Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 9: An honest auto-rickshaw driver has been hailed after he returned a package of Rs 1.5 lakh in cash lying on the road in Punjalkatte back to its respective owner. Sadashiva Prabhu, resident of Narsikumer, is an auto-driver by profession in the town of Punjalkatte in Dakshina Kannada district. He earned the respect of the local residents and became a hero in the eyes of fellow auto

Mangaluru, May 9: A man and an elderly woman were killed in two separate road accidents in Dakshina Kannada on Friday. A lorry transporting sand and a car collided at Suri Kumeru near Kalladka on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway at about 4.35 p.m. Saraswathi (84), who was travelling in the car from Puttur towards Mangaluru, died. The other passengers in the car, Ramachandra (32), Srinivasa

Bengaluru, May 9: In a bizarre incident, three Manipuri students in the City were arrested on Thursday, for killing their pet dog to consume it. The incident took place at Subhash Nagar in KR Puram on Tuesday night. According to police, the arrested have been identified as Dholjit, Micheal and Romen. The complainant Raj Gowda, an event manager in a private company said, “On Tuesday night, they

Bengaluru, May 9: A lorry driver was killed while 28 other passengers sustained injuries after a KSRTC bus collided head-on with a lorry at Marasandra on Yelahanka-Doddaballapura Road near Rajanukunte on the city outskirts on Friday morning. Among the injured, the condition of five people is said to be critical. The deceased has been identified as Anand, 23, a native of Mulabagilu in Kolar

Mangaluru, May 8: The relatives of a woman, who died a few days after delivering a baby, due to alleged negligence by the doctors staged a protest in front of Government Lady Goschen Hospital in the city on Friday. Poovakka (32), a resident of Ajjavara village, Sullia, died in District Wenlock Hospital, where she was shifted following the alleged negligence at Lady Goschen Hospital. Amidst this

Udupi, May 8: This academic year, studying in an autonomous college may not be an expensive affair for students in Karnataka. While a fresh batch of colleges have been granted autonomy from the academic year 2015–16, the good news is that all eight new autonomous colleges are government-run. This means the students will be able to study a customized curriculum and attempt exams different from that

Kochi, May 8: Ten persons belonging to a radical outfit were today sentenced to eight years rigorous imprisonment by a special National Investigative Agency court for chopping off a hand of a college professor in Kerala in 2010, accusing him of hurting religious sentiments through a question paper he had set. NIA court judge P Sasidharan also awarded two years rigorous imprisonment to three others

Mangaluru, May 8: A programme was organised by Department of Information and Public Relations, Dakshina Kannada in the city on Friday, to commemorate the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi’s first visit to the state in May 1915. The Father of the Nation visited Karnataka for the first time on May 8, 1951. Speaking on the occasion, Principal of Badriya P U College, Mangaluru Dr N Ismail said that the

Hyderabad, May 8: Ayodhya, the birthplace of Hindu warrior-god Ram, is in Pakistan, claims a book by a top Muslim leader. Ayodhya in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh is not the original city by the same name as it was inhabited by human beings only in 7th century BC while Rama is believed to have been born 18 million years ago, says "Facts of Ayodhya Episode" authored by Abdul Rahim Quraishi

Alapuzha (Ker) May 8: The budding rowing athlete,who died after consuming a poisonous fruit in an apparent suicide pact with her three colleagues, had apologised to her mother for taking the extreme step following alleged harassment by seniors at Sports Authority of India centre here. Aparna's grieving mother Geeta said Aparna had told her about the "mental and physical harassment" meted out to