Karnataka

Hyderabad, Apr 7: Five undertrials of Warangal prison facing different charges were shot dead by police on the Warangal-Nalgonda district border in Telangana when they allegedly tried to escape while being brought to a court in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Among the killed was Vikaruddin of Hyderabad, who was accused of shooting down two policemen some days ago in city and trying to recruit youth for the

New Delhi, Apr 7: Ashok Gajapati Raju on Tuesday sparked a controversy by admitting that he carried match boxes in airplanes, without them being confiscated, after he became the Union Civil Aviation Minister. "Once I became a minister of civil aviation, people stopped frisking me. I am a heavy smoker, so my match boxes came along with me, which earlier used to get confiscated. And now, I do not

Mangaluru, Apr 7: M Raghunath Shet, the proprietor of city based S L Shet Jewellers And Diamond House died at a private hospital here on Tuesday after a brief period of illness. He was 73 He was hospitalized three days ago due to an asthma attack. The end came at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday. He was known for his social activities. He was the president of Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Karnataka. He was also

Mangaluru, Apr7: In continuation to its rich lineage of providing quality healthcare service, KMC Hospital part of Manipal Health Enterprise has formalized its alliance with Sampoorna Suraksha Scheme. This tie up is one of the most comprehensive health assurance schemes that will proffer cashless facility in the purview of the world class hospital’s super specialty departments. “Sampoorna Suraksha

Mangaluru, Apr 7: On the occasion of Ullal Sayyid Madani Dargah's 20th Urs, union minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi lauded and appreciated the efforts of the administrative committee of the Dargah and their service in religious, educational and social spheres. Addressing the gathering at a public meeting during his visit to the Ullal Urs on Monday, he said that the

Bhatkal, Apr 7: Two days after the departure of a Bhatkal based family from Yemen their house in the war-torn country was struck by a rocket. Yunus Shabandri and his family members, who had been stranded in Yemen for nearly two weeks, had returned home last Friday. Sources said that his house in the strife-torn city of Aden was almost damaged on Sunday due to rocket strike. “It was a lucky escape

Udupi, Apr 7: A physical education teacher was killed in a collision between a motorbike and a car at Kanajaru Cross coming under the Hiriyadka police station limits on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Shankar (32), who was working in Hirgana High School as a physical education teacher. According to the Hiriyadka police, Shankar was driving from Hiriyadka to Karkala. A car, travelling

Chittoor, Apr 7: Twenty woodcutters believed to be hired by red-sander smugglers were killed in an encounter with the Special Task Force in Seshachalam hill ranges near Tirupati in the wee hours of Tuesday. This is the highest toll in a single encounter in the history of red-sanders smuggling. While 11 persons were killed in Cheekatikona, nine more died in Eethagunta, both deep in the forest

Bengaluru, Apr 7: India and Israel have a lot in common including values, challenges and development issues, said Daniel Carmon, the Israeli Ambassador to India. He was delivering a lecture on the topic “A fresh perspective of bilateral relations between India and Israel”, for the members of Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry here on Monday. “The friendship between India and

Udupi, Apr 7: In a tragic incident, an elderly person died after consuming pesticide powder mistaking it for slaked lime for his betal leaf at Nancharu village near Kota in Udupi district. The deceased has been identified as Suryanarayana Holla (70), who was in the habit of consuming betel leaf. He mistook pesticide powder for slaked lime while preparing betel leaf at his house at around 2.30 p.m