Karnataka

Bantwal, Sep 9: Seven members of a family including women and children suffered severe injuries when the car in which they were travelling plunged into a ditch at Veerakamba village in Bantwal taluk on Monday. The injured have been identified as Irshad (25), Fathima Zohra (30), Umaira (27), Zahida (20), Bibi Sahaba (6), B K Shekabba (65) and Zahid (9), all residents of Kalladka town. All of them

Mangalore, Sep 9: The 160th birth anniversary of social reformer Sree Narayana Guru was observed at Guru Jayanthi celebration programme organised by Sree Narayana Samskarika Vedi, Mangalore at Town Hall in the city on Monday. The occasion was celebrated with bhajans, folk songs and distribution of scholarships to deserving students at Town Hall. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the

Abu Dhabi, Sep 9: An Indian working in the UAE has been apprehended for presenting before an investment firm a fake job visa his friend sent him from India for checking its status, a media report said. The details on the visa showed it was issued in Dubai March 30 to Leo Padinharemadam Ramabhadran of Kerala's Kannur district. The Indian expat has been handed over to police in Abu Dhabi. "I don't

Bhatkal, Sep 9: A gang of over 30 miscreants assaulted two persons brutally at Murdeshwar in Uttar Kannada district here while buying cattle. Sadaan (31) and Nasrullah (25) were asked to visit Murudeshwar to buy cattle from one Jathappa Naik in Murudeshwar. They also paid him Rs 17, 000 for the cattle. Sources said that Jathappa Naik after receiving the cash insisted the duo to transport the

Bangalore, Sep 9: The High Court on Monday reserved order on a petition by the pontiff of Ramachandrapura Mutt, Raghaveshwara Bharathi, who had sought the quashing of an FIR and the subsequent police investigation against him. A Bangalore-based woman relative of one of the pontiff's devotees had made a complaint to the Banashankari police that the seer had been sexually harassing her mother since

Kundapur, Sep 9: MP and Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has said that he will adopt Gangolli village in Baindur legislative assembly constituency to develop into a model village. Speaking to mediapersons here on Monday, he said “I will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard. The PM in his address on Independence Day has called upon the Members of Parliament to adopt one village

Bangalore, Sep 8: In a relief for Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda's son Karthik declared absconding, a court here today granted him anticipatory bail in a case relating to alleged rape, kidnap and cheating of Kannada starlet Mythriya. The relief came to Karthik Gowda three days after a magistrate court issued arrest warrant against him with the police declaring him an absconder and forming

Bangalore, Sep 8: Controversial self-proclaimed godman Nithyananda underwent a potency test today in a 2010 rape case, days after the Supreme Court dismissed his plea challenging the Karnataka High Court's order directing him to face the test. Nithyananda was subjected to the potency test at the Institute of Nephro-Urology located in the campus of the government-run Victoria Hospital, here. "His

Riyadh, Sep 8: Arab League foreign ministers agreed on Sunday to take all necessary measures to confront ISIS and cooperate with all international, regional and national efforts to combat militant groups. It also endorsed in the closing statement of its meeting in Cairo a UN Security Council resolution passed last month calling on member states to act to stem the flow of logistical, military and

Mangalore, Sep 8: Born with Down syndrome, Puttur Suresh Nayak, aged 41 and his nephew Puttur Satvik Nayak, aged 5, have got their names entered in the Asia Book of Records for being the First Down Syndrome Magician to Perform Magic Shows' and being the Youngest to Perform Most Magic Shows for a Noble Cause' respectively. Announcing this at a press conference here on Monday, Umesh Nayak said that