Karnataka

Alur/Chikkamagaluru, Apr 2: In two separate incidents, one person was killed and four others were injured when lightning struck at Bachanahalli in the taluk on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Madappa (50). Three of the injured are Kemparaju, Kemparaju's son Tejas, and Pavan. It is said that the four of them were at their ginger farm when heavy rains accompanied by thunder lashed the

Bengaluru, Apr 2: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed a plea by Karnataka Lokayukta's former public relations officer Syed Riyaz and others to approach the trial court for bail in the case pertaining to the extortion racket reportedly run by them through the office of anti-corruption watchdog. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy set aside the Karnataka HC order, dated Sept 15, 2015

Bengaluru, Apr 1: Protests continued for the second day today in front of the Pre-University Board here against the leak of the Class XII Chemistry paper for the second time within 10 days. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and some students' organisations staged protests demanding justice, as they held the state government responsible for “mismanagement” of the examination, affecting about 1.74

Mangaluru, Apr 1: An Indian expatriate worker hailing from Uppinangady in Dakshina Kannada died of cardiac arrest in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. Mohammed Asif, Son of Abbas Thekkaru is the deceased. He had flown into Saudi Arabia eight months ago in search of a job. Within a few days he had secured a house driver job in Dammam. It is learnt that he had planned to visit his hometown within a few days

Mangaluru, Apr 1: In a shocking incident, two youths allegedly attempted to rape a high school student in a remote village in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The victim, a resident of Sediyapu hamlet near Bannur village, told police that two of her relatives took her to a remote place and attempted to rape her. The accused are victim's cousin Shridhar and another relative Rajesh from

Mangaluru, Apr 1: In protest against the fresh hike in toll tariff on vehicles on Mangaluru-Udupi road and alleged highhandedness of tollgate personnel at Surathkal, service buses went off the road on Friday. The sudden bus strike was the result of a brawl between a private bus conductor and tollgate personnel over tariff hike in the morning. However, express buses continued to operate on the road

Deoband, Apr 1: Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband on Friday issued a fatwa asking Muslim community members not to chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' as treating any country in this world as a goddess' is un-Islamic. The fatwa was issued on March 19 but became viral on social media on Thursday evening. It says that Islam does not allow Idol worship therefore Muslims should restrain themself from

Bengaluru, Apr 1: A 35-year-old man was stabbed to death outside his residence at Pantharapalya in Byatarayanapura in the early hours of Thursday. Police have ascertained that he was murdered by some relatives due to a property dispute. Byatarayanapura police said the victim, Abhishek, was working as a manager with IBM. He was residing with his wife and children. He was attacked around 4.30 a.m

Udupi, Apr 1: As many as 100 students, who were trained in rescue operation by the Rashtriya Life Saving Society, India (RLSSI), displayed their skills at life saving techniques, at Malpe beach, here, on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner Dr Vishal R handed certificates to all the trained students on the occasion and said that the district administration will give priority to safety of visitors to

Mangaluru, Apr 1: Nearly six years after a three-year-old girl was murdered in a black magic ritual in the city, a District and Sessions Court has sentenced an elderly man and his suspected foster daughter to life imprisonment. Pronouncing the order Bhavani Nerale Veerabhadraiah, the judge of IV Additional District and Sessions court, Mangaluru, sentenced Kamalaksha Purusha (79) and Chandrakala