Karnataka

Udupi, Jul 24: An unidentified thief broke the window pane of a car belonging to a businessman and stole a bag containing Rs 7.5 lakh cash near Ambalpady Janardhana Temple in Udupi on Friday morning. Even though the theft took place in broad daylight, the car owner and police could not find a single eyewitness to the crime. Vasanth Kumar, the proprietor of Ganesh Auto firm at Nittur in Udupi

Bengaluru, Jul 24: In an attempt to convince Health Minister U?T?Khader that their condition was no better than that of Group ‘D’ employees, Ayur¬vedic, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (Ayush) doctors under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) staged a protest in front of his residence with brooms. As a mark of protest, the Ayush doctors swept the area around Khader’s residence on Thursday

Thiruvananthapuram , Jul 24: A visually impaired Muslim woman from Kerala, who was reportedly discriminated on religious grounds in Delhi, has sought corrective intervention from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal through a YouTube video. Reem Shamsudeen is an assistant professor of English in a college affiliated to the Delhi University. In the video posted on YouTube by Media Collective on Wednesday

Bengaluru, Jul 24: A second round of the socio-economic census (caste survey) will be conducted in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits to enumerate households not covered under the survey. Replying to a question raised by Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on behalf of R?Ashoka (both BJP) in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday,?Social?Welfare Minister H?Anjaneya said that of the 21.16 lakh

Bengaluru: Jul 24: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president G Parameshwara are understood to have briefed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi about farmer suicides in Karnataka and invited him to visit districts where these deaths have taken place. The two leaders, along with Cabinet ministers and senior Congress leaders from Karnataka, received Rahul at the Kempegowda International Airport

Udupi, Jul 23: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly stalked and sexually harassed by the vice-president of Yedamogge Gram Panchayat (GP) near Siddapura bridge coming under Shankarnarayana Police Station limits in Kundapur taluk. The police said on Thursday that the woman, who had completed her Bachelors, had gone to her college and got her Transfer Certificate at Shankaranarayana on July 21. She was

Kasaragod, Jul 23: A tense situation prevailed near the crowded new bus station premises here on Thursday evening after a mob vandalised a private bus after it crushed a woman to death. The accident occurred around 5 p.m. when Raziya, 26, who was travelling with her husband Haneef, was thrown off the bike after the bus hit the bike from behind. She was crushed to death under the wheels of the bus

Chikkamagaluru, Jul 23: Three people were injured when a leopard barged into a private school in Chikkamagaluru on Thursday. Students and staff of TMS school were shocked to see a leopard roaming in the school premises. Forest Department staff have put a cage at the door and a team of veterinarians with tranquilizers are arriving from Shivamogga. The leopard was spotted early in the morning at

New Delhi, Jul 23: Wholesale onion price at Lasalgoan in Maharashtra, Asia's biggest market for this kitchen staple, has shot up by 70 per cent in just about a month -- hitting its highest level for the month of July in the past two decades. Prices in July usually tend to be higher because the supply goes down and the onset of monsoon season also affects the onion quality. The onion was being sold

Mangaluru, Jul 23: Hundreds of beedi workers from across Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday staged a massive protest in front of Deputy Commissioner’s office in the city against the anti-poor policies of Narendra Modi-led union government and unfulfilled promises of Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government. The protest was jointly organized by the South Canara beedi worker’s federation and Centre