Karnataka

Udupi, Apr 29: The Udupi district police have arrested a gang of four men in connection with a series of robberies which took place in Manipal between April 24 and 25. A press release issued on Thursday by the district police identified the accused as Mohan, Narayana Swamy and Srinivas from Chickaballapur, and Gangadhar from Doddaballapur. They were arrested near Lakshmindra Nagar here on Tuesday

Kozhikode, Apr 29: A tense atmosphere prevailed in Nadapuram and neighbouring areas after five men sustained injuries in a bomb explosion. A late night crude bomb explosion on Wednesday had rocked Theruvanparamba near Nadapuram in spite of continued vigil and search by the rural police for illegally procured cache of explosives. Around five people, allegedly involved in the making of crude bombs

Mangaluru, Apr 29: A court here convicted a youth on the charges of rape and murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment on Thursday. The VI Additional District and Sessions Court pronounced the judgement against Harish Kumar (24), a resident of Kattadabailu Padukonaje, near Moodbidri for raping and murdering a 22-year-old woman. The judge imposed a fine of Rs. 5,000 on Harish, along with two

New Delhi, Apr 28: The Supreme Court today cleared the decks for holding of National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), a single common entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses, in two phases for the academic year 2016-17 in which around 6.5 lakh candidates are likely to appear. The apex court approved the schedule put before it by the Centre, CBSE and the Medical Medical Council of

Mangaluru, Apr 28: Meenakshi Shantigodu and Kasturi Panja of Bharatiya Janata Party have been elected the president and vice-president of the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat respectively on Thursday. Elections to the zilla panchayats across the state including Dakshina Kannada were held in February this year. While Congress member Shekar Kukkedi was in fray for the president's post, Anitha

Bhopal, Apr 28: In a bizarre incident, a team of police accompanied by a gang of Bajrang Dal miscreants stormed a church to prevent a wedding ceremony and arrested at least 10 people including the groom's parents and the priest. Reason??? The bride and groom had renounced Hinduism and converted to Christianity. And the Bajrang Dal leaders managed to convince the police that it was an "unlawful

Puttur, Apr 28: Time and Tide, an ace event management company, recently hosted Puttur's biggest entertainment Show Puttura Habba' Putturuda Muttulena Parba, on the occasion of the annual festival of the famous Shree Mahalingeshwara Temple of Puttur. The colourful cultural extravaganza held at the Taluk Kreedangana, near Govt Junior College, Kombettu Puttur, was a star studded show with several

Mangaluru, Apr 28: The water scarcity in the region has forced the Dakshina Kannada district administration to ban lifting of water from Netravati river except for drinking purpose. Deputy Commissioner AB Ibrahim issued a fresh order banning lifting water from the river between Thumbe vented dam and AMR Power Pvt. Ltd.'s vented dam at Shambhoor for irrigation, construction and other non-drinking

Bengaluru, Apr 28: A 26-year-old software engineer and mother of a newborn died after accidentally falling from the balcony of her eighth floor apartment in Begur Koppa, here. She was said to be drying her hair while peeping out of her bedroom window when she slipped and fell. The deceased, Chandana Nagesh, a software engineer with Infosys, was on maternity leave and had delivered a baby boy six

Udupi, Apr 28: A youth was killed and two others were injured when a car hit a bus at Mudar village near Karkala in Udupi district on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Nischit Gowda (26), the car driver. According to the police, one Rajendra Rao was driving his mini bus from Karimarukatte to Kadari when a car, going from Bajagoli to Karkala, tried to overtake. In the process, the car