Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 17: Hundreds of ABVP activists on Wednesday staged a demonstration in the city in protest against alleged anti-India slogans raised at a function in Bengaluru last week. Slogans were allegedly raised at a programme organized at the United Theosophical College where action of Indian Army in the Kashmir valley was criticized, especially the killing of Burhan Wani, who allegedly had

Mumbai, Aug 17: Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's nephew Alishah Parkar today tied the knot with the daughter of a city-based businessman in a traditional Muslim ceremony here, with Mumbai police keeping an eye on the event. Alishah, the son of Dawood's late sister Haseena Parkar, and Aisha Nagani got married at a mosque in Nagpada area of south Mumbai in the presence of their family

Mangaluru, Aug 17: A depressed woman committed suicide by jumping off the fifth floor of a private hospital in the city on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Khulsamma (42), a resident of Bantwal, who was undergoing treatment at the hospital located in Kankanady. It is suspected that the woman resorted to the extreme step because of depression caused by her illness. She had got

Mangaluru, Aug 17: A local youth, who gave chase and caught a notorious thief when he was trying to make getaway after robbing a woman of her gold chain in the heart of the city, was honoured by the police. The man, who exhibited enormous courage and helped an unknown woman at the cost of personal risk, was Muhammad Haris, a resident of Angaragundi near Baikampady in Mangaluru taluk. The incident

Bengaluru, Aug 17: Three days after the controversial event, Bengaluru Police Commissioner N S Megharikh on Tuesday night confirmed that 'Azadi' (freedom) slogans were raised at a cultural programme Amnesty International India organised here on alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. "Towards the end of the programme, a group of persons who were among the audience raised slogans

Mangaluru, Aug 17: More than five years after a woman was murdered by her husband and mother-in-law in Bantwal taluk, a local court here sentenced the duo to life imprisonment. The First Additional District and Sessions Judge C.M. Joshi on Tuesday sentenced to life Parvati (60) and her son Raveesh (43) on finding them guilty of murder of her daughter-in law Saraswati (28). According to the

Mangaluru, Aug 17: For the first UT Khader, the Food and Civil Supplies Minister, has openly expressed unhappiness over the anti-Siddaramaiah rhetoric of veteran Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary. Responding to queries of media persons in the city on Tuesday Mr Khader said that he was deeply hurt by Mr Poojary's comment blaming the State government and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for the police

Dubai, Aug 17: A baby unexpectedly born on a Cebu Pacific Air flight from Dubai to the Philippines has lady luck smiling at her ALREADY and she doesn't even know that yet. "The lady started having contractions mid-flight, about five hours while going from Dubai to the Philippines. She was set to give birth in October, so this came as a surprise, even to her mother," wrote Missy Berberabe Umandal

Kasargod, Aug 17: A 47-year-old man, who allegedly sexually assaulted a school girl, when she was returning home, was arrested by police on Tuesday. The accused has been identified as A. Suresh, a resident of Madhur, here. He is an auto-rickshaw driver by profession. The minor girl was returning home in the vehicle after taking part in the Independence Day celebrations at her school. The incident

Udupi, Aug 17: Nearly two months after she resigned from service citing allegations of “harassment” by a Minister in the Karnataka government, the former Deputy Superintendent of Police Anupama Shenoy has released audio tapes of phone conversations she allegedly had with the Minister and her superiors to a news channel in New Delhi. She has released five tapes to Times Now and is camping in Delhi