Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 21: Alert immigration officials nabbed nine persons at Kempegowda International Airport who were trying to fly to Bahrain using fake and tampered visas. All of them were flying to Bahrain on fake employment visas. The agent, Bashir from Bhadravati, who allegedly duped these people, was also arrested. The arrested persons are residents of Shivamogga and neighbouring districts.

Bengaluru, Feb 21: State BJP president Pralhad Joshi on Saturday wrote to the Enforcement Directorate seeking a probe into the “mystery” surrounding the Rs 70-lakh Swizz-made Hublot watch being sported by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. In a letter to Enforcement Directorate Director Karnal?Singh, copies of which were released to the press, Joshi has stated that?Siddaramaiah was making contradictory

Raipur, Feb 21: Three unidentified men allegedly hurled acid like chemical tonight on tribal activist and Aam Adami Party (AAP) leader Soni Sori in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Dantewada district, police said. The incident took place near Jawanga village under Geedam police station at around 10:40 pm when Sori along with her two associates was heading towards Geedam from Jagdalpur on a motorcycle, a

Bengaluru, Feb 20: The second phase of polling for 15 zilla panchayats and 80 taluk panchayats concluded on Saturday, with the State Election Commission putting the voter turnout at 68 to 70 per cent. The exact figures will be declared by the SEC on Sunday. SEC Commissioner P N Sreenivasachari said that polling, which concluded at 5 pm, was by and large peaceful in the 15 districts. Barring minor

Udupi, Feb 20 The coastal district of Udupi recorded 68.17 per cent voter turnout for the zilla and taluk panchayat elections on Saturday. The polling was largely peaceful in the district barring a few incidents. The highest voter turnout, among the three taluks, was in Karkala, which recorded 72.75 per cent, while the lowest was in Kundapur taluk at 67.05 per cent, while the turnout in Udupi

Mangaluru, Feb 20: The election to the 36 Zilla Panchayat constituencies and the 136 Taluk Panchayat constituencies in the district on Saturday was peaceful, barring a few minor incidents. The district administration had set up 1,166 polling booths in the district. Technical glitches in the electronic voting machines (EVMs) delayed the commencement of polling process at some of the booths. The

Mangaluru/Udupi, 20: Sporadic clashes and untoward incidents were reported during the polling for the Zilla and Taluk panchayats in twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada on Saturday. District administrations and police units in both Dakshina Kannada and Udupi declared that the election was peaceful barring a few untoward incidents. Here is a list of unfortunate incidents: A booth level

Aligarh, Feb 20: The Aligarh Muslim University which has been battling to preserve its character as a minority institution now finds itself in another controversy – this time over beef. The issue broke out on social media yesterday when a WhatsApp post circulated a report that 'beef biryani' was being served at the AMU Medical College canteen, an allegation promptly denied by the university. The

Mangaluru, Feb 20: The sixth additional district and sessions court on Friday sentenced a truck operator to seven-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old girl and promising to marry her. According to the chargesheet filed by Moodbidri police, Harish Poojay, 31, operated a quarry in a village near Moodbidri and was delivering laterite stones to customers in his truck. The police

Udupi, Feb 20: In a shocking incident, a Muslim woman was found hanging under suspicious circumstances in her in-laws' house at Bailoor near Karkala in Udupi district last night. The victim has been identified as Rubeena(27), mother of a two-and-a-half-year-old son. Her husband Mohammed Asif works in United Arab Emirates. Mr Asif has arrived from Dubai. Even though Rubeena's in-laws have claimed