Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 4: In a first of its kind in the country, the Department of Health and Family Welfare in Karnataka is all sent to implement a new scheme to provide immediate treatment to the accident victims. The main ‘Mukhyamantri Santwana Yojana’, the scheme aims at providing treatment in the golden hour and necessary financial aid to the accident victims, said U T Khader, Minister for Health and

Mangaluru, Aug 4: In a shocking incident, a working woman was brutally stabbed by a youth in the broad daylight at Kulai on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday morning. The injured has been identified as Soumya (35), a resident of Katipalla, who works in Makrana Marble Centre at Hosabettu. Eye witnesses said that the assailant stabbed her and fled the spot before anyone could catch him. The

Udupi, Aug 4: Local residents managed to catch a youth who allegedly tried to sexually assault and kill a girl in a photo studio at remote village of Karkala taluk in Karnataka’s coastal district of Udupi. The youth who entered the studio at Hosmar in Edu village and allegedly molested the lone female staff has been identified as Satish alias Bajrangi Satish. It is learnt that Satish entered the

Thane, Aug 4: At least a dozen people were killed and seven injured after a three-storey building collapsed at B Cabin area in Naupada in the old Thane city on Tuesday. The incident occurred at 2.45 am. The deceased included five members of a family from Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The family, which originally hailed from Bantwal’s Sri Venkataramana temple, had been residing in the

Jeddah, Aug 4: A flying contingent of the Indian Air Force (IAF) are on a maiden visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from August 1-4. Indian Embassy Charge d’Affaires Hemant Kotalwar, while addressing a press conference, called the visit significant, and yet another feature that is set to give the Indo-Saudi relations a boost. “The visit underscored the close defense ties between India and Saudi

Kasaragod, Aug 4: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and other ministers called on Vishwesha Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of Udupi’s Pejawar Mutt at Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. The influential swamiji, who is also the spiritual leader of the Madhwa Tulu Brahmana Samajam was given a rousing reception by the Samajam on Sunday in Kerala. The seer is on a visit to Kerala as part of his tour to

Kasaragod, Aug 4: Beef merchants in Kerala have revived their protest against checks and attacks on vehicles carrying cattle from other states including Karnataka. In what the traders called the second stage of agitation against continuing attacks — most of them reported near Palakkad, bordering Tamil Nadu — beef stalls downed shutters across the state on Monday. Livestock trade between Tamil Nadu

Bengaluru, Aug 4: A three-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted on her school campus in Indiranagar. Police said they received a complaint and are investigating a case of suspected sexual assault, based on information provided by the survivor's parents. A doctor from Bowring Hospital, where the child was taken, said: "The parents brought the child to the hospital around 5pm. They were

Mangaluru, Aug 3: In the wake of disruption of water supply in parts of the city due to the damages in pipelines, Mangaluru City (South) MLA JR Lobo has directed the City Corporation commissioner to file criminal cases against those who dump debris and soil on the pipelines that supplies water to Mangaluru city from Thumbay vented dam. He was speaking after visiting Kannur on Monday, where

Bengaluru, Aug 3: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has directed officials to pay milk producers incentives that are due to them, immediately. Siddaramaiah had called for a meeting of officials and milk dairies to discuss about the management of excess milk that is getting produced in the state. During the meeting the CM discussed with the officials the steps to be taken to manage excess milk