Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 5: The Puttur Town Police have arrested 64-year-old Tangaraj of Kasaragod in Kerala in connection with seven cases of theft reported in Puttur town this year. They have recovered gold ornaments, silver articles and other articles valued at Rs. 7 lakh, reportedly stolen from houses in the town. Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Bhushan Gulabrao Borase told media here on

Doha, Jun 5: India and Qatar today agreed to share intelligence to combat 'hawala' transactions and terror financing as the two countries signed seven agreements and decided to move beyond the trading relationship and get into strategic investments. The two sides highlighted the need to "isolate" the sponsors and supporters of terrorism and agreed that urgent action against all such entities

Kolkata, June 5: Bodybuilder Manohar Aich, 104, who was once a household name in Bengal after becoming India's first Mr Universe in 1952, died at his Baguiati residence this afternoon, according to family sources. "Aich was on a liquid died for last 10-15 days and had stopped talking. He breathed his last at 3.50pm," his son Khokan Aich told PTI. Aich is survived by two daughters and two sons, one

Doha, Jun 5: Highlighting India's "investment- friendly policies", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invited Qatar's companies to "grab" the vast opportunities for business, especially in the infrastructure sector, while promising to remove "bottlenecks" identified by them. On the second day of his visit to the oil-rich Gulf nation, he held an hour-long closed-door interaction with top business

Mumbai, Jun 5: More and more women in metro cities are applying for unconventional jobs like cab driver, security guard and delivery executives, thanks to attractive pay and demand and supply gap, says a report. "We see a rise in preference, by both end customers as well as job seekers, for women in unconventional jobs or those sectors which were traditionally considered male dominated areas

Mangaluru, Jun 5: Here is a good news for frequent air travellers. The ministry of civil aviation is considering a proposal to improve the passenger rights including double refund in case of boarding denial. In present situation, if an airline denies you boarding at the last minute under some pretext even after advance confirmation of the ticket, you can only get your ticket fair refunded. You

Bengaluru, Jun 5: Returning Officer for the Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka will on Monday submit to the Election Commission a report along with an unedited copy of the "sting operation" that purportedly showed MLAs negotiating money deal in exchange for their votes. "The Commission has asked for an unedited copy of the 'sting operation' I have received from one channel now. The other channel

Bengaluru, Jun 5: As the polls to the Rajya Sabha and the Legislative Council from the state inch closer, the rebel group in the JD(S) seems to have got more vocal. Dissent JD(S) MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan, who has “pledged”, along with four other JD(S) MLAs, to vote for the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate K C Ramamurthy, on Saturday hit back at his party leadership for merely patronising Muslim leaders

Mangaluru, Jun 5: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to Vikas Parva', a nationwide campaign organised by Prime Minister Narendrra Modi-led NDA government to celebrate its two years. K Prathap Simha Nayak, president of DK district unit of BJP Vikas Parva, said the convention will be held at Town Hall here on Wednesday highlighting the theme India emerging as

Mangaluru, Jun 5: Revenue officials in Dakshina Kannada have been urged to clear files on time instead of causing inconveniences to the people. Pramod Madhwaraj, Udupi MLA and parliamentary secretary to the revenue minister, who attended a review meeting of revenue officials of the district here on Saturday said that land records should be made up to date. Mr Madhwaraj fixed deadline for officials