Karnataka

Manipal, Sep 20: With the sighting of a leopard roaming in the limits of Shree Mahalingeshwara temple at Atrady, near Manipal over the past three days and a confirmed leopard attack on a man, the local residents are fear-stricken by the predator in their territory and refuse to venture out of their houses after dark. A person named Dinesh Poojary suffered injuries from the leopard attack that took

Mangalore, Sep 20: Sowmya Kamath from Mangalore has secured admission to Stanford University, USA, to pursue Ph.D studies in space science. She has joined the university last week. This opportunity to pursue doctoral studies in this venerable institution will provide a great boost to her brilliant academic career which includes being awarded with the coveted gold medal for being the topper in

Mangalore, Sep 20: The deadly leptospirosis (rat fever) has claimed one more life in Dakshina Kannada district. A 38-year-old man from Puttur taluk is the new victim of this disease. Iytappa, a resident of Kayyur Kaikamba village near Puttur, who was tested positive for leptospirosis, died at the Government Wenlock Hospital on Thursday, medical sources said. He had complained that his body was

Beltangady, Sep 20: A 40-year-old man, who married two women, lost his life on Friday when he tried to take revenge against his elder brother for allegedly provoking his first wife to fight against him and his second wife. Shekhara was hacked to death by his own elder brother Krishnappa (45) in latter's residence at Pilya village under the limits of Venoor police station in Beltangady taluk on

Dear Prime Minister, Your government has completed nearly four months in office now and its performance is being widely discussed. People have mixed feelings. They believe that you are an excellent orator. But your own partymen and ministers are doing exactly the opposite of what you speak, and when they do that, you remain silent. This has perplexed many people. For instance, your speech on

Bangalore, Sep 20: The High Court on Friday extended till September 23, 2014, its earlier order that directed the police not to arrest Raghaveshwara Bharathi, the pontiff of Shri Ramachandrapura Mutt in Shimoga district, in a rape complaint filed by a female devotee. Justice K N Phaneendra directed the prosecution neither to arrest nor interrogate the pontiff until Tuesday after the State

Mangalore, Sep 20: Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology B Ramanath Rai announced that the Karnataka Forests department had decided to conduct a survey for verification and demarcation of deemed forests in the state, using satellite imagery, which would be completed within a period of six months' time. Briefing media persons at a press conference following a meeting of state-level forest

Mangalore, Sep 20: Hundreds of activists of Bajrang Dal and other Hindutva outfits laid siege to Mangalore Rural Police Station on Friday night questioning the detention of their fellow miscreants who had stabbed and assaulted six Muslim students in the city previous day. The Hindutva agitators withdraw their two-hour-long protest in front of the police station at around 11:00 p.m. after the

Bantwal, Sep 19: A group of vigilante attackers owing allegiance to Sangh Parivar waylaid a cattle-laden vehicle in Bantwal taluk and brutally assaulted its driver until local police reached the spot and took him to custody. Ivan D'Souza, who sustained severe injuries in the attack, has lodged a complaint at Bantwal Town Police Station against the assailants including local Hindutva activists

Bangalore, Sep 19: Nearly 350 students of a government school in Bangalore were admitted to a hospital on Friday due to food poisoning after having their mid-day meals. The children of the DJ Halli Urdu Government School complained of nausea and vomiting soon after they had their lunch allegedly supplied by International Society for Promotion of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Zameer Ahmed, a