Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 17: The police have arrested three persons and seized huge quantity of explosives from them in Uppinangady town of Dakshina Kananda district on Tuesday. The arrested are Santhosh Kumar (34), a resident of Kanathila in Kasargod, B Basheer (26) of Vittlapadnoor and Mohammed Asif (24), a resident of Kotemane. According to sources, sleuths from Uppinangady police station intercepted

Mangalore, Jun 17: With the problem of intensifying sea erosion plaguing the coastal areas of the district, Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel recommended that the district administration should immediately hand over emergency compensation to victims of sea erosion and damage from rain in the district. In a meeting with the Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner, officials and local leaders here

Mangalore, Jun 17: Officials have brushed aside the reports of terror threat to Mangalore International Airport (MIA) which connects several prominent Indian and foreign cities to coastal Karnataka. The rumour of terror threat to the airport had gripped the city of Mangalore on Monday. However, MIA director J T Radhakrishna denied any such threat. The police were also unaware about it. “Mangalore

Chikkaballapur, Jun 17: Former Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister ?Veerappa Moily seems to be facing a rebellion within his party with a Congress leader from his constituency seeking a CBI probe on him in connection with the Reliance gas pricing controversy. Anjanappa, chief of the Chikkaballapur unit of the party, has alleged that several crores of rupees were involved in the alleged scam and

Mangalore, Jun 17: In a shocking incident, a youth died after falling at newly inaugurated Forum Fiza Mall in Mangalore. The deceased has been identified as Sultan Mirza (22), son of Ansari, hailing from Assam. He was working as a labourer in Mangalore. The tragedy took place on Monday when Mirza was working on third floor of the mall. Eye witnesses said that five people including Mirza were

Mangalore, Jun 17: Amidst high security, violence continued to rock district sub jail in Mangalore. On Tuesday two under-trials who had formed gangs of their own in the prison, reportedly got into fight. A least two under-trials injured in the fresh brawl, sources said. One of the injured identified as Shailesh (45) was rushed to District Wenlock Hospital after the incident. It could be recalled

Hyderabad, Jun 17: The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) has urged India and other members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to agree on a uniform wage policy for the low income migrants working in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. A large number of expatriates from India and other SAARC countries are working in GCC countries of Bahrain , Kuwait, Oman

Kasargod, Jun 17: Three men have been nabbed by Kasargod police in connection with a robbery case where the accused robbed a man of Rs 5 lakh by blinding him with chilli powder. The three apprehended have been identified as Sameer (27) from Kalikkadav, Sirajjudin (36) from Charladka and Abdul Hakeem (23) from Nalamail in Kasargod district. According to the complaint, the trio had arrived in a four

Mandya, Jun 17: Brushing aside the media reports that she had complained to the Congress high command against several local leaders of the party, former Lok Sabha Member Ramya said that she loved the people of her constituency. Ms. Ramya, who lost the MP seat to her nearest opponent C.S. Puttaraju of Janata Dal (Secular) recently, was given a warm felicitation by her fans and Congress leaders at

Thimphu, Jun 17: People of Bhutan do not clap as a congratulatory gesture as they believe that clapping is done only to ward off evil spirits. But they made an exception for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modiwho gave a speech at the joint session of Bhutanese parliament. As Mr Modi finished his speech, delivered in Hindi, which the members of parliament including the Bhutanese prime minister