Karnataka

Bengaluru: Aug 1: N S Megharikh, a 1987 batch IPS officer, who took charge as new City police commissioner on Friday, said that he would lay stress on all three levels of policing - underground policing, on the ground policing and above the ground policing, during his stint. “I served in Bengaluru City on four different occasions. I have solid knowledge and experience of grassroots policing. Hence

Mangaluru, Aug 1: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Popular Front of India (PFI) have expressed grave concern over the execution of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon and urged the government and judiciary to uphold equality and justice. The activists of Dakshina Kannada district unit of SDPI on Friday evening staged a rights assertion protest in front of the office of Deputy

Udupi, Aug 1: Over 25 people from Udupi and Vijayapura districts have fallen prey to a hoax advertisement that was published in a Kannada newspaper on job vacancies in the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. According to sources, about 20 job aspirants from Udupi district and seven from Vijayapura district fell prey to the hoax advertisement and were cheated by individuals who originally

Mumbai, Aug 1: Ever thought your favourite soft drink could be effecting your health adversely? Well, Dr. Niraj Naik's shocking revelations about Coca-Cola's impact on our body after an hour of consuming it will send chills down your spine. On consuming Coca-Cola, you consume 10 teaspoons of sugar, but the phosphoric acid in the drink doesn't allow you to vomit it. After 20 Minutes, your blood

New Delhi: Aug 1: Militants owing allegiance to Islamic State (IS) in Libya on Wednesday abducted four Indians trying to return home from the conflict-hit North African country, where they taught in a university in Sirte — the hometown of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Two of the teachers who hail from Karnataka — Mulbagal Vijaykumar from Bangarpet and Lakshmikanth Ramakrishna from Raichur —

Jalandhar, Jul 31: A Pakistani woman, travelling on board the Samjhauta Express without proper documents, was arrested in Jalandhar and was taken back to Amritsar for questioning by the government railway police (GRP) on Friday. Fauzia, alias Chanda Khan, 27, a resident of Karachi, told police that she had come to India to pay obeisance at a 'dargah' (tomb) in Delhi and wanted to meet Bollywood

Mangaluru, Jul 31: A clash between a lawyer and a police inspector at Mangaluru East (Kadri) Police Station led to a protest in the station premises by a group of lawyers in the city on Friday afternoon. A group of lawyers, who gathered in front of the police station, demanded immediate action against Inspector Nagaraj, who allegedly assaulted advocate Uttam Rai earlier in the day. According to Mr

Mangaluru, Jul 31: In a case of alleged kidnapping, blackmail and extortion of money, Dakshina Kannada DCIB police led by Bantwal ASP Rahul Kumar have nabbed eight accused including a married woman from Venur and Belthangady police station limits. Addressing a press conference at his office here on Friday, Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Dr Sharanappa S D said that acting on a complaint

New Delhi, Jul 31: About 12,000 Indians are languishing in the prisons of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia over the past three years for various offences, including violation of national frontiers of these countries, the government said today. According to a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs V K Singh said that 4,615 Indians are

Pune, Jul 31: Rahul Gandhi's pep-talk to protesting students of the Film and Television Institute of India or FTII today segued into a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP. "The nature of the discussion is - you agree with us then fine...if not, we will smash you. To shut people up they call you anti-national, anti-Hindu," he told the students, who have been on strike for