Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sep 17: UT Khader, the Minister for Health and Family Welfare, who is known for helping accident victims amidst his busy schedule, once again exhibited his humanity by shifting an injured man and woman to hospital when there was no one to help them. 50-year-old James and his 45-year-old wife Suzan, residents of Asaigoli in Mangaluru taluk on Thursday met with an accident when they were

Mumbai, Sep 17: Close on the heels of the arrest of a man allegedly having links with rightwing outfit "Sanatan Sansthan" in connection with the murder of Communist leader and rationalist Govind Pansare, a 32-year-old woman has been picked up by police for questioning from Kanjurmarg in Mumbai suburb. The woman, identified as Jyoti Kamble, was detained for questioning and taken to Sangli, where

Kolhapur, Sep 17: Maharashtra Police have detained two people from Karnataka in connection with the killing of senior Communist leader Govind Pansare here in February, a police official said on Thursday. "We have detained two people from Karnataka in connection with the murder and are investigating further," Additional DGO (CID) Pune, Sanjay Kumar, who is heading a SIT for the case, told media

Kuwait City, Sep 17: A plan by the authorities at Indian Embassy in Kuwait to formally celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi by installing an idol of Ganesh in the embassy building has triggered a controversy. Highly placed sources said that the diplomatic authorities had planned to formally install the Ganesh idol near the guest room of the Embassy on Thursday. When Coastaldigest.com tried to contact the

Kasaragod, Sep 17: Riyab-ul-Rehman, one of the youths recently deported from United Arab Emirates to Kerala for his alleged links with so called Islamic State (IS) terror outfit in fact never followed Islam in the past as he was an amateur disc jockey (DJ). The 24-year-old Kerala youth, against whom a case was registered on Tuesday “for joining the proscribed terrorist organisation,” looked

Hubballi, Sept 17: Pramod Muthalik, the founder of Sri Rama Sene, has said that the State government should be squarely blamed for the murder of Prof M?M?Kalburgi. “The security cover for Kalburgi was withdrawn though he was facing a threat for his life. CCTV cameras have not been installed at his house and plainclothesmen were not deployed for his protection. Going by all these lapses, Home

Washington, Sep 17: US President Barack Obama invited a Muslim schoolboy to the White House after he was arrested and dragged off in handcuffs for bringing a homemade clock to class. Obama congratulated 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed on his skills and issued a presidential invitation, in what amounts to a pointed rebuke to school and police officials who precipitated his arrest. Irving MacArthur High

Udupi, Sep 17: Issuing a stern warning to cattle “traffickers” ahead of Ganeshotsava and Bakrid festival, Annamalai K, the Superintendent of Police of Udupi said that he had directed his subordinates to open fire in self-defence if they were attacked by those who transport cattle illegally. He was speaking at a ‘peace meeting’ organized in view of forthcoming Muslim and Hindu festivals. He urged

Mangaluru, Sep 17: A bullet tanker transporting LPG from Mangaluru to Bengaluru toppled on Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway (75) between Uppinangady and Nelyadi on Wednesday morning. The police said the tanker toppled near Bedrodi under Puttur traffic police limits. The driver and cleaner of the tanker suffered severe injuries in the mishap. They have been admitted to a hospital. Fortunately

Mangaluru, Sep 16: District in-Charge Minister B Ramanath Rai directed police department to ensure that CCTV cameras in the district were in working condition so that anti-social elements, who created trouble during the festival season, could be traced soon. Chairing a peace committee meeting, ahead of Ganesha festival and Bakrid, at DC's Office Hall in Mangaluru on Wednesday, the minister said