Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 9: Heavy rain which lashed parts of Karnataka claimed a life and damaged horticulture crops on Wednesday. A youth was killed when a lightning struck him at Uppalli in Chikkamagaluru district. The deceased has been identified as Pradeep (22). The incident occurred when he was talking over mobile phone. Heavy rain coupled with lightning and thunder lashed Chikkamagaluru. Trees were

Davangere, Apr 9: First Additional Sessions Court Judge Vishwanath B Suryavamshi on Wednesday remanded Banjara Samaj Gurupeeth seer Sardar Sevalal Sanganabasava Swami in one-day judicial custody in connection with a sexual assault case. The hearing was adjourned till Thursday. The court, however, granted bail to the mother of the seer, one of the accused in the case. On Tuesday, the judge had

Kolkata, Apr 9: The talented youngster Surya Kumar Yadav entertained the Eden Gardens with a 20-ball 46 but his knock remained the second talking point from the day’s play. No it wasn’t Gautam Gambhir’s captaincy, Morne Morkel’s spell or Manish Pandey’s cameo, it was Shah Rukh Khan’s adorable son AbRam who was the cynosure of all eyes at the venue. Looking cute in KKR’s ultra-small team t-shirt

Udupi, Apr 8: Director-General and Inspector-General of Police Om Prakash said on Wednesday that acts of “moral policing” in the coastal districts would be dealt with sternly. Addressing presspersons at the headquarters of the Coastal Security Police at Malpe here, Mr. Prakash said that there would be zero tolerance towards incidents of “moral policing” so that the message went across to

Mangaluru, Apr 8: A person died on spot and three of his family members suffered injuries in a road mishap involving a private bus and a Maruti Omni at Kantavara Cross near Belvai on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Veerappa, who owned a cycle shop at Alangar, Moodbidri. He was driving the ill-fated Omni. The accident took place when Veerappa was retiring

Mangaluru, Apr 8: Villagers in Dakshina Kannada district affected by ISPRL pipeline project passing from Thokur-Padur submitted a memorandum to DK deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim demanding permanent acquisition of land for the project and fair compensation to land-owners as per Land Acquisition Act, 2013 - instead of acquisition under the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines Act, 1962. Under the aegis

Mangaluru, Apr 8: Confusion dominated a major part of a meeting of representatives of different communities convened by the district administration on Wednesday, to discuss various aspects of the caste-based census scheduled to commence across the State on Saturday. In the meeting chaired by district in-charge minister Ramanath Rai at the deputy commissioner’s meeting hall here on Wednesday

Malappuram, Apr 8: A 49-year-old Keralite has been taken captive allegedly by a six member armed group at Sanaa in strife torn Yemen, according to information reaching the family here. Salman, hailing from Malappuram district, has been in Yemen with his wife and five children since the past seven years. According to his father, Abdu Rehaman, Salman's wife, Khamarunnisa, informed him that the six

Mangaluru, Apr 8: The Karnataka Media Academy has announced its annual awards for 34 journalists besides a special award for a veteran journalist for 2014. M S Prabhakara, who worked with The Hindu and Frontline for two decades, has been chosen for the annual Special Award of the Karnataka Media Academy for his lifetime contribution to journalism. Mr. Prabhakara taught English literature at

Mangaluru, Apr 8: A youth from Mangaluru died in a ghastly road mishap in Saudi Arabia’s industrial city of Jubail on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Tanzeer alias Tanzi (30), son of Late Hasanabba and Maryam couple from Kudroli, Mangauru. Sources said that Tanzeer was critically injured in a serial car mishap at Jubail at around 3:30 p.m. (IST 6 p.m.) He succumbed to the injuries