Karnataka

Udupi, Aug 11: Police have not revealed whether the wife and son of murdered Udupi-based businessman Bhaskar Shetty are co-operating with them in the investigation of the case. But, the residents of Nandalike village, where Bhaskar Shetty's dead body was allegedly burnt, were shocked by the arrogance of his murder accused son Navneeth Shetty. The police had taken Navneeth Shetty and his mother

Mangaluru, Aug 11: The women's cell of city based Besant Women's College, in co-ordination with the students' union and IQAC arranged a demonstration programme on the self-defense techniques for women on recently. The demonstration was given by martial artist Karthik S. Kateel. Speaking on the occasion Mr Kateel said that most strong and hefty men can be overpowered easily by striking at the eyes

New York, Aug 11: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji and HCL co-founder Shiv Nadar are the only two billionaires from India in Forbes' list of the world's 100 richest people in technology, ranking in the top 20 ahead of Google boss Eric Schmidt and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. The '100 Richest Tech Billionaires In The World 2016' list has been topped by Microsoft founder Bill Gates with an estimated fortune

Udupi, Aug 11: A 40-year-old Indian expatriate worker from Udupi district was killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia's Tabuk on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Kaleemullah (40), son of Abdullah, hailing from Kanchinadka at Padubidri in Udupi district. It is reported that around 4 pm, a police car hit him when he was going to his work place beside walkway. He fell and died on the

Mangaluru, Aug 11: The sleuths of the City Crime Branch of Mangaluru City Police have arrested a man accused of being a part of a gang that had kidnapped a businessman in Mumbai and robbed him of valuables worth Rs 5 crore. The arrested has been identified as K F Yunus (42), a resident of Bikarnakatte in Mangaluru. Acting on a tip-off that people were trying to sell the ruby illegally in an under

Mangaluru, Aug 11: Wilson Roshan Sequiera, with the pen name Wilson Kateel has been chosen for the Leo Rodrigues Endowment Kittall Youth Award for the year 2016. Wilson Kateel has written more than 400 poems, Ten short stories and number of essays and established himself as the reputed Konkani writer. Writing more than 100 lyrics to Konkani albums, movies, drama and serials he has won three

Bengaluru, Aug 11: The state Cabinet has decided to award a compensation of Rs 30 lakh to the kin of Chikk amagaluru Deputy Superintendent of Police Kallappa Handibag who committed suicide on July 5. Addressing mediapersons in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Minister T B Jayachandra said Handibag's wife Vidya will be given a job (Group C') on compassionate grounds. “Many legislators had sought that the

Udupi, Aug 11: Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports Pramod Madhwaraj has assured family members of murdered Saudi businessman Bhaskar Shetty to exert pressure on the home minister to form a special investigation team to probe into the case. Mr. Madhwaraj said that he would talk to Home Minister G. Parameshwara and the new Superintendent of Police, who would take charge

Bengaluru, Aug 11: The state government on Wednesday transferred Mysuru Deputy Commissioner C?Shikha and 10 other IAS?officers. Shikha, who had served as the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner for three years, has been appointed Commissioner of the Social?Welfare Department in Bengaluru. Last month, Shikha had filed a complaint against former Mysuru Zilla Panchayat president K?Marigowda, said to be close

Bengaluru, Aug 11: In a setback to state BJP?president and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the High Court on Wednesday refused to set aside the lower court order to investigate the allotment of Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) sites in Shivamogga. Shivamogga-based advocate B Vinod had filed a private complaint before the Lokayukta against Yeddyurappa, his daughter S Y Aruna Devi and others. He