Karnataka

Abu Dhabi, Nov 14: Mohammed Khalaf Al Mazrouei, a heritage adviser to the Crown Prince and former chairman of Abu Dhabi Media, died along with two other members of the Al Mazrouei family in a car crash on Thursday afternoon. Abu Dhabi Police confirmed the deaths outside Zayed City cemetery on Thursday afternoon but have not issued any details, as investigations are continuing. Mr Al Mazrouei, a

Bantwal, Nov 14: A team of Vittal police have arrested an accused in several cases who had been absconding, in Kerala and produced him before the court on Thursday. The arrested is Abdul Khader alias Karate Khader (25), resident of Kanyana Shettibettu in Bantwal taluk. The accused Abdul Khader was wanted by the Vittal police as an accused in a murder attempt case on P Satish Shetty by attacking

Mangaluru, Nov 14: A team of police raided a slaughterhouse at Chembugudde near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city in the wee hours of Friday. More than a dozen cattle and a huge quantity of beef have been seized by sleuths of Ullal police during the raid carried out on a tip off by Sangh Parivar. The alleged illegal slaughterhouse functioned adjacent to a house belonging to a certain M C Bava

Manipal, Nov 14: In a shocking incident, a mentally challenged girl child was abandoned by its “poor” parents at a private hospital here. The three-and-half-year-old girl child was found in Kasturba Hospital here on Wednesday evening, the Manipal police said. The parents of the child had abandoned the baby on a bed in the Paediatric Ward of Kasturba Hospital with a milk-bottle and a note, they

Nay Pyi Taw, Nov 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asserted that the world community must reject any linkage between religion and terrorism while formulating a "genuinely international" partnership in the fight against all forms of terror acts. In his intervention at the East Asia Summit, the prime minister also said that it should be ensured that cyber and space remain a source of

Kasargod, Nov 14: The driver of a mini-truck was killed and five others were injured when the vehicle collided with another truck at Chengala, near here, in the wee hours on Thursday. C. Shijo, 35, hailing from Alacode in Kannur district succumbed to injuries even though he was rushed to a nearby hospital, the police said. The injured persons were identified as P.V. Madhu, Sabu Jose, both hailing

Bengaluru, Nov 14: A ban on the sale of smokeless tobacco in Karnataka is imminent, said Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader. Addressing reporters here on Thursday, he said that the State Health department had proposed to the government to impose the ban in the interest of public health. “Chewing tobacco is one of the main reasons for mouth cancer in the country. India has the highest

Mysuru, Nov 14: Former journalist and Mysore-Kodagu MP, Pratap Simha, was on Thursday granted bail by a local court in a case pertaining to a provocative speech he had made while campaigning for Lok Sabha elections in March this year. The 5th JMFC Court judge, Ashwini Atthibali, granted Simha bail on a bond of Rs 15,000. Simha appeared before the court which had issued him summons after the

Mangaluru, Nov 14: More than a dozen passengers suffered minor injuries when a bus collided with a truck on Bejai Main road here on Thursday. The Mangaluru Traffic East police said around 5 p.m. a speeding private bus – travelling from State Bank towards Surathkal – rammed the truck from behind. Though the front of the bus was smashed in, no major harm was done to passengers, said the police.

New Delhi, Nov 14: Months after Narendra Modi led-government's Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani hit the headlines for providing false information on her educational qualification, now her aide is now in news for wrong reasons. The newly-inducted minister of state for HRD Ram Shankar Katheria was on Thursday at the centre of a controversy over an allegation that his graduation