Karnataka

Bangalore, Jun 19: In a gut-wrenching incident a seven-year-old girl who was returning from school was crushed to death in front of her house at Chandra Layout in Bangalore on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Namitha, a resident of Thanishka Apartment on 7th cross, 3rd main, Jyothinagar. She was a Class II student of Siddaganga Public School, about half a kilometre away from her

Manipal, Jun 19: With immediate effect the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) has revised the fares of private service buses and the city buses in the district.A press release issued by the RTA said the minimum bus fare for private shuttle buses from zero to 6.5 km has been increased from Rs. 6 to Rs. 7. The minimum fare of city buses in Udupi from zero to 2 km had been increased from Rs. 6 to Rs

Bijapur, Jun 19: The operation to rescue four-year-old Akshata Malipatil, who fell into an open borewell here on Tuesday evening, continued on Wednesday. Experts of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from Pune and Sangli, Maharashtra, along with those of Hutti Gold Mines in Raichur district began the operation at 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Fire and Emergency Services personnel said the girl was

Mangalore, Jun 19: Mohammed Haneef (30), an alleged associate of underworld operatives Ravi Pujari and Khali Yogesh, was arrested by a team of Central Crime Branch police at Ullal railway station and recovered three live bullets and two mobile phones. Terming the arrest as important, Police Commissioner R. Hithendra said the city police were on the lookout for Haneef for the last four months. A

Udupi, Jun 18: In a bizarre development, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) with Shankarnarayana police station was arrested on the charges of molesting a woman commuter in a bus in Gangolli. Police said that the suspect was traveling to Gangolli from Trasi. The complainant, who boarded the same bus in Trasi, alleged that the ASI molested her while she was standing holding her baby in the bus. She

Mangalore, Jun 18: A massive fire gutted goods worth crores of rupees in a plywood manufacturing unit in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kananda district on Wednesday. The ill-fated factory located at Sajipa Munnur village is owned by one Abdul Kareem from Thalemogaru. The fire which was noticed at around 4:00 a.m. by local residents completely devastated the factory within few hours. Though no loss to

Mangalore, Jun 18: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, which is known as one of the educational hubs in India, is also a centre of minority education. According to the statistics provided by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Mangalore accounts for the highest number of minority schools in Karnataka. At present, there are 1,059 minority schools, of which 177 schools are in Mangalore

Mumbai, Jun 18: The Preity Zinta-Ness Wadia case is getting murkier by the day. Industrialist Nusli Wadia, father of Ness and head of the Wadia Group, has filed a police complaint after allegedly receiving a threat call from the underworld. A senior police officer, who preferred anonymity, told this reporter that the secretary to industrialist Nusli Wadia received a call around 8 pm on Monday. The

Kundapur, Jun 18: A teenage boy was killed and several other passengers were injured when a private bus veered off the road and landed on a ditch on the outskirts of Kundapur in the early hours of Wednesday. The incident occurred at 6:40 am when the ill-fated bus was moving towards Udupi from Siddapur. The bus veered off course and overturned on the road near Maruchikku Temple after crossing a

Mangalore, Jun 18: The long-cherished hopes of Congress leader Ivan D 'Souza of being nominated as a Member of Legislative Council seem to have been dashed due to the intense lobbying by delegations led by fellow party leaders against his nomination. Although Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had reportedly finalised the nomination of Mr D 'Souza, a Catholic leader, as an MLC, the nomination list had to