Karnataka

Udupi, Jul 20: At least three people including a businessman from coastal Karnataka were killed and two others injured in a serial mishap occurred on the Eastern Freeway at Trombay in Mumbai on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Abdul Hameed (45), son of Mahmoud Hasan from Shirva in Udupi, and two people from Maharashtra-Jaswant (40) and Vijay Kumar. Abdul Hameed was driving the Innova. The

Kalaburagi, Jul 20: Eight people, including two children and four women, were killed on the spot in a head-on collision between a lorry and multi-utility vehicle (Cruiser) near Doginala in Aland taluk on Tuesday. Fourteen people were injured in the accident. The victims are Gajabai Ingale, 59, Swapnil Dogale, 4, Krishna Ingale, 4, Phoolchand Dharme, 52, Varsha Dogale, 28, Sanjay Ingale, 34

Bengaluru, Jul 20: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday denied he withheld details of cases pending against him in the affidavit filed by him during the 2013 Assembly elections. “Charges made by JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy that 10 cases were pending against me in Mysuru are false. All the cases were closed way back in 2008... He (Kumaraswamy) is a big liar,” the chief minister told reporters

Bengaluru, Jul 20: A?woman police sub-inspector attempted suicide by consuming paracetamol and painkiller tablets at her Rajajinagar police quarters flat on Tuesday afternoon. Roopa Tambad, 34, attached to the Vijayanagar police station, was rushed to Suguna Hospital on Dr Rajkumar Road and her condition is stated to be stable. She is being treated at the ICU, said the police. Preliminary

Tumakuru: Jul 19: Thousands of Christians took to streets in the city to register their protest against the recent attack on Tomlinson church at Siragate, which according to them an attempt to disrupt communal harmony. The massive rally held from Town Hall Circle to the office of Deputy Commissioner in the city disrupted traffic flow for couple of hours on Monday. The protesters were wearing black

Mangaluru, Jul 19: A 26-year-old woman was crushed to death while her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter and husband had a narrow escape after a speeding truck rammed into their scooter near Manjeswar on the outskirts of the city. The tragedy occurred around 3 p.m. on Monday as Muneeba (26), riding pillion got crushed under the wheels of the fish-laden truck after being thrown off the two-wheeler

Mangaluru, Jul 19: Police have arrested H M Ashraf, the Dakshina Kannada district Congress Seva Dal president on charge of assault on a family at Balmatta in the city on Monday. Police sources said that the Ashraf was arrested after a couple and their minor daughter accused him of assaulting following an argument. The incident occurred when John Monteiro was going out for shopping in his car along

Mangaluru, Jul 19: In a shocking incident, a madrassa teacher hailing from Dakshina Kannada district was arrested in Kasaragod district following complaints that he indulged in unnatural sex with three boys studying in the institution. The accused is Abdul Haneef, 37, a native of Vittal in Bantwal taluk, who had joined the madrassa at Udayanagar at Pullur, near Kanhangad, some two years ago. The

Bengaluru, Jul 19: A Legislative Assembly committee has recommended one year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 fine on journalist Ravi Belagere for publishing defamatory article against Speaker K B Koliwad. The article was published in the Kannada tabloid “Hi Bengaluru” edited by Belagere in September 2014. Koliwad had lodged a complaint to the then Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa against the

Hyderabad, Jul 19: A young life was nipped in the bud by an angry mob in Mohammadiya Palem of Nizampatnam Mandal in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh as the villagers believed he was responsible for the death of a home alone girl. According to Circle Inspector V Mallikharjuna Rao, the incident took place on Sunday when the family members of 19-year-old Jasmin were away and she was alone at home