Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 17: A 22-year-old girl, whose elopement and subsequent marriage with a man of her choice drove her parents to suicide, attended her father's funeral amid police security and a volley of abuses from her relatives on Monday. Rashmi M, an engineering student from Shivapura, Peenya, turned up for the last rites of her father, Manichandra, at the Chamarajpet crematorium after her

Mangaluru, May 17: Doctors at Unity Hospital in Mangaluru have successfully re-implanted the separated hand of a 40-year-old woman. Before and after surgery In a freak accident Nisha (name changed) from Kasaragod district sustained avulsion amputation of the left hand at forearm level when the hand got caught inside a coconut grinding machine while at work. The separated hand was retrieved from

Bengaluru, May 17: The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has busted a job recruitment racket in the city, arresting Chandrashekhar, a constable with the Subsidiary Training Centre (STC) of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Ballari Road, and Satyaprakash Singh who runs a coaching centre in Vidyaranyapura. The CBI had registered a case on May 12 based on a

New Delhi, May 17: In a fresh salvo at RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate sacking of the former IMF Chief Economist while alleging he was "mentally not fully Indian" and has "wilfully" wrecked the economy. Following up his barb against Rajan at the end of Parliament session last week, Swamy yesterday wrote to Prime

Mangaluru, May 17: The Karnataka SSLC results-2016 brought with them much reason for good cheer as a large number of students in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts scored above 610 marks. Coincidentally, most of the top scorers from the twin coastal district hail from a humble background. (from top left) Bindya Shetty(620), Sushruth (624), Rakhi Shet (609), Lakshmikant (617), Supreetha (618)

Bengaluru, May 17: Posting a morphed picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Internet has proved costly for a 25-year-old youth from north Karnataka. As per reports, Mohammed Mehboob, who works at a jewellery shop, has been arrested for the offence and booked under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code. Mehboob, from Gangavathi, in Koppala district had posted the morphed picture on his

Kasaragod, May 17: An approximate 73 per cent of the 9,90,513 electorate exercised their right to franchise in the district on Monday as the polling process ended on a peaceful note. As per preliminary data, the State's northern border of Manjeswaram registered 70.70 per cent voting, Kasaragod 70.90, Uduma 74.60, Kanhangad 71.40, and Thrikkarippur, 75.60. No major untoward incident were reported

Mangaluru, May 17: The educational hub of the state got another college in Misbah Women's College, which was inaugurated on Monday at Katipalla near Surathkal in Mangaluru taluk. Built by Katipalla-based Misbah Knowledge Foundation, the degree college offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce and Alima courses. Speaking after inaugurating the ground floor of the college, B Ramanath Rai

Shivamogga, May 17: Without the benefit of tuitions or guides, a boy from industrial town Bhadravathi in Shivamogga district on Monday produced a scorecard every student - and teacher - is proud of: a 100% score. With 625 out of 625 marks, Ranjan BS has become the first student to score cent percent in the SSLC examinations conducted by the Karnataka State Secondary Examination Board. Ranjan's joy

Mumbai, May 17: In a startling revelation, a senior Congress leader has revealed that saffron terrorists involved in Malegaon bomb blasts had planned to eliminate RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and that the plan was thwarted by then Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare. The saffron terrorist had put the blame of 2008 Malegaon blasts, 2007 Hyderabad Makkah Masjid blasts and many other terror attacks on