Karnataka

Kochi, May 3: Two persons have been taken into custody in connection with the rape and brutal murder of a 30-year-old Dalit woman at nearby Perumbavoor even as Chief Minister Oommen Chandy described the crime as "shocking" and said the culprits will be brought to book. Police said the two were taken into custody and were being questioned by a police team, headed by Ernakulam Range IG Mahipal Yadav

Kasaragod, May 3: With just two weeks to go for the election, the leaders of the national parties are turning their attention to Kerala with the promise of taking the political debate to newer directions. The campaign for the assembly election in Kerala was so far dominated by the war of words between Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Congress leader and former

Bengaluru, May 3: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID)?has arrested Shivakumaraiah, the mastermind behind the II PU Chemistry question paper leak racket. Shivakumaraiah alias Guruji, 66, a resident of Nandini Layout, was picked up from an under-construction building at Garvebhavipalya on Hosur Road in the city on Monday night, DGP (CID) H C Kishore Chandra told reporters. He was absconding

Mangaluru, May 3: Hostels, hotels and restaurants have started feeling the pinch of water crisis in Mangaluru as the City Corporation has resorted to supply water once in three days. Many hostels and hotels in the city are mainly depend on the Netravati waters supplied from the Thumbe vented dam, where the storage levels have fallen to 5.8 ft against a maximum 13 ft. Though they have borewells and

Mumbai, May 3: Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has termed the decision to award Nobel Peace Prize to Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai as political'. He also said that he would never accept the award. He was in Latur on Saturday to review the drought situation in Marathwada when he made the statement. Speaking to an English daily, Sri Sri said, "I was in the past offered the Nobel Peace

Hassan, May 3: A Hindu-Muslim couple, who were planning to get married, allegedly attempted suicide by consuming poison on Monday following opposition from their families to their interfaith union. Hizbulla (23) and Sushma (19), both from Shivamogga, are said to have consumed insecticide at a house in Bagadera Koplu in the city. Neighbours in the locality, who found them struggling for breath

Udupi, May 3: A 16-year-old boy lost his life after a collision between two motorbikes at Ucchila near Padubidri in Udupi district. The victim has been identified as Zameeruddin, a resident of a resident of Belapu Malanguli, here. He was riding pillion on his friend Shamsuddin's motorbike from Ucchila to Padubidri. When they reached Mahalakshmi temple near Ucchil an over-speed motorbike coming

Mangaluru, May 3: Calling Ullal a hub of ganja addicts and communal miscreants, Social Democratic Party of India has accused the local elected representatives and police department of failing to curb drug mafia and communal gangs in the region. Addressing media persons here on Monday Ataullah Jokatte, DK district unit vice president of SDPI, said that drug peddlers and addicts were reason for the

Mangaluru, May 3: Even as the water scarcity continued to haunt Mangaluru, the Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim has ordered release of water from Kadaba dam. According to sources nearly 2 million cubic metres (mcm) of water available at Disha Hydel Power Project dam across the Kumaradhara, a tributary of the Netravathi, near Kadaba in Puttur taluk. The Mangaluru City Corporation had earlier writer

Mangaluru, May 2: Activists of Deshapremi Sanghatanegala Ookoota took out a padayatra from P.V.S. Kalakunj to the office of the Police Commissioner here on Monday urging the police to arrest Naresh Shenoy alias NaMo Naresh, the leader of NaMo Brigade, and two of his associates. NaMo Naresh is a key suspect in the murder case of of Right to Information (RTI) activist Vinayak Baliga, who was hacked