Karnataka

Riyadh, Aug 12: Newly appointed Indian Deputy Chief of Mission Hemant Kotalwar has vowed to support non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the Kingdom and commended the Indian Embassy's hard work during the legalization grace period. Kotalwar's statements came on Monday, in which the newly stationed diplomat said he drew inspiration from the hard work of volunteers and social workers during that period.

Bangalore, Aug 12: A 19-year-old girl has made a complaint to the police that her close friend and his four associates abducted her in an auto-rickshaw before raping her one by one at an under-construction building at Shampur in K G Halli on Saturday night. Police have detained three men but said the girl's claims were being verified. The girl, a native of Chennai and resident of Benson Town

Mangalore, Aug 12: A tense atmosphere prevailed at Yedapadavu near Moodbidri when an attempt was made to disrupt peace in the locality over cattle transportation. Several miscreants reportedly belonging to right wing outfit stopped a tempo which was transporting four calves and one cow with all legal documents. The livestock belonged to one Usman of Siddakatte. They were being transported to one

Bantwal, Aug 12: Two persons were taken into custody by Bantwal rural police in connection with alleged revenge murder case of Rifayi, an autorickshaw driver, who is the brother of a murder accused near Maripalla, Bantwal taluk. The duo were taken into custody on the suspicion that they helped to hatch the conspiracy. Two teams led by Bantwal Circle Inspector Belliyappa and Rural SI Nagaraj have

Davangere/Athani/Hassan, Aug 12: Ten people died in three road accidents across the state on Monday. In the first incident, a speeding private bus hit a Maruti Omni at 6.45 am at Taralabalu Nagar near Davangere, killing five people, including three of a family. According to the rural police, S L Rudraiah (55), wife Sumathi (50), son Pradeep (24) and Pradeep's friends, Adarsha (22) and Karthik (22)

New Delhi, Aug 12: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Shubha Shankaranarayan (32), who was found guilty of murdering her fiancé B V Girish, a software engineer, in 2003 along with three others, to kill her fiancé B V Girish in Bangalore in 2003. Shubha, who is a law graduate, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court in 2010 after being held guilty in the murder case. The

Bangalore, Aug 11: Senior JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy today alleged that the Chief Minister had tried to influence the Karnataka Public Service Commission recruitment process, a charge dismissed by Siddaramaiah who called him a "big liar." "In this issue, Chief Minister himself (is) involved by misusing his office. He called (telephoned) one (KPSC) member 72 times to select some candidates. When

New Delhi, Aug 11: Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani Monday said her statement on the degree from Yale University in the United States was "misconstrued". "Unfortunate that statement of my participation in a leadership programme and certificate thereafter was misconstrued," Irani said in a tweet. Speaking at the India Today Woman Summit 2014, Saturday, Irani said: "In that

Mangalore, Aug 11: As many as ten fishermen were rescued after their boat capsized at 65 nautical miles away from the shore on Sunday night. Fishermen in another fishing boat rushed and rescued Kenyu (32), Stalin (30), Salayaraj (43), Sajeev (30), Raju (35), Antony (30), Andon (30), Sheenu (40), Bavu (31) and Leenus (35) from the sinking boat. These fishermen had ventured into sea for fishing in

Mangalore, Aug 11: A man who was on the run for 13-long-years after allegedly killing his business partner was finally nabbed by the personnel of the district crime intelligence bureau (DCIB). 50-year-old Kodymbady Vishwanath Shetty is the arrested. He was arrested on the charges of killing Sootrabettu Vishwanath Rai and destroying the evidence by dumping the body near Honnavar before disappearing