Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 13: A 27-year-old wall painter, who kidnapped his four-year-old relative for ransom, has been arrested by R.T. Nagar police.Based on a complaint, the police picked up Raghu, a resident of Pragatipura near Banashankari, who had kidnapped Joshua, son of William Francis, a senior executive of an online business portal on January 4 . Raghu, a distant relative of Francis, picked up

Bengaluru, Jan 13: In a rare case, a just born male was found to have a foetus inside its own body. Medically known as a ‘Foetus in Fetu’, a mysterious condition, the occurrence of this is less than one in five lakh births according to Director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health Dr Asha Benakappa. The child, which was born to Kolar resident Shiba, was refered to Indira Gandhi Institute of

Tuticorin (TN),Jan 12: Around hundred whales have been washed ashore near the Tiruchendur beach in this district early today while 250 of the same species have been stranded in shallow waters, officials said. Carcasses of 30 baleen whales were also found washed ashore near the beach. According to officials, the fishermen dragged many of the beached whales back into the sea but they kept returning

Mangaluru, Jan 12: Leading companies including Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, Syngine and NRI tycoon BR Shetty on Tuesday proposed investments worth Rs 11,996.35 crore in Dakshina Kannada at an investors meet held in the city. Hosted by Dakshina Kannada district administration as a prelude to Invest Karnataka 2016— to be held at Bengaluru on February 3, today’s ‘Invest Dakshina

Mumbai, Jan 12: The famed 'encounter specialist' police officer Daya Nayak had been reinstated in the state police department, a source said on Monday. Sub-inspector Nayak's suspension had been cancelled, a senior police officer on Monday said on condition of anonymity. Mr Nayak was suspended in June last year for not joining duty and being on sick leave for a very long time. At that time his

Dubai, Jan 12: An 8-year-old Indian boy died after falling out of the car in which he was travelling with his family in United Arab Emirates. A grade three student of the Indian School in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), Vismaya Chandran died on Sunday night after falling through the window of the vehicle which was being driven by his father. The family members were on their way to a picnic at Jebel Jais

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jan 12: Even though the Congress party in the twin districts of coastal Karnataka has managed to overcome rebellion in recently held Legislative council polls, it may face fresh troubles in the looming Zilla Panchayat and Taluk Panchayat polls in both Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. The massive dissidence in the Congress was evident the last month with some leaders of in the

Mangaluru, Jan 12: Rs 34 crore of additional compensation has been released by the Karnataka government to those whose land was acquired for extension of runway at Mangaluru airport at Kenjar on the outskirts of the city. The land owners had received minimum compensation from the government after their lands were acquired in 1990. In 2006, as many as 77 land-losers including Christine D’Souza had

Bengaluru/Mysuru, Jan 12: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID)?on Monday filed a charge sheet against Premakumari – a government employee who had accused BJP leader and former minister S?A Ramdas of sexual harassment – for extortion and criminal intimidation. The CID filed the charge sheet in the First Additional Munsiff Court in Mysuru.In February 2014, Premakumari had claimed that Ramdas

Bengaluru, Jan 12: As many as seven countries – France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Korea – have partnered with Karnataka to promote investments in various sectors, including aviation, during the upcoming global investors meet, Invest Karnataka-2016, to be held in Bengaluru between February 3 and 5. Addressing the media after chairing a meeting with industry