Karnataka

Kundapur, Nov 29: Communal tensions intensified in Gangolli village of Kundapur taluk after a commercial complex owned by a Masjid committee was set on fire by miscreants in the wee hours of Saturday. At least six shops were completely destroyed due to the outbreak of fire. The losses suffered have been estimated at around Rs 2 crores. Eight shops were located in the one-storied Jamia Complex in

Bengaluru, Nov 29: Five persons, including a couple, were arrested for extorting Rs 15 lakh from a doctor working with a prominent hospital on Cunningham Road. They had threatened to make public videos of him in a compromising position with women. It was only when their demands grew that the panicky doctor called the cops. Incidentally, this is the second doctor from the same hospital falling for

Mangaluru, Nov 29: A pillion rider was crushed to death by a speeding private bus near Mangalore City Corporation building at Lalbagh in the city on Saturday. The police identified the deceased as Kiran Kotian (44), a resident of Kudupu, near here. He was employed with Hindustan Lever. The tragedy occurred when the Kotian and his friend were coming from the direction of Ladyhill bus stop. The bus

Mangaluru, Nov 29: Dozens of Kambala buffaloes on Saturday took to the streets in Mangaluru extending their physical support to the protest jointly organized by various Kambala Samithis of the region against the ban imposed by Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district administrations on the annual buffalo race. A large number of Kambala enthusiasts took part in the protest march from Ambedkar Circle to

Kalaburagi/Bengaluru, Nov 29: The Karnataka government has finally started process of handing over 250 acres land in Yadgir district to Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd to set up a greenfield bottling plant.

Bengaluru: Nov 29: The Karnataka government has approached the Supreme Court challenging the High Court order that allowed Made Snana' performed by Malekudiya community, classified as a Scheduled Tribe, at Kukke Sri Subrahmanya temple in Dakshina Kannada district. It said that allowing the community to perform the rituals in accordance with its religious belief during Shashti' festival could lead

Bengaluru, Nov 29: A day after the parents of Insha Khaleel, a student of St Agnes College, Mangaluru, filed a Habeas Corpus petition, the eloped girl and her husband appeared before the Karnataka High Court on Friday. Bharatraj G (30), a bus conductor from Ira village in Bantwal taluk reached Bengaluru along with Insha Khaleel (19), a resident of Kotekar, who had gone missing on November 19

Udupi, Nov 29: Gold ornaments worth Rs. 5.2 lakh were stolen from a woman's purse when she had gone to a temple at Anegudde near Kundapur in Udupi district. Leelavati Raikar, a local resident, lost her ornaments when she had gone to the Vinayaka temple at around 1 p.m. on Wednesday. Police said that she had kept three gold chains, two gold bangles and a gold ring in a purse and kept it in a vanity

Mysuru: Nov 29: Dozens of students at the Government Higher Primary School at Kuppegala village in Mysuru district have skipped class while others have stopped eating mid-day meals to protest the appointment of a dalit cook. On Friday, 33 students stayed away from school while seven refrained from eating the food citing health reasons.?When the issue had previously cropped up in October, about 60

Bengaluru: Nov 29: The principal of Nirmala Rani Kannada Primary School in Malleshwaram here died after she slipped from the second floor of an under construction building on the school premises on Friday morning. According to the police, Sister Noella (58) fell while she was climbing the stairs to inspect the construction work. As she reached the second floor of the five-storeyed building, which