Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 9: Even though clash-stricken areas of Mangaluru taluk are slowly returning to normalcy, ill-intended rumours of attacks are creating panic among people. Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from various parts of the coastal taluk late on Monday night. A group of miscreants set a fish tempo on fire at Padavinangady and on the outskirts of the city causing heavy losses to its

Kasasragod, Dec 9: A young motorcycle rider was killed and his relative injured when their two-wheeler collided head-on with a bus at Mundyathadka on Monday, police said. The mishap occurred around 5.45 p.m. as the bike rode by Ibrahim Badursha, 21, dashed against the private bus plying on the Kumbla-Perla route in an apparent bid to overtake an autorikshaw, police, quoting eyewitness, said. Mr

Mangaluru, Dec 9: A group of miscreants set a stationary tempo on fire late night on Monday at Padavinangady in an apparent attempt to disrupt peace. A police source said that the tempo bearing registration number KA-19 B-4614 which is used for fish transportation was set on fire. The miscreants fled the spot immediately after the arson attack, the source said. Fire fighters and police and police

Chikkamagaluru: Dec 9: Two Maoist leaders from Sringeri taluk, actively involved with the Maoist movement for more than a decade, surrendered before the district authorities on Monday. The surrender, in response to the State government's naxal surrender and rehabilitation initiative, took place in the presence of the members of a state-level committee and Shantigaagi Nagarika Vedike. The district

Bengaluru, Dec 8: Governor Vajubhai Vala on Monday praised Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to the skies stating that the latter had rendered great service to the people of the State by launching the mobile governance initiative œKarnataka MobileOne . œIt is a great task which nobody has initiated in the past , Vala said referring to the chief minister as œSiddaramaiahji  at least seven to eight

Mangalore, Dec 8: In view of escalating unrest following violent communal clashes in Ulaibettu and surrounding areas since Friday, Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai appealed for peace among people from different communities in the society. Citizens should maintain peace in the society and should not heed false rumours, he said. Speaking to mediapersons at a press

Mangaluru, Dec 8: A medical student met his untimely death and his friend sustained critical injuries when the motorbike they were riding crashed into a tipper in an overtake bid at Ullal on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Saravanan U (25), a second year MBBS student of Yenepoya Medical College in the city. He was a resident of Tamil Nadu. According to local sources, the over-confident

Mangaluru, Dec 8: In yet another controversial statement, BJP leader Tejaswini Gowda has exhorted the Sangh Parivar protesters, who attempted to defy prohibitory orders at Ulaibettu in Mangaluru taluk on Monday, to be prepared to die for the cause of Hindutva. œYou should be ready to sacrifice your life safeguard Hindutva," said Ms Tejaswini addressing a group of Sangh Parivar activists who had

Mangaluru, Dec 8: The spate of violence post Ulaibettu communal clash has been spread across Mangaluru Taluk. A fresh incident of stabbing was reported from Kunjathbail, near Kavoor on the outskirts of the city on Monday. Source said that a youth identified as Shareef was brutally stabbed allegedly by Sangh Parivar activists in the broad daylight. Two person, who came on a motorbike, assaulted

Moodbidri, Dec 8: In a tragic accident, a student died on the spot when the motorbike he was riding on crashed into a Honda car on NH 13 at Bannadka near here on Sunday evening. The deceased has been identified as Sandeep Hegde (18). A Honda car that was travelling towards Moodbidri from Karkala veered sharply on the road after colliding with an incoming vehicle and skidded onto the path of the