Karnataka

Udupi, Jul 28: Four members of a gang of inter-state thieves, who were involved at least in four cases of thefts in three different places in Udupi district between July 1 and July 7, have been arrested by the police. Santosh Kumar, Additional Superintendent of Police, told media persons that the four of them were travelling by a mini-lorry when they were arrested at Siddapura village coming under

Mumbai, Jul 28: Former IPL chief Lalit Modi's lawyer Mehmood M. Abdi has lodged a complaint about receiving death threats from mafia don Ravi Pujari, a police officer said on Monday. Abdi submitted a written complaint to Oshiwara police station in suburban Mumbai, and also sought police protection for himself and his family, said a police official, who did not want to be identified. In his

Kasaragod, Jul 28: The police have arrested one more person, a Plus Two student, in connection with sporadic incidents of violence witnessed at Mangad locality near Uduma in Kasaragod district. Riyaz, 19, was rounded up by the Bekal police from Melparamba, where he resides, on Sunday, taking the total number of arrested persons to four, police said. Three of the arrested were accused of setting on

Bengaluru, Jul 28: The differences of opinion between JD(S) MLA from Gangavathi, Iqbal Ansari, and his party president H D Kumaraswamy has reached a boiling point, with the former facing expulsion. Ansari, who was served with a notice by party working president Narayan Rao on June 29 for his recent statements against Kumaraswamy, has responded to the same on July 14. Ansari has lashed out at

Bengaluru, Jul 28: Anil Kumar Sinha, director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Monday said that the agency would soon submit a final report on the investigation into the death of IAS officer D K Ravi. Sinha was in the City for a review of cases being probed by CBI, Bengaluru. “In the D K Ravi case that we are investigating, we are on the fast track. There were many angles to be

New Delhi, Jul 28: Expressing unhappiness over the ongoing disruption in Parliament, former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Monday said he was “ashamed” to sit in Parliament and that he has “no interest” to attend the session till the farmers' suicide issue is taken up for discussion. “I have no interest to go to Parliament and sign the attendance register to take (daily

Bengaluru,Jul 28: The Department of Health and Family Welfare declared cancer as a notified disease on Monday in an effort to create awareness about tobacco-related cancers. The government also launched a software to keep tabs on the implementation of the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA). Speaking on the occasion, which also marked World Head and Neck Cancer Day, Home Minister K J

Shillong, Jul 27: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam died on Monday at a hospital in Meghalaya, where he had gone to deliver a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong, reports Press Trust of India. He was 83. Dr Kalam reportedly collapsed on stage at the IIM in Shillong and was rushed to hospital. He was the 11th President on India between 2002 and 2007. Doctors say he suffered

Mangaluru, Jul 27: Two youths were hospitalized with severe injuries after they survived a murder bid by two miscreants at Alake in the city on Monday evening. The injured, identified as Inderjit and Lathish, are said to be in an extremely critical condition. One of the assailants has been identified as Ravichandra alias Vicky Poojary of Kodikal, a rowdy sheeter. The assailants, who came in a

Mangaluru, 27: The foundation was laid for the concretisation of seven prominent roads under Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) limits at a total cost estimate of Rs 14.70 crore by Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology B Ramanath Rai and Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake in the city limits on Monday. The foundation for concretisation of Konchady-Kavoor road at an estimated