Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 26: Perhaps not many people in India know much about the Edhi foundation of Pakistan. The return of deaf and mute Indian girl Geeta from Karachi has forced the Indian media to talk about this foundation and its noble deeds, which is a household name in Pakistan. Some say that after Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah, India-born 87-year-old founder of the Edhi foundation Abdul

Jakarta, Oct 26: Indonesian police officials said that they have arrested a wanted criminal from India in Bali but there was little clarity on whether it was gangster Chhota Rajan, who has been on the run for decades, or serial killer Mohan Kumar better known as 'Cynaide Mohan'. Acting on a tip-off from Australian police, Indonesian authorities detained Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje better known as

Meerut, Oct 26: In an apparent attempt to stoke communal violence, a group of miscreants, said to be activists of a communal group, dug out the body of a woman from her grave and allegedly raped the corpse. The incident took place at Talheta village near the border of Meerut and Ghaziabad districts in Uttar Pradesh. The woman had been buried two days before the incident took place. The 26-year-old

New Delhi, Oct 26: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday welcomed Geeta, the speech and hearing impaired Indian woman, on her arrival in India. "Geeta - Welcome home our daughter.," tweeted Swaraj. Escorted by five members of the Edhi Foundation, Geeta emerged from the special entrance at the IGI airport surrounded by officials. Swaraj will brief the media at 3pm today with details

Bargari (kotkapura), Oct 26: Bhagwant Mann, the Aam Aadmi Party’s MP from Punjab’s Sangrur, was forced to leave a religious ceremony held for the two men killed in police firing after he was allegedly found drunk by a former granthi. The two men were killed in police firing during a protest against the alleged desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib when at least 100 pages of the holy book of Sikhs

Mangaluru, Oct 26: Indian Coast Guard Ship Samudra Prahari seized two Sri Lankan trawlers namely Holy Cross III and VI along with 29 Sri Lankan nationals on Saturday around 4.30pm in Lakshadweep waters for poaching of endangered marine species, sea cucumber. In a swift air-sea coordinated search these fishing boats were located 18 nautical miles or approximately 35-kms West of Chereapani reef

Mangaluru, Oct 26: A 40-year-old from coastal Karnataka died of cardiac arrest onboard a flight at Hong Kong on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Rita Rodrigues (40), wife of Wilfred Pinto, a native of Taccode near Moodbidri. Rita, who hailed from Paladka, had married to Wilfred, a farmer from Taccode. She had been working in Hong Kong for several years. Last week she has gone to London

Udupi, Oct 26: In a Vishvesha Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of the Pejawar Mutt has praised the governance of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and urged the Congress High Command to make Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G. Parameshwara the Deputy Chief Minister to appease Dalits. Speaking to media representatives in Raichur on Sunday, the seer said that the Dalit community would

Mangaluru, Oct 26: A clash erupted between two rowdy gangs during their common friend’s ‘mehendi’ ceremony culminated in the coldblooded murder of one of the rowdy-sheeters at Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city. The victim of Sunday night’s gang-war has been identified as 28-year-old Vikram R alias Vicky Bolar alias Rowdy Vicky, a resident of Bolar in Mangaluru. Police sources said that the

Kasaragod, Oct 26: The police have arrested two more persons in the Kudlu Service Cooperative Bank branch robbery case and recovered nearly eight kg of gold from them. The arrested are Mujeeb, 27, a resident of Chowki locality here and Fenix Netto, alias Joemon, 30, hailing from Ernakulam. The police also recovered Rs.5.25 lakh in cash, apparently looted from the bank, and took into custody a car