Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 19: Family members of sub-inspector Mallikarjun Bande who died of bullet wounds during an encounter with a notorious criminal in January 2014 at Kalburgi, today staged a protest here demanding that the state government fulfill its promises. Asking the government to take care of the medical expenses of his daughter in-law Mallamma Bande, who is suffering from brain tumour, Bande's

New Delhi, Feb 19: As many as four banks are contemplating selling assets of beleaguered air carrier Kingfisher Airlines to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) to recover part of their dues. Led by SBI, the 17 bank consortium is struggling to recover Rs 6,963 crore debt due from Kingfisher Airlines. “Three-four banks are looking for stake sale to ARCs to realise some value out of Kingfisher

Bantwal, Feb 19: Three persons of a family from Bantwal taluk lost their lives in a road accident at near Channarayapatna in Hassan district on Thursday night. Jayakeerthi Indra (50), his wife Vageshwari (48) and their son Prashant (30) died on the spot when a speeding lorry trying to overtake another vehicle rammed into their car. Even though the family had been residing in Bengaluru for past

Udupi, Feb 19: Reckless driving by a lorry driver led to a fatal collision between two motorbikes that resulted in the death of one of the riders at Nandikoor here on Friday. Krishna Mayya, son of Ganapa Mayya, a resident of Suratkal in Mangaluru taluk died after the fatal collision. He was a college student. The tragedy occurred when a speeding lorry tried to overtake one of the motorbikes on a

Mangaluru: Whether we like it or not malls have become more of a norm than an exception in India. The only visible change is that from big multilevel malls the focus is slowly shifting towards smaller and theme based malls, which no doubt is a welcome development. Mangaluru is also fast catching up with this trend thanks to the initiative taken by Ecologic Habitats LLP, a well-known real estate

Chitradurga, Feb 19: At least 12 people, including a child, were killed on Friday when a speeding truck collided with a maxi cab on National Highway-13. The truck was carrying at least 16 tonnes of steel rods which fell on the cab due to the impact of the collision. The accident took place near Chikkagodanahalli, which near Chitradurga, about 200 kms from Bengaluru. “We have registered a case

Mangaluru, Feb 19: A tense atmosphere prevailed at Sajipanadu village in Bantwal taluk after a clash broke out between workers of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Congress over alleged violation of the model code of conduct by the latter ahead of February 20 elections. In fact public campaign for the second phase of the elections to the Zilla and Taluk Panchayat had come to an end on

Muzaffarnagar, Feb 19: Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi on Thursday surrendered in a court here after successive warrants were issued against her for failure to appear in connection with a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case. The court recalled the bailable warrant issued against her after she furnished a bond of Rs 20,000 and gave an undertaking that she will appear on the next date of

Udupi, Feb 19: The police arrested a man on the charge of cheating and extorting Rs 6 lakh and valuables estimated at Rs 1 lakh at Hengavalli village coming under Shankarnarayana police station limits in Kundapur taluk near here on Thursday. According to the Shankarnarayana police, the accused, Manjunath Poojary, along with another person, convinced Shankarnarayana Adiga, a resident of Hengavalli

Newberry, Feb 19: Pope Francis forcefully injected himself into the US presidential campaign on Thursday, assailing Republican candidate Donald Trump's views on US immigration as "not Christian" in a sign of growing international concern at the billionaire businessman's election prospects. Trump struck back. No stranger to controversy, the longtime party front-runner in national opinion polls