Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 9: Bengaluru police have admitted that they do not have any evidence against Maulana Syed Anzar Shah Khasmi, a cleric, who was picked up by the Delhi police on Wednesday for alleged ‘terror links’ and ‘hate speeches’. However, the city police had been keeping an eye on him for past several months, according to Police Commissioner N.S. Megharik. “He was under watch for his hate

Udupi, Jan 8: In a tragic incident, a one-year-and-three-month-old boy died after falling into a drum in a house at Sagri here on Friday. The boy, Prajwal, was playing in the house, when he fell into a water drum and drowned. The parents, who later came to know about it, rushed the boy to a private hospital, where the doctors pronounced brought dead. The incident took place when the Prajwal's

Mangaluru, Jan 8: The district administration will meet the representations of organisations if they inform it about calling bandhs at least one week in advance and hold talks with them to solve the issues amicably, to prevent frequent bandhs which affect common people. This point was made at a meeting here on Friday. District In-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai chaired the meeting convened to

Mangaluru, Jan 8: A Class 10 student allegedly ended his life by hanging himself in his hostel room at Vagga in Bantwal taluk on Friday morning. The police identified the deceased as Dishak (15), who was studying at Morarji Desai Residential School in Vagga. The boy took this extreme step allegedly due to depression nearly two years after his father Devanna Kamath committed suicide by hanging

Mangaluru, Jan 8: A major fire broke out at a small colony in Hoige Bazar in the city thanks to an LPG cylinder explosion on Friday. A few shacks belonging to Tamil families were gutted in fire causing a huge loss for them. However no casualty or injury was reported. It is learnt that a gas cylinder, kept inside one of the three shanties that were destroyed in the mishap, was burst due to high

Bengaluru, Jan 8: Karnataka transport department has framed guidelines on taming "exorbitant pricing" by cab aggregators, who allegedly demand over the top fares when the demand is high, Minister for Transport Ramalinga Reddy said today. The draft copy of the guidelines is pending before the law department for approval, he told reporters here. "The transport department has framed guidelines on

New Delhi, Jan 8: A local court in Andhra Pradesh's district of Anantapur has issued a non-bailable warrant against India's limited-overs captain MS Dhoni. The case relates to a morphed picture of Dhoni that appeared on the cover of a magazine in April 2013, which depicted him as a Hindu deity endorsing a lot of products, including a shoe. The headline said, "God of big deals." The court has now

Mangaluru, Jan 8: In an impressive performance city based Prasad Shetty has won the gold medal and the title of ‘Strongest Man in India’ at the National Level Powerlifting Competition. The event was conducted by Indian Power-lifting Federation from 2nd to 5th January at Jamshedpur. Prasad Shetty contested in the 74 Kg class representing Karnataka and his total weight lifted during the competition

Mangaluru, Jan 8: In a major step to improve traffic situation in the coastal district, Dakshina Kannada Police will soon start enforcing the directions Supreme Court committee on road committee to suspend driving licences and jail term for traffic violators. A Supreme Court appointed committee last year had asked all states and union territories to suspend licence of all traffic rule violators

Mysuru, Jan 8: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R Vala, who is known for his controversial statements, on Thursday advised the girls not to go to “as though they were going to a beauty contest” Speaking at the valedictory event of the Indian Science Congress here, Mr Vala who has a strong RSS background, expressed displeasure over college girls wearing lipstick and trimming their eyebrows. Though boys