Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 24: An oil tanker burst into flames on after ramming into an electric pole at Laila village near Belthangady on Wednesday afternoon, blocking traffic for well over two hours. Two persons on board the ill-fated tanker —the driver and the cleaner — managed to escape. According to local sources, carelessness by a lorry driver, who took reverse from a side road into the main road, led

New York, Jun 24: Technology giant Google will now help its users avoid misdirected or inappropriate emails with the 'Undo' option that allows them to cancel delivery of an email within 30 seconds of hitting the send button. "'Undo Send' allows people using Gmail to cancel a sent mail if they have second thoughts immediately after sending," Google said in a blogpost. "Previously a popular feature

Bantwal, Jun 24: A newly-wed woman suffering from fever due to pneumonic plague breathed her last in Maiyyarbail in Bantwal town municipal limits on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Shruthi Kulal, aged 21, daughter of local resident Lokaya Moolya. Student of Kamaje Government First Grade College in B C Road, Shruthi had gotten married to a youth from Madanthyar just days ago on June 7

Mangaluru, Jun 24: Mangaluru CCB police have arrested two youth for allegedly plotting to rob and kill a businessman from Vamanjoor on the outskirts of the city. The accused have been identified as Pawan Raj Shetty (18), resident of Amrutanagar in Vamanjoor and Kumar alias Sooryakumar alias Suri (34), resident of Gurunagar in Jeppinamogaru. Based on accurate information, CCB police conducted a

Kasaragod, Jun 24: With political and communal clashes in select pockets of the Kasaragod district on the rise in recent days, the police are reportedly planning to expel persons involved in such acts from their home district. A report to this effect is understood to have been forwarded by a senior police official to higher officials. When contacted, A. Srinivas, Superintendent of Police of

Midnapore (WB), Jun 24: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari escaped unhurt on Wednesday when a cloth got stuck in the rotor blades of his helicopter while landing here. "Cloth got stuck in the wings of my helicopter while it was landing. But there is no accident. I am safe", Gadkari, who was here to attend a programme, told reporters. Carpet or flags should not have been placed (near the

Mangaluru, Jun 24: Samhita D, a student of Chinmaya High School, Mangaluru, has made her parents and school proud by ranking second in Karnataka state and first in Dakshina Kannada after she received four additional marks in SSLC examination in the revaluation process bringing her total score in the examination to 622 marks. After the revaluation, Samhita received two additional marks each in

New Delhi, Jun 24: It's almost official now. Doddakoppalu Kariyappa Ravi, aka DK Ravi, a 2009 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer, "committed suicide" and there was no conspiracy behind his death. A panel of AIIMS doctors, formed by the CBI to help in the probe, has told the agency that "it's a case of suicide". The AIIMS panel gave its opinion after studying the post-mortem report, circumstances of

Karawar, Jun 24: One person was killed and several others injured when a private luxury bus plying from Mangaluru to Mumbai met with an accident at Yellapur in Uttara Kananda district late night on Monday. Mahabala Poojary, a resident of Kundapur, who was driving the ill-fated bus, was killed in the tragedy. At least four persons suffered severe injuries, while other passengers escaped with minor

Mangaluru, Jun 24: A 60-year-old Air India Express pilot from Gurgaon, Haryana breathed his last at a private hospital in Managluru after a cardiac arrest. Capt D S Jain (60) was one of the main pilots of Air India Express’ Mangaluru-Abu Dhabi flight. After successfully executing the landing of flight on Monday at Mangaluru International Airport, Capt Jain went to Gate Way Hotel, in the city where