Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 19: Commending the arrests of one of the main accused and three others in Prashant Poojary murder case in Moodbidri, Dakshina Kannada BJP district president Pratap Simha Nayak said that in view of the recent police action and assurance of more arrests, the BJP district unit had called off the protest scheduled for Tuesday in Mangaluru. Addressing a press conference here on Monday

Managluru, Oct 19: In an ambitious move, a group of teenage students have formed ‘Dr Kalam Science Students club’ at Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada district. The club consists of the science stream students of different PU colleges. S kakkejal, a 2nd PU science student was elected president of the club while Ansar Sunnathkere, a mechanical diploma student was elected general secretary. Both are

New Delhi, Oct 19: The National Investigating Agency is expected to file a chargesheet in the Malegaon blasts case of 2008 within a month. The NIA has recorded the statements of nine key witnesses in the case, in which saffron terrorists Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit are the main accused. “The charge sheet will go through five layers of scrutiny before being submitted in

Puttur, Oct 19: A complaint has been lodged at Puttur town police station stating that a student of Mangalore Institute of Fire and Safety Mohammed Anees, aged 19 years, had gone missing since October 14. Mohammed Anees is the son of Mohammed Isubu, resident of Koornadka in Puttur station limits. It is said that Anees had returned home late from college on the evening of October 13, and his father

Bengaluru, Oct 19: In a shocking incident, a group of miscreants, said to be Hindutva activists, abused and harassed an Australian couple at a restaurant here, even threatening to skin the young man’s leg, for sporting the tattoo of Hindu “goddess” Yellamma on his shin. Their ordeal did not end there as the city police not only detained them but also forced the helpless man to apologise to the

Bengaluru, Oct 19: Coming close on the heels of two recent gang-rapes in vehicles in the State, a 30-year-old woman, who got into a private vehicle on Kanakapura Road on Saturday night, was allegedly gang-raped and assaulted by six men. The victim was found bruised at a secluded spot in Dodda Alahalli, Sathanur, the native village of Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar. She was rescued and is being

Bengaluru, Oct 19: After coming under widespread criticism, K.S. Eshwarappa, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and former Deputy Chief Minister has apologised for the insensitive remarks he had made to a query by a woman TV journalist the increase in crimes against women across the State. “The scribe is like my sister, and if she is hurt by my statements, I apologise to her. I

Bengaluru, Oct 19: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said political reservation on the lines of that in urban local bodies in the State should be introduced in Assembly and Parliament. Speaking after inaugurating a function to felicitate BBMP corporators from Kuruba community, Siddaramaiah said social justice can be achieved completely only by providing proper political reservation. “There

Udupi, Oct 19: A 40-year-old member of Indian army died after a fall from a moving train under the limits of Gangolli police station near Kundapur in Udupi district. The victim has been identified as Sukhwinder Singh hailing from Punjab. He was found lying on a railway track between Senapur and Bijoor on Sunday morning in an unconscious state. Station master B T Nayak immediately informed the

Mangaluru, Oct 18: In the sensational Prashanth Poojary murder case, Mangaluru CCB police have arrested one alleged main accused and three co-conspirators on Saturday. The arrested have been identified as Mohammed Haneef (24), resident of Bajpe Adyapady, Mohammed Ilyas (27), resident of Moodbidri, Ibrahim Liyaqat (26), resident of Naringana in Bantwal taluk and Abdul Rasheed (39), resident of