Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 29: A policeman has been accused of assaulting the relatives of an accused after scuffle erupted between then in a village in Belthangady taluk. A team of Belthangady police, led by Sub-Inspector of Police Sandesh Kumar, on Tuesday went to the house of Walter Kiran Saldanha, who has been accused of cheating Anil Furthado by taking money and not arranging for a visa to travel to

Udupi: Dec 29: The Udupi police have recovered gold, silver articles and cash worth Rs 49,21,765 in connection with the cases reported between January 1, 2015 and December 28, 2015. Two ancient bronze idols dating back to the 17th century were part of the stolen items exhibited by the police here on Tuesday. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Santosh Kumar, Additional Superintendent of

Mangaluru, Dec 29: The United Christian Association donated a house, built at a cost of Rs 15 lakh, to social reformer Harekala Hajabba here recently. Hajabba, a fruit seller, is instrumental in setting up a school at Harekala village located at about 23 km from Mangaluru and transforming the lives of hundreds of students. Hajabba’s inspirational life has found mention in the Kannada textbooks of

Mangaluru: Dec 29: The district administration has made all the arrangements for the counting of votes in the elections held for two seats of Dakshina Kannada local authority constituency on December 30. Deputy Commissioner, who is also the District Returning Officer (DRO), A B Ibrahim is hopeful of completing the counting process by 6 pm. On Tuesday he visited the counting centre in the city

Mangaluru, Dec 29: Several Muslim organisations and associations in Manglauru have condemned and questioned the necessity of the decision of city police to ban the entry of Dr Zakir Naik for a week. In a meeting organised to decide their next move after the imposition of prohibitory order to prevent the King Faisal award winner addressing people in Mangaluru, the participants pledged to be united

Mangaluru, Dec 29: A car and a motorbike parked inside the compound of a house were set afire by miscreants last night at Amblamogaru Madaka under the limits of Konaje police station. Abdul Jabbar, the owner of the vehicles has suffered a loss of Rs 10 lakh in this arson attack. The flames also have slightly damaged the wall of the house in the mid night. Unconfirmed sources said that police have

Bengaluru, Dec 29: Karnataka Lokayukta Police on Tuesday raided mining baron and former Bharatiya Janata Party minister Janardhan Reddy's home and office. The raids are conducted simultaneously in at least seven places in Bellary and Bengaluru. A disproportionate assets case has been registered against Reddy. Meanwhile, office of Obalapuram Mining Corporation is also being raided. Janardhan Reddy

Mangaluru, Dec 29: Police have registered a suo motu case following an abusive comment posted on Facebook by non-resident Indian against Mangaluru City Police Commissioner. The accused has been identified as Akbar Kudroli, from Manglauru, who is currently working in a foreign country. The abuser not only targeted police commissioner S Murugan, but also used abusive filthy words against his family

Bengaluru, Dec 29: In a major embarrassment for the State police, a superintendent rank officer on a mid-career training programme with the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (NPA), was not awarded the course completion certificate due to his alleged ‘misconduct, gross indiscipline and insubordination’. Abhishek Goyal, a 2005 batch IPS officer, is charged with bunking classes, not

Bengaluru, Dec 29: A PU I student, son of a realtor from Bettahalasur, was rescued hours after he was abducted by a gang of masked miscreants in Yelahanka on Monday morning. In a few hours, the city police successfully tracked down the youth and rescued him from a eucalyptus grove where he was tied up. However, the abductors managed to flee. The police have launched a manhunt for them. Police said