Karnataka

Ahmadabad, Jul 8: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which had asked the Special Public Prosecutor to go soft on saffron terrorists involved in Malegaon terror attack, has now filed its closure report in the 2008 Modasa bombing, in which Hindutva extremists were suspects. It was during Ramadan fasting in 2008 when terrorists owing allegiance to a Hindutva outfit blasted an explosive-laden

Dubai, Jul 8: A Saudi national, a look-alike of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, has been invited to visit India and meet the man himself. Hassan Al-Asiri hailing from Jazan in the Kingdom will be leaving for Kerala later this month after the end of holy month of Ramzan, according to a Saudi Gazette report. Someone posted Al-Asiri's pictures on social media a month ago and the photo went viral

Ujjain (MP), Jul 8: MBBS student Namrata Damor, whose body was found near rail tracks in Ujjain district in 2012 after her name figured in the Vyapam scam, had died a "homicidal" death caused by "violent asphyxia as a result of smothering" and nail injuries were found on her face. As Madhya Pradesh Police decided to reopen the case of her death, the doctors who conducted the post-mortem said they

Mangaluru, Jul 8: A woman from Uppinangady, who was brutally assaulted by her husband, succumbed to her injuries at a hospital in Puttur on Tuesday. 42-year-old Dharnamma wife of Shivakumar was found helplessly lying on the road in Uppinangady a few days ago. Daughter of the late Pakeera Gowda from Hirebandady village near Uppinangady, Dharnamma had married Shivakumar from Madikeri around nine

Mangaluru, Jul 8: St Aloysius Evening College, Mangaluru, which has a remarkable track record in providing academic platform for the working men and women of the city and neighbouring areas, is all set to celebrate the golden jubilee of its inception. The celebrations will commence on July 11 and various programmes would be conducted throughout the academic year to mark the jubilee. Addressing a

New Delhi, Jul 8: A week after her speeding luxury car crashed into a Maruti Alto killing a four-year-old girl and critically injuring her parents in Dausa, the BJP MP Hema Malini has indirectly blamed the father of the girl for the accident. The actor-turned-politician took to Twitter and expressed how sorry she was about the death of a four-year-old girl. But, she also tweeted saying that it

Udupi, Jul 8: Sudesh Bhandary, the younger brother of former Karkala MLA Gopal Bhandary, has allegedly committed suicide at Hebri village in Udupi district. The Hebri police said that 45-year-old Sudesh ended his life by jumping into a lake near his house at Muru Raste between 9.30 p.m. on Monday and 6 a.m. on Tuesday. He was an engineer and unmarried. He was suffering from ill health for the last

Bengaluru, Jul 8: The four suspected members of the banned Indian Mujahideen terror group, who were arrested by the Bengaluru police in January, have been charged with supplying explosives for the blasts that occurred in the country between 2010 and 2014. The police filed a 1,700-page charge sheet with the names of 123 witnesses before the special court on Monday. In it, the police claim that the

Bengaluru, Jul 8: The State government, along with public sector mining company National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC),?will set up a steel plant of three million tonne per annum (MTPA)?capacity at a yet-to-be-identified location in the State. Addressing a press conference after a consultative meeting of the ministry of mines in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Union Minister of Steel and Mines

Bengaluru, Jul 8: Buoyed by the success of flybus service between Mysuru and Bengaluru, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is all set to replicate it between Manipal and Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). In 2013, the KSRTC had proposed to start the flybus services between the KIA and Coimbatore and Kodagu. Besides, certain other places were also zeroed in on for the