Karnataka

Mangaluru/ Bengaluru, May 16: Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash several parts of Karnataka on Sunday. The rains in Dakshina Kannada district after Saturday night helped increase water-level at the Thumbe vented dam — the main water source for Mangaluru, by about three inches. It rained heavily across the district from Saturday evening till the early hours of Sunday. In Mangaluru, rain

Mangaluru, May 16: The Southwest Monsoon may get delayed by a week with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting its arrival on the coast Karnataka only in the second week of June. The IMD said that in Kerala the monsoon will make downfall around June 7. While the monsoon is set to advance over the Andaman Sea in accordance with its schedule, further progress to the Kerala coast would

Bengaluru, May 16: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that Abhishek Tripathi, an Income Tax officer from Belagavi, and his aides were caught red-handed by the investigating officer of its anti-corruption bureau. After confirmation of the acceptance of the bribe through hand-wash, aide Sunil Jadhav was arrested immediately, the central agency said. The complainant, Dr Prashanth

Mangaluru, May 15: The educational hub of the state got another college in Pana Pre-University College at Kolambe, Bajpe on the outskirts of the city. The college, which was inaugurated on Sunday, has arts, science and commerce streams on its campus spread over 40 acres. The institute, which is 20km from the city, has enrolled 70 students. It will follow National Council Of Educational Research

Mangaluru, May 15: Two weeks after she was set on fire by her husband, a 27-year-old woman from Manjeshwaram in Kasaragod district succumbed to her burn injuries at a private hospital in Mangaluru last night. The victim, identified as Ranya P Rajan, was a two months pregnant and a mother of a one-and-a-half year old son. After conducting post-mortem, her body was handed over to her parents by the

Agra, May 15: In an incident that has shocked investigating officers and residents alike, a young couple, identified as Sonu Mohammad and Sheelam Kumari, studying in class 10 and 9, locked themselves in a room, latched the door from inside and set themselves on fire. Police said their bodies were found locked in a tight embrace on Saturday .They added that the families of the boy and girl may have

New Delhi, May 15: Congress today said the fresh chargesheet filed by NIA in the 2008 Malegaon blast case has put a question mark on India's commitment to fight terror and demanded that the probe should be monitored by the Supreme Court.The opposition party asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to uphold his Constitutional oath by letting the Supreme Court monitor the case. The NIA (National

Interviews with dozens of women who have worked for Donald Trump or interacted with him socially reveal a pattern of often unsettling personal behavior by the Republican presidential candidate, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The Times, which said it based the article on more than 50 interviews, quoted women who recounted episodes in which he treated women as sexual objects and made

Bengaluru, May 15: Having completed 3 years in office, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expressed satisfaction that his government's performance was far better than the previous BJP regime. Constantly drawing a comparison between the BJP's regime and that of his, Siddaramaiah claimed that the Congress rule so far had been free' from scams, transparent and pro-people. Rubbishing the BJP's

Udupi, May 15: As many as 430 persons were screened for dengue and 74 persons had tested positive for it in Udupi district from January to April this year. Rohini, District Health and Family Welfare Officer, said that the department had taken undertaken awareness campaigns in the areas where the dengue had been reported and where there were chances of dengue occurring. Departmental personnel had