Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 29: Normally politicians and “representatives” arrive at the doorsteps of the common man when elections are looming close and make several assurances which are forgotten soon after. In contrast, here is an example of one councillor in Ullal who came forward to fulfill his special assurance to a poverty stricken family. Having assured a poor family living on the street of building a

Mangaluru, Jun 29: Three youth who set out to make a payment were attacked by a gang of miscreants without any provocation and robbed of Rs 15,000 in Tadambail near Surathkal on Sunday afternoon. The youth who were assaulted have been identified as Haider (20), Shawid (20) and Mohammed Arafat (21), all residents of Idya. Out of the three victims, Haider is said to have been seriously injured and

Mangaluru, Jun 29: Referring to the revelations of special public prosecutor Rohini Salian that she was asked to go slow against the Hindu extremists accused in the Malegaon bomb blast case, Popular Front Of India Chairman KM Shareef said that NIA, by going such a low level to save a bunch of anti-national elements, is acting as an RSS frontal organization. In a release issued here he said that

Mangaluru, Jun 29: A teenager, who was charging his mobile phone at his house, at Maindala near Punjalkatte on the outskirts of the city was electrocuted to death due to a lighting strike. The deceased has been identified as Pradeep (18), son of Umesh Madiwala. After completing his PUC he had recently joined for work in a private firm in Allipade. It is learnt that on Saturday there was no

Mangaluru, Jun 28: For many people iftar without samosa would be unsavoury like a curry without salt and chilly. For some others it is a great relaxation in the times of price hike as samosa is not so expensive. Mohammed Shereef, a Mangaluru resident says, “the first food item that comes to my mind when I think of Ramadan is nothing but samosa. During iftar a dining table without samosa is quite

Belagavi, Jun 29: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national vice-president B S Yeddyurappa, State president Pralhad Joshi, opposition leaders Jagadish Shettar and K S Eshwarappa and a host of party leaders, courted arrests before they could embark on their padayatra, from Badalankalagi to Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, near KK Koppa Cross in the taluk on Sunday. BJP leaders had planned a 14-km long padayatra

Mangaluru, Jun 29: Police Commissioner S Murugan has said that the department has decided to collect fine from the traffic rules violators based on CCTV and surveillance camera footages on daily basis in the city. Speaking to media persons during the monthly SC/ST grievances meeting at his office here on Sunday, Murugan said that notice would be served on motorists in case of rash driving, jumping

Bengaluru, Jun 29: Steffen Berns, the India unit head of €49-billion German auto component giant Bosch, tore into the Karnataka government for its culture of red tape, and threatened to shift the company’s expansion plans elsewhere. Delivering a lecture on the “Multinational Perspective on Make in India” at the 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Mangaluru, Jun 29: Communal tension prevailed for sometime at Maaripalla in Bantwal taluk following a road accident on Sunday. According to the police, two vehicles hit each other and the drivers had a heated argument. The collision between motorbike and car took place near Polali entrance arch. The car driver and the bike rider belonged to different communities. Amidst argument, one among them

Nalanda/Patna, Jun 28: The Director of a leading school died on Sunday after being thrashed by a mob following recovery of the bodies of two students from a ditch in Bihar's Nalanda district. Devendra Prasad, director of Devendra Public School, succumbed during treatment at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Nalanda's Superintendent of Police (SP) Sidharth Mohan Jain said. A post