Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 17: Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli, BJP MLA from Bidar, died of heart failure in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Tuesday. He had celebrated his 74 birthday on November 11. He had served as a Minister in three cabinets and was a legislator for six terms from Aurad and Bidar. Nagamarapalli, however, had made a name for himself as a leader in the cooperative sector. He led the 92-year-old

Hyderabad, Nov 17: In a tragic incident, a nursery girl student died after her head got stuck in the lift of a school building in Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad on Tuesday morning. The child, Syeda Zainab Fatima Jaffery, (three-and-a-half-years-old) came to the Star Kids Premium School in the morning. Meanwhile, the case has been registered against the school management and they have been taken into

Bantwal, Nov 17: Bantwal Town police have booked a suo moto case against SDPI Dakshina Kannada district president Haneef Khan Kodaje on charges of conducting a protest meeting in B C Road last week without obtaining prior permission from the district administration and making inflammatory speech. The district unit of SDPI and its members held a demonstration in front of Rangamandira in BC Road on

Cape Town, Nov 17: In a brutal incident, a mentally unstable South African cricketer of Indian origin has been beheaded in a ritual sacrifice, prompting police to start a probe and arrest three persons including his best friend in connection with the murder. Nawaz Khan, 23, was allegedly lured to a forest near his home by his best friend Thandowakhe Duma, 21 and a traditional healer to a forest

Mangaluru, Nov 17: The communal clashes that erupted in Ullal after Bantwal was gripped with tension, had not abated in spite of tight security arrangements made by the police department. Despite additional police forces deployed in Ullal as per the instructions of police commissioner S Murugan after a bus was pelted with stones on Sunday, several untoward incidents have occurred including further

Bengaluru, Nov 17: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has laid the foundation stone for ‘Beary Souharda Bhavana’ which will come up at an estimated cost of Rs12 crores funded by Beary’s Welfare Association in Bengaluru. Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister asked the people not to become victims of hate politics. “The country is undergoing a character crisis. Peace is at stake. Petty

Dubai, Nov 17: Large numbers of people attended the free health camp organized in Dubai by Thumbay Hospital in association with Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF), on Friday, 13 November 2015, from 2:30 pm to 9:00 pm. The camp, held at Thumbay Hospital next to Stadium Metro Station in Al Qusais provided free consultation and checkup with the consultants and specialists of the hospital in various

Hubballi, Nov 17: The second JMFC?court on Monday sentenced BJP leader and former Union minister Basanagowda Patil Yatnal to six months in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 24,000 on him in a defamation case. After hearing the case filed by industrialist Vijay?Sankeshwar in 2004, Judge V?Amar pronounced the judgement, which also stated that the jail term of the accused would be extended by a month if

Puttur, Nov 17: Kannada film actor was detained by Puttur police for questioning in connection with an alleged conspiracy to murder a man, who used to look after his financial affairs. In a complaint filed before the Puttur police, Sachhidananda, a resident of Paduvannoor village near Eshwarmangala in Puttur taluk, has accused the actor of hatching a conspiracy to murder him. Sachhidananda alleged

Madikeri, Nov 17: The Kodagu district police arrested two persons for the death of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader D Kuttappa during the communal violence that broke out on the day of Tipu Jayanti in Madikeri on November 10. 70-year-old Kuttappa had collapsed and died when the VHP led protest against Tipu Jayanti took a violent turn. Police had earlier stated that Kuttappa died after he