Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 18: In a daring fraud, an imposter has managed to ‘sell’ a land worth crores of rupees to an influential entrepreneur and his son in the city using fake documents with the help of a few accomplices. The fraud came to light after the buyers visited their newly land in Pachchanady wherein they had to encounter the real owner of the land, Victor Olio Fernandes, a resident of Kerala

Mysuru, April 18: A 22-year-old youth was done to death, allegedly by his former roommate at a hostel in Saraswatipuram police limits, in the city, on Thursday. The accused, identified as a 17-year-old minor is at large. The deceased is identified as Mohan Kumar, son of Manikrao Poddar,?a resident of Saraf Bazaar at Muktampura Layout in Kalaburagi city. He was a eighth semester student in

Bengaluru, Apr 17: In a scene straight out of the movies, a 25-year-old electrical contractor from Chennai was chased down after he drove his SUV recklessly, damaging more than a dozen vehicles and injuring two traffic constables in Koramangala and Madiwala on Friday afternoon. After chasing him for over 8 km, the police and public intercepted his car and caught him near Maharaja Hotel junction at

Belagavi, April 18: BJP leader and Rajya Sabha Member Prabhakar Kore has warned that he would be forced to support the call for separate statehood for North Karnataka if the State government failed to recommend Belagavi for the establishment of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). The BJP MP was speaking at a meeting of elected representatives and professionals organised by a non-political

Mangaluru, Apr 18: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim said that the exit road leading from Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) which is in the process of being constructed, would be completed and opened for public use by the end of May. Speaking at a review meeting of developmental works held in his office, Mr Ibrahim said that the exit road was being constructed by Karnataka Road

Mangaluru, Apr 17: After the fate of the hanging bridge at Tannirbavi on the outskirts of Mangaluru city was left ‘hanging’ for over two years, the state government has released a grant of Rs 6 crore for the construction of the Tannirbavi-Sultan Battery hanging bridge from in the first phase. Briefing media persons after inspection of developmental works in the city, Mangaluru South MLA J R Lobo

Srinagar, April 17: Clashes erupted between stone pelting protesters and the security forces in the old city area of Srinagar after the Friday prayers. Immediately after the Friday prayers in Jamia Masjid at Nowhatta in the old city area, stone pelting youths engaged the security forces in pitched battles. Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who delivered the Friday sermon at the Jamia Masjid on Friday

Sydney, Apr 17: A young Australian woman has emerged as a hero on social media and in her country after standing up for a Muslim couple who were subjected to racial abuse aboard a train in Sydney. Stacey Eden, who came to the rescue of the victims, shot a video of the incident on Wednesday and then posted it on social networking site Facebook, drawing thousands of comments ‘likes’ and comments

Mangaluru, Apr 17: Alleging that the state government were turning a blind eye to the problems and struggles of Endosulfan-affected victims in Dakshina Kannada and other districts, Endo Virodhi Horata Samiti, Kokkada has demanded to know the health department had stopped providing monthly pension to the victims from the past five months without any apparent reason. Speaking at a press conference

Mathura, Apr 17: Christian priests in Mathura on Friday raised security concern after an attack on the 95-year-old St. Mary's Church in Agra on Thursday. The priests fear that they, too, could be attacked by anti-social elements. "The desperate elements could easily target any. Under the new government at the Centre, the attacks have become more frequent," said Father Saji, a priest at a church in