer with the Border Security Force (BSF), has also alleged that he tried to take

Mangaluru, Sep 15: The police have solved the case of murder of a youth near Panambur beach, a tourist spot in Mangaluru, following the arrest of his wife's paramour and his associate. Rekhappa alias Rakesh Lamani (26), a resident of Ranebennur Gundenahalli was found murdered beside NH 66 near Panambur beach on September 6. A murder case was registered at jurisdictional Panambur police station on

Mangaluru, Sep 15: From a bright student to being one of the stalwarts of the Indian National Congress party, B Janardhana Poojary's extraordinary journey is set to get a book treatment as the veteran politician is busy giving shape to his autobiography. “I started writing few months back and the book will contain all my good and bad experiences right from my childhood,” said the 80-year-old