Karnataka

Kasaragod,Jan 3: Periyattadukkam Riyas, wanted in many criminal cases and smuggling of narcotic substances at Kumbla in November last, was arrested by a police team. Riyas, 31, was arrested by narcotic cell Dy.SP Suresh Babu and the shadow police, when he appeared in a court at Kanhangad in connection with a criminal case. The police had registered a case against Riyas after he managed to escape

Riyadh, Jan 3: Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has warned against celebrating the birthday of the Prophet (peace be upon him), saying that it is a superstitious practice that was illegally added to the religion. œIt is a bida (a sinful religious innovation) that crept into Islam after the first three centuries when the companions and successors of the companions lived.  Instead, it is

Kasargod, Jan 3: Nearly 10-days after the brutal murder of SDPI activist Zainul Abid in Kasargod, the main accused has been arrested by Kasargod police on Friday. The arrested has been identified as Jyothis (26), a resident of J P Colony in Ananguru in Kasargod. With this, police arrested seven persons in connection with the case. Jyothish was arrested while he was on his way to Shabarimala

Bantwal, Jan 3: In a gut-wrenching incident that will send shivers down your spine, a one-and-half-year-old boy died after he was strangulated in a cradle in Arala village in Bantwal Rural police station limits in Dakshina Kannada districtB on Friday. The police said Izaz was in his cradle while her mother was in the kitchen. His father Ismail and other family members had gone for Juma prayers

Bengaluru, Jan 2: In a freak incident, three students of a private school suffered 'minor' injuries today when gelatin sticks they took from a waste dump exploded in their classroom, police said. The children studying in the Sai Baba School at Madiwala had found the gelatin sticks lying in a waste dump while they were playing and carried them to their classroom, Additional Commissioner of Police

Mangaluru, Jan 2: A newly-wed couple, belonging to different communities, has sought police protection after they were allegedly threatened by the girl's family members in Ullal on the outskirts of the city. Kiran Rai, a Hindu youth from Mangala Nagar near Ullal and Namitha Pais, a Christian girl from Kotekar were said to be in love with each other for some years. The couple eloped after their

Ahmedabad, Jan 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben has filed an appeal under RTI act after she was denied information by Mehsana District police saying that all queries about the protection given to her were related to local intelligence bureau, which is exempted under RTI Act. "I am the wife of Prime Minister of India.... I have asked for the order's copy (regarding the protection

Mangaluru, Jan 2: Former president of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy Rahim Uchil alleged that the Academy, which had been set up to promote the culture of Beary language, had become a puppet in the hands of the present state government. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, he said that after he was forced to step down as the Academy president in June 2013 with the change of government in the

Badaun (UP), Jan 2: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by two constables inside a police station here in Uttar Pradesh, prompting the authorities to suspend the accused who are absconding. The girl was allegedly abducted from her house on December 31 by constables Veer Pal Singh Yadav and Avnish Yadav, police said today. She was taken to Musajhag Police Station and allegedly

Ahmedabad, Jan 2: A video of police mock drill showing dummy militants shouting pro-Islamic slogan emerged today in Gujarat, a day after controversy erupted over men, playing the part of terrorists, being made to wear skullcaps in a similar exercise in Surat. Reacting to the Surat episode that came to light yesterday, chief minister Anandi Patel admitted it as a "mistake" to show people posing as