Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 21: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim said that the counting of votes cast in the February 20 zilla and taluk panchayat elections would be taken up on Tuesday and all results are expected to be out by 1 p.m. Addressing media here on Sunday, Mr. Ibrahim said that the counting of votes cast in both zilla and taluk panchayat elections would be taken up in the respective

Udupi, Feb 21: Four mini idols of antique value and other jewellery and ornaments were taken away from a Jain Basadi in Ajekar Police limits near Karkala in Udupi district on Sunday morning. According to the Ajekar Police, a gang is said to have entered the Anantaswamy Basadi at Shirlalu village by breaking open the door and the grills on the eastern side in the early hours of Sunday. The gang

New Delhi, Feb 22: A producer with Zee News has resigned from the TV channel after expressing reservations over its “biased coverage” of the JNU protests and the sedition charge against the university's students union leader. Vishwa Deepak, an output producer, was part of the team that produced a Zee News show on the night of February 9, when alleged anti-India slogans were raised in the JNU

Mangaluru, Feb 21: A group of unidentified miscreants brutally attacked a man at Jokatte on the outskirts of the city on Sunday evening. A critically injured Prakash Poojary (36), son of Koosappa, is battling for life at a private hospital in Mangaluru. He is said to be a Bharatiya Janata Party worker. A resident of Thokur Kodikere Mr Poojary was riding his scooter when four persons chased him in

Udupi, Feb 21: Honesty is the best policy. A conductor of a private bus proved this by returned a purse containing gold worth Rs 1 lakh to its owner, who had lost it while travelling in a bus in Udupi district. Lakshmi G Sheena Acharya, a resident of Muniyalu Yellare near Hebri never expected that someone would return the lost valuables. She had lost the purse on board Padmambika bus while going

New Delhi, Feb 21: Renowned thinker and academician Noam Chomsky has questioned JNU Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar's decision to allow police on its campus in connection with the row over an event there against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. "Many of us remain very concerned about the crisis in JNU, which was apparently created and precipitated by the government and

Mangaluru, Feb 21: The mutilated body of a car driver, who went missing a few days ago under suspicious circumstances, was found in a jungle near Neerakatte village in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The family members of Mohammed Ismaeel, a resident of Valachil near Thumbe, have identified his body before police sending it for post mortem. The police said that, prima facie, it appeared

Mumbai, Feb 21: In a shocking incident a group of Hindutva extremists brutally assaulted a Muslim policeman and attempted to shave his beard here. Shaikh Yunus Pashamiya (56), an ASI belonging to Pangaon Police station was making arrangements for Shivaji's birthday celebrations. A gang of 200-250 right-wing activists caught hold of him and handed over the Saffron flag to him, asking him to perform

The humble passport is creating its own little revolution in governance in India. Like the landline telephone of yore, the acquisition of a passport signalled a rise in social status a few decades ago because you had jumped through several hoops to get it. Over the past few years, Indians have found it easier to get a new passport or have one renewed at computerised seva kendras, which have taken

Mangaluru, Feb 21: Two among the 11 persons arrested in connection with the murder case of Bajrang Dal activist Prashant Poojary have finally secured bail. The Karnataka high court granted bail to Badruddin and Imthiyaz, both residence of Gantalkatte near Moodbidri. Both were not present on the spot during the murder murder. Prashant Poojary, who was infamous for vigilant attacks and targeting