Karnataka

Kochi, Apr 22: Chiku, 28, a Malayali nurse working in Badar Al Samaa hospital at Salalah, Oman, for the past three years, was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant in a suspected case of attempted robbery. Chiku, married to Linson Thomas, also working as a male nurse in the same hospital, failed to turn up for work at around 11 pm local time. Mr Thomas, who was on duty at the hospital, went to

Mangaluru, Apr 22: Parents should play vital role in building a bright future of the new generation by giving them proper education and guidance, sad health and family welfare minister UT Khader. He was speaking as the chief guest at the career guidance camp What Next After SSLC and PUC' organised by the Help India Foundation at Thokkottu recently. Inaugurating the event, Walter H D'Mello, DDPI

New Delhi, Apr 22: For the first time in Indian history, a terror accused will be soon given access to Army documents to prove his “innocence”. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said the ministry will provide army documents to Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit, the main accused in the Malegaon and Samjhauta terror attack cases. Asked about the case on the sidelines of a Naval Commanders

Bengaluru, Apr 22: There seems to be no respite from the scorching heat for Karnataka after Kalaburagi, Ballari and Vijayapura districts on Thursday recorded 45 degreess Celsius. Of the 30 districts in the state, as many as 25 districts have recorded 40 degrees Celsius and above, according to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC). The data available at the Centre shows that

Kasaragod, Apr 22: Gold bars worth Rs 98 lakh were seized by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials from a passenger who arrived at nearby Karipur international airport from Riyadh. Rafeeq (32), who arrived here from Riyadh by an Etihad Airlines flight, was intercepted outside the airport and 28 gold bars, each weighing 116.7 grams recovered from his bagagge, Salim, Intelligence Officer of

Mumbai, Apr 22: Believe it or not: A Hindutva leader expressed grave concern about the treatment that will be meted out to the patients of “Dr” Kanhaiya Kumar once he completes his “doctorate”! The helpless media persons who had attended the press conference convened by Hindutva groups here on Thursday failed to convince the speaker Niranjan Pal, a leader of Veer Sena, that the doctorate awarded

Bengaluru, Apr 22: Sources in the Criminal Investigation Department, which is probing the murder case of Kannada scholar MM Kalburgi said that supari killers, hired by a Hindutva group might have committed the crime. CID officials said 20 such Hindutva groups were under surveillance over the past three months, and they are now close to cracking the identity of the group. However, they refused to

Kasaragod, Apr 22: A policeman was hospitalised after he suffered sunstroke here on Thursday in Kasaragod district. B. Karunakaran, 47, senior civil police officer attached to the coastal police station at Thalanagara here, suffered burns just below his neck around 2 p.m. while he was patrolling on a motorbike on the Cherankai beach. As summer rains keeping off, northern parts of Kerala has been

Bengaluru, Apr 22: The former Labour Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader C. Gurunath (66) ended his life on Thursday by leaping from the second floor window of the Sagar Hospital on Bannerghatta Road on Thursday afternoon, where he was recuperating after surgery on Tuesday. He was suffering from acute diabetes and had renal problems and was to have been discharged on Thursday afternoon. The

Mangaluru, Apr 22: A notice put up at a public place in the communally sensitive Katipalla area in Mangaluru taluk by the local unit of Hindu Jagarana Vedike, a hardline Hindutva group, has triggered a controversy. “The erection of stall by non-Hindus on the premises of Sri Maha Ganapathy Temple, Ganeshapura, Katipalla, during its annual fair being held from April 19 to 23, is strictly prohibited