Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 8: Muslim organizations in Dakshina Kannada district have urged an impartial judicial probe in the incidents related to the recent communal clashes in Ulaibettu and surrounding areas. A delegation representing 35 Muslim organisations from the coastal district led by Muslim Central Committee president K S Mohammed Masood submitted memorandums to DK district in-charge minister B

Mangaluru, Jan 18: Two suspected thieves have been arrested by Mangaluru City police in connection with a 17 month old sanitary ware theft case in the city. The arrested are Mohammed Asheef, 27, resident of Ira Village of Bantwal taluk and Mohammed, 30 of Panemangalore, Bantwal taluk. Stolen goods worth Rs 14.35 lakh have been recovered from the duo. The theft had occurred on July 18, 2013. The

Kasaragod, Jan 8: The police have arrested five more persons, including three prime accused, in connection with the murder of a Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) worker Zainul Abid. 24-year-old Zainul Abid was hacked to death by a group of miscreants at his shop on December 22 in Kasaragod. A team led by Kasaragod Dy.SP T.P. Ranjith arrested Varun Kumar, 27, Anil Kumar, 24, Hareesh, 27

Hyderabad, Jan 8: Fifteen people, mostly college students, were on Wednesday killed and 30 others injured when a state-run bus in which they were travelling fell down a dug up area adjoining a hilly road in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district. Among the 15 deceased were 10 college students, including a girl, a forest guard and some other passengers, a police official said. œThe toll has risen to

Kolar: Jan 8: A 14-year-old boy and his grandfather were mauled to death by a leopard at N?Gollahalli village in Vakkaleri hobli of Kolar taluk late on Tuesday night. The deceased have been identified as Venkatappa (60) and his daughter's son Mahesh (14). Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Jagadish told reporters that both had been to their land for installing a light to deter wild boars from

Riyadh, Jan 8: A group of about 300 Indian workers, who were stranded after being duped by their recruitment agencies in India, are set to leave the Kingdom for their home country, with their sponsor finally agreeing to pay for the return journey after the Indian Embassy's intervention. An official at the community welfare department of the embassy said the workers were recruited in bulk from

Riyadh, Jan 8: Two young Saudi boys were convicted for brutally torturing and killing a dog. They face up to five years behind bars or a fine of SR500,000. Jabir Al-Shehri of the Ministry of Agriculture said on Saturday that the punishment is in line with the Saudi law and also with the unified code of merciful treatment of animals adopted by all Gulf states. The two young boys were captured on

Mangaluru, Jan 7: Launching another tirade against Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa in reciprocation of his scathing attack on veteran Congress leader and former union minister B Janardhan Poojary, the latter said that the behaviour of Thimmappa did not bring honour to the Congress government which had appointed him as the Speaker of the House. Criticising the Speaker at a

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Idaya Vendon, the executive engineer in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) who was recently in the news for running a œparallel  Palike office at the Vyalikaval house of Rajarajeshwarinagar MLA Munirathna, has been charge-sheeted in 18 cases by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The cases pertain to the fake bills scam that took place between 2007 and 2009

Udupi, Jan 7: Demanding the State government to clear the confusion over the second year pre-university course syllabi, the Udupi district unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad staged a dharna in front of the Clock Tower here. Addressing the protestors, Subramani D.S., organising secretary, said that the pre-university board was playing with the future of many students by announcing a