Karnataka

Udupi, Mar 13: A 22-year-old, who allegedly tried to rob a bank Halladi village in Kota police station limits in Udupi district on Thursday, was arrested by the police. The accused has been identified as Ajit Shetty (22). He threatened bank officials and demanded cash of Rs 50 lakh, before being arrested. The Kota police said he came on a scooter and entered the Halladi branch of Syndicate Bank

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 13: Hundreds of activists of LDF and Yuva Morcha have converged around the state Assembly Complex here as part of a protest siege to check state Finance Minister K M Mani from presenting the budget today over the bar bribery issue. Though a high level security was placed and barricades had been set up by police in the vicinity, activists began to pour in large numbers in

Bengaluru, Mar 13: A man, said to be a Tamil Nadu police sub-inspector, allegedly beat up his daughter on a street in Bengaluru with about 50 people simply watching it with pictures of the incident posted on a Facebook page by a techie going viral. A city-based programme manager at a tech firm has posted pictures on her Facebook page showing a man who she said is a sub-inspector with Madurai

New Delhi, Mar 13: A day after a tape surfaced in which Arvind Kejriwal is purportedly talking of poaching on Congress MLAs to form government in Delhi, another audio tape emerged today in which he allegedly talks of Muslims having no option other than AAP to stop the Narendra Modi wave. In the audio--recorded before Delhi assembly polls--Kejriwal is heard as having said that Muslims don't expect

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Over 6.10 lakh students from across the State appeared for the second-year pre-university examinations that began on Thursday. Students claimed that the Business Studies paper was ‘lengthy’ but asserted that the Chemistry paper was ‘easier than previous years.’ Nandini G, a commerce student of Indiranagar Composite PU College said: “I do not think anyone was able to finish the

Mangaluru, Mar 12: A person from Uttara Kannada has been arrested at Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday night for possessing foreign currency in excess of stipulated norms amounting to Rs 54.74 lakh. The accused is Kamar Mohamed Moula Kadira, 35, native of Nawayat Mohalla, Manki, Honnavar. The arrest was made by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) with the assistance from Customs

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Veteran Kannda director Siddaliangiah, 78 died of multiple organ failure at a private hospital in the City on Thursday. Even as it was rumored that he died of swine flu, sources in Suguna Hospital, Rajajinagar, where he was admitted for treatment said that he died of multiple organ failure. "He was admitted to the hospital as he suffered multiple problems such as diabetes and

Mangaluru, Mar 12: An expatriate worker from coastal Karnataka was killed in a ghastly road mishap occurred in Al Ain, a garden city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE. The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Rafeeq (33), son of Ismaeel Haji, a resident of Chendukala, Alike near Vittla village in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The mishap took place on Wednesday night when Rafeeq

New Delhi, March 12: BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday reconstituted the party's national executive which has 111 members, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior party leader L.K. Advani. The list has 27 special invitees, including chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states. HRD minister Smriti Irani, minority affairs minister Najma Heptulla

Bengaluru, Mar 12: A depressed, unemployed youth killed his parents and three sisters before hanging himself to death at their residence at MPM Layout at Nagarabhavi here. The incident, suspected to have taken place on Tuesday, came to light on Thursday morning. Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Labhuram said: “It looks like Yathish (26) made his parents and sisters consume food laced with