Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 3: Unidentified miscreants pelted stones at a place of worship belonging to Hindus in Krishnapur on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday. A glass casing outside a Rama Bhajana Mandira was damaged in the incident, which took place when there was no one in the temple. According to jurisdictional Surthkal police, passers-by noticed the damage and informed them. Some persons had thrown

Kasaragod, Jun 3: Unidentified miscreants, who came on a motorbike allegedly robbed an industrialist of gold ornaments weighing 14 sovereigns and Rs.1.20 lakh in cash, near Cherkala here. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. on Monday as Abdul Azeez was returning home in his car after dropping his staff members, the police said. 40-year-old Abdul Azeez runs an interlocking-brick manufacturing unit

Mangaluru, Jun 3: Officials of Customs at Mangalore International Airport on the outskirts of the city have seized 464.80 grams of gold from a passenger. The accused passenger is Ubaid Bare Hassainar, resident of Mangad in Kasargod district, who came from Abu Dhabi. The seized gold was in the form of silver colour paint coated suitcase handle, buckle holders and round button shaped objects. N

Bengaluru, Jun 3: The second and final phase of voting for the gram panchayat elections held in 15 districts in the State on Tuesday was by and large peaceful, with a voter turnout of 80 per cent. The polling had its share of colourful incidents, though. While gram panchayat elections are not held along party lines, political parties do keep a close vigil on them as they form the stepping stone

Mangaluru, Jun 3: When schools across the district reopened on Monday after two months of summer vacations, a student from Surathkal went missing from home fearing returning to his school on Monday morning, putting his parents in a state of anxiety. During earnest efforts to trace the whereabouts of their son soon after he went missing in the morning, he was found in the afternoon after a

New Delhi, Jun 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told a delegation of Mullahs that he does not believe in politics "which seeks to divide people on communal lines" and will never speak "communal language". Interacting with the delegation that included 30 less-known ‘leaders’ from the Muslim community led by All India Imam Organisation chief Umer Ahmed, Mr Modi said that the "politics of

Coimbatore, Jun 2: Nestle India is now accused of playing with the lives of children. In a fresh incident, dozens of live larvae were found in Nestle’s baby milk powder in Tamil Nadu. The larvae were found by K Prem Ananth, a taxi driver from Coimbatore, when he bought the Nestle NAN PRO 3 milk powder for his twin babies, local media reported. The sample of milk powder was then declared unsafe by

Thiruvananthapuram, June 2: Kerala government today issued an order to temporarily stop distribution of Maggi noodles from over 1,000 retail outlets in the state in the wake of Uttar Pradesh FSDA finding monosodium glutamate and lead above permissible limits in the popular snack. State Food and Civil Supplies Minister Anoop Jacob's office said an order had been issued to temporarily stop the

New Delhi, Jun 2: A court in Karimganj district of Assam has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for failing to honour a summons issued on March 19. Additional CJM (Karimganj) in his order stated that Swamy should be arrested on or before June 30. He also directed the Delhi and Assam Police to produce Swamy before the court by the date after his arrest

Mangaluru, Jun 2: The opposition party in Mangaluru City Corporation will continue to protest in upcoming council meetings against the failure of the civic body in initiating and completing several developmental works in the city, said MCC opposition leader and BJP member Sudheer Shetty. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that BJP led opposition would continue the protest until