Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 25: The driver of a private bus had a lucky escape as the speeding vehicle veered off the national highway and entered a plantation under Puttige Gram Panchayat limits in Moodbidri on Monday. The incident occurred as the driver of the bus belonging to Canara Pinto Travels lost control over his vehicle while negotiating curves at Handelusuttu. The front portion of the bus was damaged

Dharwad, May 25: Minister for Food and?Civil Supplies Dinesh Gundu Rao that the Health Department would be asked to conduct a test on Maggi noodles and take necessary action if it contained dangerous chemicals. Speaking with mediapersons here on Sunday, he said the Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra governments had hinted that Maggi noodles would be banned as some of the chemical components added in

Tumakuru, May 25: In a shocking incident, a youth was arrested, assaulted severely by the police and also prevented from being admitted to a hospital for treatment in the city. Afroz Pasha was riding on his motorbike near Banashankari on Friday afternoon and got into an argument with Suresh – a constable from Tilak Park – who was in civilian clothes. The argument grew into a verbal duel, and

Nanded, May 25: A police officer in Nanded has issued notice to a mosque to refrain from criticising the BJP-led Maharashtra government’s ban on cow slaughter and sale of beef. It appealed to the mosque to avoid sermons against the ban and asked it to desist from participating in protests. While giving permission to a rally organised by the Republican Party of India and members of the Qureshi

Bengaluru, May 25: Suspended IPS officer Alok Kumar, who is under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) scanner, was questioned on Sunday on his alleged links with illegal single-digit lottery kingpin Pari Rajan. The questions included his first meeting, nature of his links with him, reason on why he had called him so many times and his visits to Rajan’s house in Bangarpet, sources said. Mr

Mangalore, May 25: ‘Rehoboth’, budget apartments promoted by Land Trades Builders & Developers was inaugurated today by Sri J. R. Lobo, the MLA of Mangalore South constituency. Sri. Ananthakrishna, Chairman of Karnataka Bank Ltd., was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Former Mayor Sri Shashidhar Hegde, Sri Prakash Salian, Corporator, Sri Lancelot Pinto, Corporator and Sri Naveen D’souza, Corporator

Srinagar, May 25: Hamid Nazir Bhat, 16, has lost vision in his right eye pierced by pellets, and nearly a hundred of these tiny iron balls have pierced his skull, jaws, lips, nose and brain. The police fired them during a protest in his village, Palhalan, in north Kashmir on Thursday. As he lies unconscious on a hospital bed in Srinagar with swollen, purple eyelids and a bloodied face, his family

Bengaluru, May 24: A day after a senior IPS officer was suspended in connection with an alleged lottery scam, senior BJP leader and Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said the probe should be handed over to CBI as "top officials and some ministers are involved in it". "...just because top officials and some of the senior leaders-ministers of the present government are involved in this (single

Lucknow, May 24: Contending that terrorism should not be associated with any particular religion, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said Muslims in India are nationalists who have always opposed terrorist elements. He lauded India's Muslims for not allowing fundamentalist groups like ISIS to influence them. Responding to questions here after an event, he said terrorism should not be associated

Mangaluru, Mar 24: It was yet another busy weekend at Pilikula Nisargadhama as scores of fruit lovers thronged to witness the grand Vasanthotsava. A wide variety of products were available at the Vasantotsava. This is the second successive Sunday that the Nisargdhama authorities organised an event that attracted good number of people. Last Sunday it was the Fish Carnival. Visitors tasted jackfruit