Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 17: A septuagenarian woman was crushed to death under the wheels of a speeding tourist vehicle in front of the eyes of her daughter under the limits of Ullal police station on Wednesday evening. 70-year-old Nagamma was crossing National Highway-66 along with her daughter at Kolya when the killer vehicle coming from the direction of Kerala knocked the former down. The tragedy took

New Delhi, Feb 17: Arrested JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was allegedly attacked by lawyers at Patiala House Court premises on Wednesday. A group of lawyers bet him up as the police produced him in the court, said media reports. The Supreme Court has sent a team of lawyers under police protection on a fact finding mission. Earlier, in an open defiance of Supreme Court order, a large group of

Mangaluru, Feb 17: The 40th Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan was held in the Mangaladevi area in the coastal city recently wherein RSS leader and Convener and Sri Rama Vidya Kendra, Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat among others participated in the cleanliness drive. A small stage programme was also organized at the venue. Chief guests Swami Srikantanandaji, Adhyaksha, Ramakrishna Mutt, Pune and Mr Bhat were the

Vijayawada, Feb 17: A Muslim man from Chennai has donated a refrigerator truck to the famous Tirupati temple for transporting vegetables. The vehicle, worth Rs. 35 lakh, was flagged off by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu earlier on Monday. The truck, with a capacity of eight tonnes, was donated by Abdul Gani, and will be used for transporting vegetables to the shrine for its "Nitya Annadan

Tel Aviv, Feb 17: A research student from Andhra Pradesh was found dead at a prestigious university in Israel under suspicious circumstances. Rajkumar (24) of Aniganuru of Ramakuppam mandal in the Kuppam constituency was pursuing higher studies at a university in Israel. He was a gold medalist from Kuppam university. The news of his death reached his parents here on Tuesday. The local police

Udupi, Feb 17: In a tragic incident, a man was electrocuted to death after he came in contact with a live wire at his shop in Heggunje village in Udupi district on Tuesday. According to the police, Abdul Anwar (45) came in contact with a live wire at his shop and fell unconscious. He was rushed to the Kasturba Hospital in Manipal, where the doctors pronounced him dead. Anwar’s relative Mukatar

Udupi, Feb 17: The district administration of Udupi is all set to ensure adequate arrangements for free and fair elections the Zilla and taluk panchayat polls on February 20 as all officials are bestowed with utmost responsibilities to ensure transparency in the process. Deputy Commissioner Dr Vishal R, who is also District Returning Officer (DRO) directed that there should be proper coordination

Muscat, Feb 17: The Indian Social Forum, Oman rescued an expatriate worker from Ullal in Mangaluru, who was lodged in jail due to irresponsibility of his company in Oman. When relatives came to know that Mohammad Ishaq was lodged in jail for unknown reason, they tried their best to get him released. On the other hand, Mohammad Ishaq’s hope of getting acquitted diminished even though tireless

Bengaluru: Feb 17: The Congress might have lost the bypoll to Hebbal Assembly constituency, but it is construed as a victory to the camp of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the party, which wanted to field independent MLC Byrati Suresh as the candidate. Sources in the Congress said the senior leaders were divided in their stand over the candidate selection. It had, in a way, become original

Bengaluru: ?Feb 17: The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD&PR) department of Karnataka state has bagged the e-Puraskar award for the year 2014-15. The award is conferred by the Union Ministry of Panchayat Raj (MoPR), after assessing top performing States in facilitating the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools for empowerment of panchayats. The selection of Karnataka for the