Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 12: A tense atmosphere prevailed at Mogaveera Patna beach in Ullal on the outskirts of the city following a clash between two groups belonging to different communities over a trivial issue. The clash erupted when a few miscreants reportedly abused and threatened a group of beachgoers, who were playing on the seashore. A group of five youths from Deralakatte including Alfaz, Noushad

Mangaluru, May 12: A middle aged woman was killed while nine others suffered injuries when a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus veered off National Highway 75 and plunged into a gorge in Golitottu near Nellyadi on the outskirts of the city. The deceased has been identified as Dhanalakshmi (45), a resident of Mysuru, who was one of the passengers on board the ill-fated She died

Bengaluru, May 12: The All India Congress Committee has appointed Laxmi Ravindra Hebbalkar as president of the State women’s wing. An announcement to this effect was made in New Delhi on Monday. Hebbalkar has replaced Manjula Naidu as the women’s wing chief. Naidu was appointed president in 2010. Though the tenure of the president is five years, the services can be terminated any time, sources in

Mangaluru, May 12: In a shocking incident, four minors from Bengaluru, who were housed in the Boys’ Home in Mangaluru last week have gone missing. The missing boys have been identified as Siddaraju (16), Shivaprasad (17), Divakar (16) and Anjan Kumar (16), all from Kamalanagar in Bengaluru. On Thursday they were found wandering in Dharmastala without any money, said police sources. The Belthangady

Ramdurg, May 12: Four persons, including a couple, were killed on the spot after the cars in which they were travelling collided head-on and caught fire on the Belagavi-Bagalkot state highway near K Chandargi village in Ramdurg taluk of Belagavi district on Monday. Basavanagouda Tikanagouda Patil, 55, and Mallayya Adavayya Matapati, 33, both residents of Salahalli in Ramdurg taluk, were charred to

Doha, May 11: Qatar government and Indian community officials have called for calm after a weekend incident at Safari Mall in which a young man was attacked by a crowd of angry shoppers for allegedly insulting Islam. Representatives of both groups met during an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss what happened. Though no official account of the attack has been shared by authorities, video

Bantwal, May 11: Heavy rains accompanied by thunder and lightning lashed the Bantwal taluk in coastal Karnataka on Monday evening, claiming the life of a teenager who was killed in lightning. Aboobakar Siddeeq, son of Mohammed Yusuf and Katheejamma couple from Aaladka near Panemangaluru village, died after he was struck by a lightning bolt. The tragedy took place at around 4:30 p.m. when he was

New Delhi, May 11: Eminent banker Kundapur Vaman Kamath was today appointed as head of the USD 50 billion New Development Bank being set up by the five emerging economies of BRICS grouping. Kamath will have a five year term of the bank, which is likely to be operationalised within one year, Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said. Kamath is the Chairman of the India's largest private sector bank

Mangaluru, May 11: Urging the Dakshina Kannada district administration to make public the medical report of the nursery student of Mangalore One School, Thokkottu, who was allegedly subjected to sexual abuse by a school van driver, members of United Muslim Organisation, Dakshina Kannada have given the district administration an ultimatum of ten days to fulfill their demand. Addressing a press

Udupi, May 11: In a shocking incident, a senior activist of Congress party was killed in a road accident at Uchila near Padubidri in Udupi district on Monday. The victim has been identified as Y S Ahmed, a 70-year-old resident of Bhaskar Nagar, Uchila. The tragedy occurred when Ahmed returning home on his two-wheeler after buying some household things from a shop at Uchila. A speeding bus plying