Karnataka

Bengaluru: Fed up with her mother-in-law controlling the family's finances, a kindergarten teacher allegedly killed the woman in a fit of rage. Then, she went to school as usual. Nazeera Begum, 28, a resident of Subramanya Layout, Ramamurthynagar, was arrested for the August 8 murder of Badrunissa, 57. On the day of the murder, Nazeera's husband Imran Saab, who runs a cab, who runs a chicken stall

Bengaluru, Aug 13: Ahead of the Bengaluru mayoral election, Janata Dal?(S) President H?D?Deve Gowda on Friday hinted that his party might not continue its support to the Congress in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Stating that his son and party state president H D Kumaraswamy were not happy with the alliance with the Congress, Gowda said that a final call in this regard would be

Mangaluru, Aug 12: An Additional District and Sessions Court in Puttur in Dakshina Kannada has handed out death sentence to a 26-year-old man for murdering his sister-in-law and her three-year-old son eight years ago. M. Ramachandra, V Additional District and Sessions Judge, had convicted Jayesh alias Shahir alias Shakir of the offence of murder on Tuesday, and arguments on the quantum of sentence

Udupi, Aug 12: The emergence of two eyebrow-raising videos that show how the investigation officer accorded a royal treatment' to the two main accused in NRI businessman Bhaskar Shetty murder case has damaged the credibility of Udupi police. The first video footage clearly shows that Manipal Inspector of Police S.V. Girish, who was the Investigation Officer in this mysterious case, treated the two

New Delhi, Aug 12: The first batch of 26 Indian workers, who had lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia, arrived here today after the country issued them exit visas. Saudi Arabia had agreed to swiftly resolve plight of thousands of laid-off Indian workers including providing them free passage to return to India during visit of Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh to the Gulf nation last week

Mangaluru, Aug 12: Poet, writer and photographer Ahmed Anwar has been chosen for Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi award instituted by city based Universal Welfare Forum (Uniwef). The annual award will be conferred on the quinquagenarian at LuLu Centre, Falnir in the city on August 15 to coincide with the 70th Independence Day. Mr Anwar, who served as a photojournalist with Coastaldigest.com for a several

New Delhi, Aug 12: Hours after actor Shah Rukh Khan tweeted about his detention at the Los Angeles airport, the US envoy has apologized "for the trouble". "Sorry for the trouble at LAX @iamsrk," the US ambassador to India, Richard Verma, tweeted on Friday, adding that they are "working to ensure it doesn't happen again". "Your work inspires millions, including in the US," Verma wrote on Twitter

Mangaluru, Aug 12: Continuing its mission to help deserving and needy students of the Beary community, United Arab Emirates-based Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF), will hold a scholarship meet on Sunday, August 14, at Loyola Hall, St Aloysius College, Mangaluru. Announcing this at a press conference in the city on Friday, M E Muloor, chairman, BCF Scholarship Committee, revealed that this year

Mangaluru, Aug 12: Pained and frustrated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outburst against so called cow protectors, Karnataka Bajrang Dal chief Sharan Pumpwell has urged him to send an army to this south Indian state to save the holy animal' from butchers. Last week, Mr Modi had not only urged the state governments to take action against those who take law into their hands in the name of cow

Mangaluru, Aug 12: As part of its mission to educate the new generation of needy families of the community, Billawas Dubai and Northern Emirates (BDNE), a charitable trust, will be holding a scholarship distribution program in the city this weekend. Announcing this at a press meet here on Friday, the office bearers of the trust, said that the programme will be held at Adyakksha Koragappa Memorial