Karnataka

Udupi, Jun 13: A 26-year-old youth named Manoj has gone missing from his hometown in Udupi taluk and was not seen since he left home in the morning. Manoj and Kumar Manoj is a resident of Keerthinagar in Aroor village in the taluk. He is said to be 6 foot tall, wheatish in colour and has an old wound on the right side of his hips. It was informed that he was dressed in black trousers and blue

Udupi, Jun 13: Depressed over their elders' refusal to accept their love relationship, a couple committed suicide at a village in Udupi. Incidentally, police found that the girl was a minor. The deceased have been identified as Diwakar (28), a driver by profession and Chaitra (16), who had recently joined PUC after completing SSLC. According to the police, Diwarkar, a resident of Kajralli

Bengaluru, Jun 13: Bharti Airtel has been now accused of spying on its 3G mobile Internet subscribers in India by using programming from an Israel-based firm that offers monetisation solutions to telecom operators round the world! The snooping came to light on June 3, when Bengaluru-based programmer Thejesh GN tweeted that Airtel was injecting lines of code into users' browsing sessions over its

Ahmedabad, Jun 13: The Gujarat High Court today allowed a Hindu woman to go with her Muslim husband after she refused to be persuaded by her parents who objected to the inter-religion marriage. The order by a division bench comprising Justice Mohinder Pal and Justice R D Kothari came on a habeas corpus petition filed by the parents of the woman Damini Chavda (19) who married Saiyed Irfan Riyazul

Mangaluru, Jun 12: Moderate to heavy rains lashed coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada and neighbouring region on Friday. Officials from the meteorological department said that thundershowers may continue to occur at coastal Karnataka, south Karnataka and a few places in north Karnataka. The next five days are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into the

Udupi, Jun 12: A 23-year-old youth was killed after his motorbike was hit by a speeding lorry on NH 66 near Brahmavar in Udupi on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Gopal Serigar, a resident of Trasi village in Udupi district. The tragedy took place near Supreme Feeds Factory when Gopal was riding his motorbike from Brahmavar to Udupi. The lorry which was also moving in the same direction

Mangaluru, Jun 12: For Mangalore University, it was a day to showcase its strengths and send across a message as to why it is a university with a difference. Students from colleges across Dakshina Kannada and neighbouring districts thronged the university campus in Mangalagangothri to learn about courses and facilities on offer on Friday. This was part of Open House, a two-day initiative by the

Dubai, Jun 12: A non-resident Indian businessman was found dead in his own car parked near International City in Al Aweer. Medical sources said that 32-year-old VK Abdul Salam died of a cardiac arrest. He was running a pest control company in Dubai. “There is no criminal intention behind the death. It is a case of death caused by heart attack," an official source in Dubai Police confirmed. Dubai

Mumbai, Jun 12: Nestle India failed to get any relief today with the Bombay High Court refusing to stay orders of the central food safety regulator and Maharashtra government banning nine variants of its "Maggi" noodles from the market for being "hazardous" to public health. A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and B P Colabawalla, hearing the petition filed by Nestle India Ltd challenging the

Mangaluru, Jun 12: Hephsiba Rani Korlapati, the Commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation, who had been at loggerheads with corporators ever since she assumed office on January 1 this year, has finally been transferred. With this, dozens of corporators of MCC, who had been complaining against her to the chief minister and other ministers for past few months, have breathed a sigh of relief. Ms