Karnataka

Kasaragod, Feb 2: Three vehicles collided one another close to the Jamaat Higher Secondary School at Chemnad, near here, on Monday injuring three persons. The accident occurred in the morning as the driver of a car coming from the town lost control of the vehicle and rammed against the road divider before hitting a parcel van and a motorbike, the police said. Following the collision, the van

Mangaluru, Feb 2: Highland Islamic Forum, a city based organization has opened its women’s wing for social service. The HIF women’s wing consisting of around 150 members intends to lend a helping hand to the deserved and poor community members in the form of financial aid and other means. As its debut event, the women’s wing participated in the recent food exhibition organized at Forum Fiza Mall

Mangaluru, Feb 1: On the first day of the new helmet rule for pillion riders on Monday, 2,642 cases were booked and a fine of Rs. 2.65 lakh was collected by the traffic police in Mangaluru and other parts of Dakshina Kannada. For the last few days, the police put interceptor vehicles into use to inform motorists that the helmet rule will be enforced from February 1. At some places such as in

Mangaluru, Feb 1: A road accident in Kalladka led to a clash between two communities in Kalladka, 30 km away from Mangaluru, on Monday. According to Bantwal police, two-way traffic movement was allowed on one lane as the other lane of the two-lane road in Kalladka was being asphalted. This had resulted in slow movement of traffic on the road. Around 7 p.m. a pick-up van hit an autorickshaw. This

Mangaluru, Feb 1: Minister for forest, environment and ecology B Ramanath Rai challenged BJP leaders to raise Yettinahole project issue in Assembly. Rai, who is the Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister, told reporters that Yettinahole project was cleared in both houses during BJP's tenure. "Yettinahole project was approved when BJP was ruling the state and the matter was discussed in both

New Delhi, Feb 1: The Supreme Court came down heavily on certain states for not implementing welfare legislation National Food Security Act, saying that why a state like Gujarat is not implementing the law passed by Parliament. “What is Parliament doing? Is Gujarat not a part of India? The Act says it extends to whole of India and Gujarat is not implementing it. Tomorrow somebody can say that it

Bengaluru, Feb 1: Facing public pressure and criticism from various quarters, Karnataka government today reinstated a senior woman police official after she was transferred allegedly at the behest of a state minister for putting his call on hold. A video footage showing state Labour Minister P T Parameshwara Naik making a boastful claim for the shunting out of Deputy Superintendent of Police of

Bengaluru, Feb 1: A fire in a kitchen at an eatery on the first floor of Gopalan Arcade Mall, R.R. Nagar, Mysuru Road that broke out on Monday morning at around 10.45 a.m., gutted the eatery, before it was put out. The fire was controlled in time, before it spread to other shops and floors in the mall. Four Fire and Emergency Services personnel were rushed to the spot from nearby Byatarayanapura

Mumbai, Feb 1: Tragedy struck a group of picnicers, as 13 students from a Pune college today drowned off the popular Murud-Janjira beach in Maharashtra's Raigad district. The deceased comprise 10 boys and three girls, police said. Altogether 18 students had gone to swim and five were rescued, a local revenue official said.The students were part of an around 130-strong picnic group from Inamdar

New Delhi, Feb 1: It was quite a catch for officials at the Chennai airport who seized milk cartons, coffee boxes, in-flight meals, juice packets, cashew nuts, whiskey bottles and much more from an Air India (AI) cabin crew member whom they had been patiently waiting for following a tip-off. Despite airline’s new chairman and managing director Ashwani Lohani warning of strict action against those