Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 22: Officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday thwarted yet another unique modus operandi to smuggle gold by seizing 224.75grams of gold valued at Rs 6,13,568. The seized gold was in the form of silver colour paint coated wires concealed in the beading portion around the borders and edges of a black coloured laptop bag

Mangalore, Oct 22: The Christian girl who recently married a boy from the Hindu community against her family's wishes, returned her parental home on Monday without the knowledge of her husband. It has been learnt that the girl, Sonia D'Souza from Yeliyapadavu, has also complaint to the police commissioner of Mangalore city against her Hindu husband Roshan and his friends and accused them of

Bangalore, Oct 22: Staff members of a school here are being questioned in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of a three-year-old girl in its campus even as parents outraged over the incident held protests and demanded answers from the management. CCTV footage from the school was being examined and staff members were being questioned, police said, as the shocking incident-- the third relating

Hyderabad, Oct 22: An Expert Appraisal Committee under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has accorded green signal to the expansion and development of an airport at Hubli in Karnataka. However, the committee has sought additional details to give environmental clearance for development of airport at Belgaum. Both the airports are run by Airports Authority of India (AAI). "After

Bangalore, Oct 22: While Bangaloreans continue to live surrounded by garbage and risk life and limb every day navigating the hundreds of potholes, the civic administrators, it seems, is making hay while the proverbial sun shines. But it looks like all that's about to end. A two-day-long Income Tax (I-T) raid comprising over 450 sleuths raided around 100 houses and found unaccounted income of up to

Bangalore, Oct 22: A probe into the involvement of a police officer in an extortion case in Bangalore has revealed the horrible face of Karnataka home minister, who is accused of protecting errant cop. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) N M? Nyamagouda, who probed the charges of extortion, has held home minister K J George responsible not initiating any action against Cubbon Park inspector

Bangalore, Oct 22: Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao has been appointed party's in charge of Karnataka affairs. Mr. Rao replaces veteran leader T.C. Gehlot. Mr. Rao, who hails from Andhra Pradesh, began his political career with the ABVP during his student days. He joined RSS at a young age. Later, deputed in many northern states, he was known for his remarkable

Bangalore, Oct 22: In a shocking incident a four-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a teacher at her school in North Bangalore on Tuesday. The girl, an LKG student of'Orchids The International School' located near Jalahalli Cross, off Tumkur Road, was subjected to medical tests and later admitted to a private hospital in Yeshwantpur. Acting on a complaint filed by her mother, North division

Mangalore, Oct 22: Air India launched its mobile app to enable passengers book tickets in a "quick, simple and convenient" manner while on the go and formally opened its account on Twitter. The mobile app, launched by airline CMD Rohit Nandan, would be initially available on the Android platform but would soon be extended to the iOS as well, a statement said. It would allow the user to book

Mangalore, Oct 22: Farmers, contract labourers and goods transporters under the banner of MCF Mangala Workers' Union staged a demonstration in front of the Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) plant in Panambur on Tuesday urging the recommencement of the plant's urea manufacturing unit. For close to five minutes, the flow of traffic was halted on the Mangalore-Panambur-Baikampady highway