Karnataka

Udupi, Jul 12: Highly decomposed body of missing student Rathna Kothari was found in a secluded place near Thoodalli near Alandoor Byndoor in Udupi district on Saturday morning. Rathna Kothari, daughter of Shankar Kothari and a student of Shirooru Government PU College went missing since July 9 after she left for college. Her classmates and teachers said that she attended the class on July 9. Some

Mangalore, Jul 12: More than 30 cows were seized in Mangalore after a 407 tempo, in which they were being transported, hit into an auto rickshaw, a car and an electric pole. Police seized the tempo and 32 cattle which were tied up in cruel manner, eyewitnesses said. The animals were bruised due to overcrowding and had suffered serious injuries. They hardly had enough space to sit or stand freely

Bantwal, Jul 12: A 24-year-old man was on Friday thrashed by public at Vitla Anilakatte area before being handed over to police after he allegedly tried to rape medical student. Sharief, a resident of Kadambu-Anilakatte, son of Khadri Byari alleged to have pulled the student's hand and attempted to rape her. But the alerted student screamed for help before hitting him with her umbrella. Suddenly

Mangalore, Jul 12: Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim has instructed all deputy registrars to install closed circuit camera compulsorily in Dakshina Kannada district with an objective to tackle corruption and make official proceedings transparent. The DC told officials that cameras should be installed before July 20. Further, the DC also made it mandatory to display the fee prescribed for various

New Delhi, Jul 12: As many as 11,000 files were destroyed as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's orders to weed out files and papers but none of these related to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said. Singh said this in a suo motu statement in Rajya Sabha two days after CPI-M MP P Rajeev alleged on the basis of media reports that 1.5 lakh files including those

Kasargod, Jul 12: Four members of a criminal gang, who were suspected to have hatched a conspiracy to kill the accused in the infamous Balige Azeez murder case, were arrested on Friday. Abdul Majeed alias Balige Majeed (30), and Aboobaker Siddique alias Balige Siddique (29), brothers of the slain Balige Azeez; K.A. Ashraf (28) and K. Gopala (30); all hailing from Manjeshwaram, were arrested by a

Mangalore, Jul 11: A murder accused was brutally hacked to death in broad day light on Friday at Moodushedde near Pilikula on the outskirts of the city. The police identified the deceased as Bharat alias Prabhu, who was an accused in several criminal cases including a murder case. Police sources said that Prabhu was attacked by two assailants who came on a motorbike. It is said that the motorbike

Gaza/Jerusalem, Jul 11: Israeli jets bombed the Gaza Strip for the fourth day today killing 10 Palestinians as the death toll rose to 100 on a day when the Jewish state was targeted for the first time by rocket attacks from Lebanon since the military offensive began. Ten Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Five Palestinians were killed and

Mangalore, Jul 11: Team of doctors at Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute, Mangalore gave a new lease of life to a 30 day old child weighing 3 kgs by performing a rare heart surgery first time in Mangalore. According to a press release issued by the hospital, parents of this child hailing from Kasaragod, Kerala approached Dr. Ali Kumble, Chief Consultant Paediatrician for breathing difficulty and

New Delhi, Jul 11: The Supreme Court on Friday granted a one-month conditional bail on health grounds to Kerala-based PDP leader Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, a key accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case. An apex court bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar said that during his one-month bail, Ma'adani will not leave the city of Bangalore throughout the bail period and the Karnataka government