Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 22: A car speeding overturned and fell over a house at Mundyathadkka near Kumbla in Kasaragod district. A couple on board the car was critically injured in the mishap which occurred after the driver lost control over the vehicle. After the car overturned, it was sandwiched in between the house and the adjoining wall. The injured have been identified as Gopi, who runs a barbershop at

Mangaluru: Jan 22: Even though traffic police in Bengaluru and some other parts of Karnataka have already started enforcing new helmet rules from January 20, their counterparts in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts are still engaged in creating awareness. ACP Uday Nayak said that the new rule will be enforced strictly from February 1 in Mangaluru. Motorists who ride with pillion without helmet

Udupi, Jan 21: S.S.S. Shameem, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Application, Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), has just completed the first leg of solo cycle expedition, a passion he has been pursuing since two years, and calls it as “Bharat Bhraman: Ride-4-Pride.” According to a press release issued by the Manipal University here on Thursday, Prof. Shameem had covered a distance

Bengaluru, Jan 21: Two days after a 31-year-old woman employee of IBM was found murdered in her apartment in Bangalore, the police arrested the suspected killer near Gurgaon. Kusuma Rani Singla was transferred to the Karnataka capital six months ago from Noida. Police sources said Singla, a divorcee hailing from Punjab, had befriended the suspected killer, identified as Sukhbir Singh, on Facebook

Kasaragod, Jan 21: A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sentenced 21 accused in the Narath arms training camp case to varying years of imprisonments after they were found guilty of offences charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Arms Act, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. While Special Judge S. Santhosh Kumar awarded seven-year imprisonment

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the elections with a sweeping majority in 2014, the whole Internet almost went on a mission to showcase Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s humble background. Among many of his photos, a black-and-white photo of Modi holding a broom and cleaning floor had gone viral. On social media its authenticity was questioned by many but nobody could prove it was fake or real

Thrissur, Jan 21: Kerala beedi baron Mohammed Nisham, convicted for killing a security guard in a fit of rage by ramming his luxury Hummer, was today sentenced life imprisonment in addition to 24 years in jail by a court here which also slapped a fine of Rs 80.30 lakh on him. "He is likely to behind bars for 39 years," Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) C P Udayabhanu said. First Additional District

Mangaluru, Jan 21: A mutilated body of an unidentified man was found today on rail tracks near Ullal in Mangalur taluk. The man is believed to be about 40-years-old and his body was recovered in pieces from the track at about 6 a.m. on Thursday, police sources said. The body has been sent to a mortuary for identification and postmortem, police added. It is not yet known whether the death was an

Ahmedabad, Jan 21: A convict in a Gujarat riots case, out on parole, allegedly assaulted a journalist in Ahmedabad on Wednesday evening when she met him for an interview. Revati Laul, who is writing a book on the convicts in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case, alleged that she was punched and slapped by Suresh Chhara when she asked him some questions during an interview at his house in Naroda

Allahabad, Jan 21: Senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan along with Allahabad University student union president Richa Singh was held hostage for around half an hour inside the office of AU VC, RL Hangloo when the senior journalist went to meet the VC at his office on Wednesday. This was after ABVP members and office bearers of AU student union started protesting against his entering the varsity