Karnataka

Vijayapura, Mar 14: Disappointed over the unfulfillment of the promises made by vastu experts' a Vijayapura resident has dragged a vastu consultation firm to the district consumer forum.

Mangaluru, Mar 14: A young couple was found hanging under mysterious circumstances on Monday morning in a house at Shaktinagar, on the outskirts of the city. The deceased have been identified as Mathew and Manju, both hailing from Kerala, who graduated from separate colleges in Mangaluru. According to sources, the couple had been staying in the same rented house for few weeks in Shaktinagar. It is

Bengaluru, Mar 14: An 18-year-old girl student was crushed to death by a BMTC bus inside the Yeshwantpur bus terminal on Saturday. Around 4 pm, when Rohini was crossing from Platform 3 to 5 on the first floor of the multi-storeyed building, a bus reversed into her and compressed her against another on Platform 4. Studying at Bangalore Medical College to become a lab technician, Rohini was the

Mysuru, Mar 14: The Bharatiya Janata Party and other Hindutva groups are trying to impose a forceful bandh in Mysuru on Monday in protest against the death of a BJP worker in a clash on Sunday. Raju (30), an electrical contractor, was murdered at Lal Bahadur Shastry Circle on M?G?Road under Udayagiri police station limits by a gang of three persons. The incident triggered tension in parts of the

Savadatti (Belagavi dist), Mar 14: A 20-year-old married woman was raped by her relative, while her minor sister was raped by three of his friends at Yaragatti in the taluk on Saturday night. The woman - a resident of K?Shivapura village - had recently come to Yaragatti, her native village. She had been to a medical store along with her 14-year-old sister to buy medicines for her ailing daughter

Tirupur/Chennai, Mar 14: In a suspected case of honour killing, a Dalit student, who had recently married a caste Hindu girl, was brutally murdered in public view in front of a shop at Udumalpet in Tirupur district on Sunday. A three-member gang that came on a motorcycle attacked V. Sankar (22) and his wife S. Kausalya (19), with lethal weapons. While Sankar died on the way to the hospital, his

Bengaluru, Mar 14: A total of five patients have been treated under the Mukhyamantri Santwana Harish Scheme', the Karnataka government's new health plan for accident victims, which was launched on March 8. The scheme provides for cashless treatment of up to Rs 25,000 at 280 hospitals across the State within 48 hours of an accident. It is named after Harish Nanjappa, the man from Tumakuru district

Koppala, Mar 13: A Janata Dal (Secular) Municipal councillor finds himself in trouble after a video footage purported to show him assaulting a woman, an Independent councillor, has gone viral. The incident took place on March 11 during the election to the Vice President's and President's posts of the Koppala city municipality, Koppala Superintendent of Police K Thiayagarjan said. "JDS member

New Delhi, Mar 13: Amid ongoing row over the alleged anti-national sloganeering at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has openly promoted Pakistan Zindabad' slogan without any hesitation. Interestingly, no self-proclaimed nationalist' political parties and television channels have called him an anti-national'. Speaking at the three-day World Culture

Mangaluru, Mar 13: Jet Airways will be lunching three new flights from Mangaluru on March 27 this year—two flights to Bengaluru and one more to Mumbai. The Jet Airways is already operating three flights to Mumbai and five flights to Bengaluru from Mangaluru With the launch of new flights the air passengers of private airlines will get a wide choice to opt from. Besides it will give seamless