Karnataka

Mandya, Apr 21: A youth's death has raised suspicions of honour killing at Sindaghatta village in Mandya district on Wednesday. The youth, identified as Nagesh, was found hanging from a tree. His reported affair with a Dalit girl has raised suspicions over his death. Nagesh was in love with the girl from Sarangi village. The girl, who became pregnant from her relationship with Nagesh, started

Mangaluru, Apr 21: A dead whale washed ashore on Someshwar Beach near Ullal on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. A few locals and beachgoers had seen the giant dead body floating in the sea, off the beach, early in the morning. As there was high tide, it washed ashore at about 11.45 a.m. Students and teachers of College of Fisheries, Mangaluru, who rushed to the beach, measured the whale at

Mangaluru, Apr 21: Nearly seven years after he killed his mother and sister, a 44-year-old man was sentenced to imprisonment by an Additional District and Sessions Court in Mangaluru. First Additional District and Sessions Judge C.M. Joshi sentenced Vasu Poojary of Yellathur village in Mangaluru taluk after he was charged under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Poojary, who was working in a

Hubballi, Apr 21: The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has held Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government directly responsible for Tuesday's violence in Bengaluru. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, new State president of the Mahasabha Na. Subramanyaraju said that it was natural that workers were angry against the Union government as it had unilaterally taken a decision on workers' PF

Hassan, Apr 21: In a shocking incident, four children drowned in the Hemavati backwaters, near Konapura village, near here, on Wednesday. The victims been identified as Shafia Khan (15), Fazia Khan (14), Afshana (12), and Sonu (16). Shafia, Fazia and Afshana are the children of Akram, a resident of Shravanabelagola in Channarayapatna taluk, while Sonu was their close relative. They were all

Bengaluru, Apr 21: The state government on Wednesday directed Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) to take measures to comply with environmental clearance conditions within a stipulated time. The Commerce and Industries department in an order, has directed the MRPL to acquire necessary land between the MRPL and the affected Jokatte village for the development of a green belt and

Mangaluru, Apr 20: A group of social activists has demanded the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to immediately intervene and stop the illegal transfer of 147.384 acres of land by M/s Aspen Infrastructure Ltd (SEZ) to a third party and return all vacant lands as Zameen Wapsi' to the original owners of the lands before it was acquired for M/s Suzlon Infrastructure for the production of wind mill in

Bengaluru, Apr 20: Spelling fresh trouble to former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa within days after he was made the state BJP chief, the Congress government in Karnataka has decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against his acquittal in a raft of corruption cases by the High Court. An order had been issued on February 24 on filing the appeal, which the state anti-corruption ombudsman

Nashik, Apr 20: A batch of women activists were allegedly manhandled by a group of locals while they were trying to enter into the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Trimbakeshwar temple today, following which the police booked 200 persons. Former president of Trimbakeshwar Municipal Council Anagha Phadke is also among those booked, police said. Talking to reporters ,Vanita Gutte, president of Pune

Dehradun, Apr 20: Police horse Shaktiman', which suffered multiple fractures on its hind leg during a BJP protest here last month triggering widespread outrage, died today. "Shaktiman was injured on March 14 after which we had to operate on him. He was later fitted with an artificial leg. But he was unable to fully recover from an infection," SSP Dehradun Sadanand Date said. The 13-year-old was