Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 11: The family members of the three Bhatkal youth arrested by the Crime Branch (CCB) police on terror charges earlier this week have asserted that all three were innocents and demanded a fair and open investigation in the case. Speaking to media persons here, they accused the police of targeting their kith and kin merely because they hail from Bhatkal and that one of the accused has

Udupi, Jan 11: In a tragic incident, an elderly woman died after she brushed her teeth with rat poison paste confusing it for toothpaste at Brahmavar near here. According to the police, Tara Shedti (78) started vomiting after brushing her teeth following dinner. She was rushed to Mahesh Hospital in Brahmavar, where she got treatment from January 5 to 7 and died at Kasturba Hospital in Manipal on

Mangaluru, Jan 10: As many as five persons have been arrested and manhunt is on for the main accused in connection with the brutal murder of BJP activist and businessman Keshava Shetty, who was hacked to death earlier this week at Soorinje in Mangaluru Taluk. Santhosh Babu, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate told media persons on Saturday that

Mangaluru, Jan 10: BJP leader R Ashoka has accused Siddaramiah led Karnataka government of showing soft corner towards terrorists and interfering with police department. Addressing media persons in the city on Saturday, the former deputy chief minister said that Congress is trying to protect the criminals to appease people belonging to a few particular communities. œMehdi Masroor Biswas, the

New Delhi, Jan 9: The government offices in New Delhi may soon replace the quintessential phenyle with Gaunyle, derived from the urine of the cows and packaged with the aroma of neem and pine. The idea was first moved by Women and Child Development Minister and animal rights activist, Maneka Gandhi. "It is a win-win situation for us - no harm to janitors by way of daily exposure to chemicals, and

Bengaluru, Jan 10: Anxious moments gripped Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his entourage after fire was noticed just before take off in the silencer of a helicopter in which they were to fly to Mysuru today. Siddaramaiah, Home Minister K J George and PWD Minister H C Mahadevappa and a senior official were asked to disembark from the helicopter owned by a private aviation firm as the fire

Ballari, Jan 10: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, two women and four girls were buried alive when the roof of their old house, collapsed at Kelageri locality in Kottur town in Ballari district during the wee hours of Saturday. The house belonged to Barkera Phakkirappa, who runs an eatery in front of the bus stand in the town. Phakkirappa, his wife Vasanta, and a woman and her twenty-day old baby, had a

Mangaluru, Jan 10: A 26-year-old youth who had murdered man two years ago for failing to pay Rs 100 after satisfying his sexual desires, has been held guilty of the offence and sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment by the First Additional District and Sessions court judge BK Nayak here on Friday. The accused has also been awarded eight years rigorous imprisonment which will run concurrently

Ranchi, Jan 10: A BJP MLA today raised in the Jharkhand Assembly an incident of about 40 women undergoing sterilization allegedly under torch light in Chatra district. Raising the issue, MLA Jaiprakash Singh Bhokta said despite the Chief Secretary ordering proper arrangements for sterilisation camp, the family planning surgery had been done in torch light recently. Bhokta demanded to know on whose

Mangaluru, Jan 10: As part of its programme to improve service, cut down on long lines at check-in counters, and enhance passenger experience, Airports Authority of India (AAI) has installed a self check-in kiosk at Mangaluru International Airport. The Airport Director J T Radhakrishna inaugurated the facility on Friday at the domestic departure lounge. As of now, Jet Airways would allow its