Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 3: Delhi Police today filed a supplementary charge sheet in a city court against AAP leader Somnath Bharti in a case of alleged molestation of African women during his purported midnight-raid last year when he was the Delhi Law Minister. In supplementary final report filed before Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Ankita Lal, the police informed the court that prosecution sanction against

Udupi, Oct 3: The reckless driving by a truck driver claimed the life of a young woman and injured nearly a dozen passengers near Mabukala bridge in Brahmavar, Udupi district on Saturday. 24-year-old Merita D'Silva, a clerk at SMS College, Brahmavar, was knocked down by the fish truck when she was walking towards a passenger bus. The truck driver completely lost control over his vehicle after

Mangaluru, Oct 3: Amidst concerns of absence of members consecutively during committee meetings held by the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), a four-member sub committee was formed to prepare an action plan for 3 years to revive the organisation, at the annual general body meeting on Friday. The annual general meeting (AGM) was held in the presence of Dakshina

Mangaluru, Oct 3: A tense atmosphere prevailed near Thokkottu Ullalbail on Friday night after a fight erupted between employees of a finance company, who had come to seize and a motorbike and the owners of the vehicle. Illyas (26), a resident of Deralakatte and Hisamuddin (25), a resident of TC Road, have been hospitalized with injuries following the clash that took place near the office of Cashew

Mangaluru, Oct 3: A teenage boy met watery grave while two other boys were rescued after they got trapped in the silt at a mouth of estuary near Uchila Talapady on the outskirts of the city. Arfaz, 16, son of Abbas from Pilikuru in K C Nagar lost his life in the tragedy. He was the student of Falah High School at K C Road. The tragedy took place when around a dozen boys went for swimming after

Kasaragodu, Oct 3: The police have identified the mastermind, a native of Kodagu district in Karnataka, behind the robbery of 20 kg gold ornaments and Rs.2.95 lakh in cash from the Vijaya Bank branch at Cheruvathur. Five days after the incident, the police have established the identity of the suspect, presumed to be Ismail, 45, and efforts are under way to arrest him, Kanhangad Dy.SP K

Mangaluru, Oct 3: A fire was noticed in the Petro Fluidised Catalytic Cracking (PFCC) unit of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (Phase 3) on Friday. However, it was put off within 30 minutes, according to an official press release. The release said the fire was noticed around 7.20 p.m. in the closed blowdown pit of the PFCC unit at MRPL. The fire was contained in the closed blowdown pit and

Bengaluru, Oct 3: A?final decision on acquiring land for the Yettinahole irrigation project will be taken at the Cabinet meeting scheduled for October 7, Law Minister T?B?Jayachandra has said. “All the hurdles in the path of implementing the project have been cleared since the Union government has withdrawn the ordinance to the new Land Acquisition Act. The environmentalists have approached court

Bengaluru, Oct 3: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) launched a fleet of eco-friendly bio-diesel buses here on Friday. As many as 10 bio-buses, which will soon start plying across the City, were flagged off by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on the Vidhana Soudha premises. Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy and Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee were also present at the event. The

Bengaluru: Oct 3: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said it was unfortunate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been born in the land of Mahatma Gandhi. Speaking after inaugurating a function organised at the KPCC headquarters to mark Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri's birth anniversary, he said people should be cautious about BJP leaders. The communal BJP always pursues hidden agenda