Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sep 16, Moderate to heavy rains lashed coastal Karnataka on Tuesday and Wednesday morning throwing normal life out of gear in several parts. Bhatkal town in Uttara Kannada district recorded maximum rainfall in last couple of days. The nonstop rain, which started late on Monday night pounded Bhatkal till Tuesday noon. The town recorded a rainfall of 60.6 mm of rain as at Tuesday morning

Mangaluru: Sep 16: The Pandeshwar police have arrested three persons in connection with the theft cases reported in and around Mangaluru and Hassan districts and seized valuables worth Rs 4.55 lakh. The arrested are Kiran (22) of Haveri, Sandeep (23) of Bajpe and Ashok Kumar (28) of Tamil Nadu. The police have seized 128 grams of gold ornaments, 10 copper utensils, five bells, 20 ‘kaalu deepa’ and

Kasaragod, Sep 16: In yet another breakthrough in the Kudlu Service Cooperative bank robbery case, the police have arrested a 25-year-old man who is suspected to have helped the five member dacoits in looting Rs.5.13 crore worth valuables recently from the Eriyal branch here. Muhammed Shabeer, a resident of Chowki was arrested on the information provided by Mehshookh after he was taken into

Bengaluru, Sep 16: The High Court on Tuesday granted a stay on the Lokayukta proceedings against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in three cases of denotification registered against him. Yeddyurappa had approached the court seeking quashing of FIRs filed by the Lokayukta police against him. He had contended that the FIR has not been filed as per Section 12 of the Lokayukta Act which calls for

Bengaluru, Sep 16: The Lokayukta Special Court on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing corruption and extortion within the Lokayukta, seeking body warrant of suspended Joint Commissioner (PRO) Syed Riyaz. The court has declined to accord permission to take the custody of Syed Riyaz on body warrant in the second case registered by the SIT in

Bengaluru, Sep 15: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said the government has announced Rs five lakh to those who could provide clues about the murder of noted Kannada progressive writer and scholar M M Kalburgi. The government has decided to give a reward of Rs five lakh to whoever gives information about Kalburgi's murder. The identities of the informants would be kept secret, he told

Bengaluru, Sep 15: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G?Parameshwara are likely to leave for New Delhi around September 23 - 24 to hold discussion with the party high command on the long-pending Cabinet expansion/reshuffle. AICC?General?Secretary in-charge of party affairs in the State, Digvijay Singh, who is on a personal visit to the United States, is

Paris, Sep 15: French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has been criticised for publishing a cartoon depicting the death of three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi as its own controversial take on the refugee and migration crisis, the media reported on Tuesday. The cartoon attributed to the publication and circulating on social media features Aylan lying face down on a beach with the words "So

Kasaragod, Sep 15: Four youths suspected to be having links with terror outfit Islamic State (IS) were detained when they arrived from Abu Dhabi early today and are being questioned. Sources said two of them arrived at Karipur airport and the other two at Thiruvananthapuram early today and were being interrogated by the state intelligence officials. The four had been reportedly deported for their

Mangaluru, Sep 15: For the first time after several years in Dakshina Kannada district, people of all religions and communities on Tuesday joined their hands together for a cause and brought the ever-busy Mangaluru-Bengaluru highway to a standstill by holding a massive protest at Uppinangdy. The work on the about Rs 13,000 crore project had started early this month at Sakleshpur in Hassan district