Karnataka

Kolar, Sep 4: While households cry over soaring onion prices, there are people who see an opportunity in this. The greed for making a fast buck drove three youths to hijack a lorry laden with onions on August 31. On Wednesday, the Kolar Town police succeeded in solving the case by arresting one of the three accused of the crime. Venkatesh (22) was arrested while his two accomplices — Premkumar and

Bengaluru, Sep 4: Bullets were fired from a similar country-made pistol to kill Kannada scholar Prof M M Kalburgi in Dharwad, rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune and communist leader Govind Pansare in Kolhapur. But other than the weapon used, the Karnataka police haven’t found any other similarity in the three killings so far. Dabholkar’s murder is being probed by the Central Bureau of

Manipal, Sep 4: Two more injured persons who were receiving treatment for severe burns they suffered after a bullet tanker exploded at Bargi village near Kumta in Uttara Kannada district on September 1, died at Kasturba Hospital here on Thursday. With this, the toll in the LPG tanker explosion has gone up to five. The Manipal police gave the names of the two dead, a man and a woman who passed away

Mangaluru, Sep 3: Within a few hours after his arrest on Thursday, Prasad Attavar, the chief of Rama Sene, a fringe outfit, was granted interim bail by the judge of JMFC II court even though the Mangaluru City police had invoked Section 153 (a), a non-bailable section of the Indian Penal Code, and Section 506 (criminal intimidation) against him for making comments threatening the life of

New Delhi, Sep 3: The Supreme Court today asked the Karnataka government to take a decision on issues relating to the communally-sensitive Karnataka shrine, Guru Dattatreya Bababudanswamy Dargah, revered by a section of Muslims and Sangh Parivar. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and N V Ramana accepted the submission of the state government that it was a "very sensitive" matter and the cabinet

Mangaluru, Sep 9: Nitte Institute of Communication, Paneer Campus, Mangaluru, is organising a talk on “Western Ghats and rehabilitation issues” on September 10, in the College auditorium at 10:30 am. Mr Niren Jain, Forest and Wildlife Conservationist will be addressing the students of Communication and Journalism. The environment club of the college “NI- ECO” will be inaugurated on the occasion

Mangaluru, Sep 3: A group of activists including Democratic Youth Federation of India State president Muneer Katipalla were arrested on Thursday when they staged a protest against Mangalore Special Economic Zone at Jokatte in Mangaluru taluk on Thursday. In last two months this is for the second time anti-pollution activists being arrested by jurisdictional Surathkal police on charge of

Mangaluru, Sep 3: The High Court Karnataka has stayed the Government Order (GO) asking the medical colleges run by Nitte University and Yenepoya University to surrender 25 per cent of their total seats in the MBBS course to the State government for filling up under the government quota for 2015–16. The court, however, made it clear that both the deemed universities, based in Mangaluru, would have

New Delhi, Sep 3: Pravin Togadia, working president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, has once again raked up the issue of growth in population of Muslims in the country. In an article published in RSS mouthpiece 'Organiser', Togadia said, “Bharat withstood 400+ years of Muslim rule but with a permanently damaged culture and surroundings. Now, If we don't stand up against 'Population Jihad', Bharat will

Mangaluru, Sep 3: Hindutva activist and Rama Sene leader Prasad Attavar has reportedly been detained by the central crime branch (CCB) police in Mangaluru in connection to the assassination of Prof MM Kalburgi. Fresh Development: Cops invoke non-bailable section against Prasad Attavar; court grants him bail The development comes three days after Bhuvit Shetty, a Bajrang Dal activist from Bantwal