Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 5: A 25-year-old man died while three of his family members were injured when the car they were travelling in collided with a tanker near Panemangalore Bridge on Saturday. The Bantwal Town Police said that Riyaz (25) and his relatives, Mohammed Raziq (17), Abdul Khader (14) and Mohammed Rizwan, were heading towards B.C. Road. The car had been hired from Hotel Palace Inn. The police

Bengaluru, April 4: In what may be the end of an era in the BJP, the national executive culminated on Saturday without a speech by its patriarch, L.K. Advani, even as party leaders repeatedly referred to him as a "margdarshak" or one who shows the path. While Advani has been away from top decision making processes of the party since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah came to the fore of

Mangaluru, Apr 4: Criticising the NDA government for its anti-farmer policies, Member of Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza said that the Congress party would launch a statewide agitation against the Land Acquisition Bill, 2015 and protest against the regressive bill. Addressing media persons at a press conference here on Saturday, he said that prior to the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had made

Melbourne, Apr 4: Thousands of anti-Islam rioters and anti-racism protesters clashed in angry rallies around Australia on Saturday. The most violent clash was in Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, where police struggled to separate 3,000 opposing demonstrators. The Victoria state ambulance service treated four people, three for minor injuries from assaults in Melbourne, Ambulance Victoria

Mangaluru, Apr 4: Rajesh Gowda, a 26-year-old youth from Dakshina Kananda district, who had stranded in Sana’a, the capital of strife-torn Yemen finally reached home safe on Saturday. Chennappa Gowda and Ratna, residents of Kodimala in Kadaba of Puttur taluk, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing their son at Mangaluru Central Railway Station. Mr Rajesh, who was working as a heating, ventilation

Bengaluru, Apr 4: Some top leaders of BJP's Karnataka unit have been lobbying hard on behalf of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to give him state party presidentship at the two-day national executive which began here on Friday. Senior BJP and Rajya sabha MP Prabhakar Kore on Friday claimed that he and around 20 MLAs met BJP national president Amit Shah and apprised him on the importance of

Mangaluru, Apr 4: A major sandstorm across the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia disrupted flights at several international airports on Thursday and Friday causing delays at other air transport centers including at Mangaluru International Airport. Official sources confirmed that flights from Dubai and Saudi Arabia were delayed on Thursday and Friday at Mangaluru Airport. The Air India Express

Mangaluru, Apr 4: The doctors of K S Hegde Medical Academy (KSHEMA) at Deralakatte, on the outskirts of the city, have lodged a complaint against relatives of an accident victim for allegedly assaulting them. According to the complaint lodged with Ullal Police Station, a group of 20 persons assaulted three doctors and damaged the door of the intensive care unit of the hospital on March 31 while

Udupi, Mar 4: Two persons were arrested and a pistol and seven bullets were seized from them, when they were trying to sell the items at Yadthady-Kavarady Cross in Brahmavar police station limits in Udupi district on Friday. Acting on a tip off, a team of policemen from the Udupi District Crime Investigation Bureau (DCIB) arrested the two accused — Yogish and Sohail — who had come on a motorcycle

Bengaluru, Apr 4: A sea of people turned up at the National College grounds in Basavangudi to hear Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address. With saffron flags fluttering all over the grounds, thousands braved the humid evening weather to hear Modi’s words. The BJP had organised the public rally with little or no glitches. The dais had a galaxy of leaders from as many as six states. Maharashtra