Karnataka

Dharwad, Sep 23: The Bengaluru police have taken a person into custody on charges of making threat calls to senior Kannada writer K S Bhagwan in Dharwad on Tuesday. Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner Pandurang H Rane said, “The Bengaluru police have traced the cell phone number of a person from Dharwad who has reportedly spoken rudely to Bhagwan. The Bengaluru police have lodged a complaint

Mangaluru, Sep 22: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists staged a protest outside the corporate office of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd. here on Tuesday opposing power cuts in the State. Addressing the protesters, K. Monappa Bhandary, former MLC, said that the State government had failed to meet the demand for power in the State. It had also failed to address the Kalasa-Bhanduri issue

Bengaluru, Sep 22: A day after right-wing outfit Sri Rama Sene founder Pramod Muthalik said that he will sue Kannada writers for naming his organization as a conspirator behind the killing of renowned writer and rationalist Dr MM Kalburgi, its state convener has now threatened to cut off the tongues of writers if they continue to "insult" Hindu gods. Siddalinga Swami told reporters in Kalburgi in

Mysuru, Sep 22: The Mysuru city police has urged telecom service providers to provide details of subscribers who used their mobile phones to make threatening calls to noted writer and rationalist K.S. Bhagawan. "We have collected the call details from the complaint made by Prof. Bhagawan and sent them to the telecom service providers to ascertain the identity of callers and their location,” a

Mangaluru, Sep 22: The Amaco Mangalore Premier League (MPL) auction ahead of its second season slated to begin from December 15 will see 286 players from Mangaluru zone going under the hammer with the twelve franchisees trying to bag capable T-20 players. The Mangaluru zone includes Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Kodagu districts. The auction will be held on Saturday, September 26, at Fiza Forum Mall

Mangaluru, Sep 22: 'Ice Cream', said to be the first suspense and thriller movie in Tulu, produced and directed by a bunch of journalists will be released in Tulu Nadu on October 16. Announcing this at a press meet here on Tuesday, Pritham Sagar, the co-producer and director of the film said that the ‘Ice Cream’ is expected to create a landmark in Tulu movie industry. He said that for the first

Panaji, Sep 22: Hindu right-wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha member Rudra Patil, a suspect in leftist Govind Pansare's murder, was in regular touch with the mastermind of the 2009 Goa bomb blast, police said. Patil, who has been on the run since the 2009 improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Goa, is one of the main suspects in Pansare's murder, said the Maharashtra Police Special Investigation

Mangaluru, Sep 22: Enraged by the neighbour's request to mend their cable wire which had gotten broken while plucking coconuts from a tree in their compound, a youth allegedly assaulted and injured an elderly woman and her daughter in their house in Ullal police station limits on Monday. The victims have been identified as local resident Nafeesa (60) and her daughter Asma (26). The accused has

Dubai, Sep 22: KaDaM's 5th anniversary program is scheduled to be held on 23rd October, 20115 at Sheraton Deira, Dubai and will kick start sharp at 10 am sharp with a promise to render an exciting day filled with loads of entertainment, fun, frolic followed by a sumptuous lunch. KaDaM is a socio cultural forum established in the year 2010 in Dubai and since its inception has been gaining ground

Mangaluru, Sep 22: A case has been registered at Mangaluru North police station alleging that a gold chain worth Rs 1.4 lakh had been snatched from a woman waiting for bus at Hampankatta before dawn on Monday. The incident occurred when the woman Komalam and Vivekananda had been waiting for a bus to Suratkal at around 4 a.m. on Monday. According to the complaint, a youth wearing a black t-shirt