Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 20: Two brothers who were out foraging for seashells drowned in Phalguni (Gurupura) river near Adyapady dam on the outskirts of the city last evening. The bodies of Sandeep (28) and his younger brother Sandesh (26), who hailed from Shivanagara in Mooushedde village, were retrieved only on Friday morning after a prolonged search. The brothers along with one of their friends from

Bhatkal, May 20: A youth from Bhatkal, suspected to be an operative of the Indian Mujahideen was arrested when he flew in at New Delhi on Friday after being deported from Dubai, officials said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took into custody Abdul Wahid Siddibapa at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Siddibapa, a resident of Maqdoom colony in Bhatkal in Karnataka, was wanted on

New Delhi, May 20: Government today approved promulgation of an ordinance to keep state boards out of the ambit of uniform medical entrance examination, NEET, for one academic year. The executive order is aimed at "partially" overturning a Supreme Court verdict which said all government colleges, deemed universities and private medical colleges would be covered under NEET. The next phase of the

Thiruvananthapuram, May 20: CPI-M politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan has been chosen as next Chief Minister of Kerala, a day after the marxist party-led LDF romped home to power in the Assembly polls, according to reports. The CPI-M secretariat and party's Kerala committee met here today in the presence of General Secretary Sitaram Yechury. CPI-M veteran V S Achuthanandan and party politburo member

Mangaluru, May 20: In a shocking incident, a youth in Ullal near here was attacked by a gang after the former filed an RTI query regarding the functioning of an illegal lodge. According to the Ullal police, Hamza Mohammed (22) was facing trouble by the lodge run a top his house in Ullal. He had sought information about the lodge from the Town Municipal Council to confirm whether it was a legal or

Kasaragod, May 20: Prohibitory orders have been promulgated in Manjeswar, Kasaragod, and Hosdurg taluk limits in the district on in view of escalating violence in some parts of the district. “The week-long prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC were clamped to ward off untoward incidents after sporadic incidents of violence were reported in Kasaragod, and Kanhangad on Thursday afternoon

Bengaluru, May 20: JD(S) leader H D Deve Gowda on Thursday said that his party was assured of a Cabinet berth in the to-be-formed LDF government in Kerala. JD(S) had fielded 5 candidates in the Kerala Assembly elections, of which three — C K Nanu (Vadakara), Krishnan Kutty (Chittur) and Mathew T Thomas (Thiruvalla) — have emerged victorious. The JD(S) had contested as part of the Left Democratic

Bengaluru, May 20: The rout in the elections to 4 state Assemblies appears to have given jitters the Congress leaders in Karnataka. Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said the party high command will take up “repair” of party and its government wherever necessary at the appropriate time in the wake of elections results. “The high command will do repair work wherever

Mangaluru, May 19: A government official from Dakshina Kannada district has been arrested by the sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on charge of corruption. Officials of ACB took K R Ranjith, village accountant of Punacha village in Bantwal taluk, arrested for accepting Rs 6,000 from a citizen. The ACB laid a trap after receiving a complaint from Nagaraj Bhat. In his complaint, Bhat had

Kasaragod, May 19: The district saw the Left Democratic Front (LDF) emerging victorious in its traditional stronghold of Thrikkarippur, Kanhangad, and Uduma, while the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) retaining Kasaragod and Manjeswaram segments with contrasting figures. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been cherishing long to have maiden entry to the State Assembly from Manjeswaram