Karnataka

Mangalore, May 4: A Tamil Nadu based mother and son died on spot after a massive explosion at their house located near a stone quarry at Nelligudda near Mulky on the on the outskirts of the city. The bodies of the victims -Erichamma (50) Paraman Uthandy (25)- were disfigure beyond recognition. The impact of the explosion was such that the cement-sheet-roof of the house was blown off and two rooms

Mangalore, May 4: The death of 3-year-old girl Srinidhi, whose body was fished out from a drain in Pumpwell area on Saturday, is a warning bell for the Mangalore City Corporation, which has paid no attention towards maintenance of drains in the city. Srinidhi, the daughter of Hassan based Lokesh and Veda Poojary couple, was missing since Friday night. According to mother Veda Poojary, who is

Mangalore, May 4: Mohammed Zafrulla Khan from Mysore, who is currently working in Saudi Arabia, has lost Rs 20 lakh after his bank account was allegedly hacked. Mr Khan has an NRI account at Canara Bank in Tilak Nagar in Mysore. According to sources, following an email request from an impersonator, the bank transferred Rs 20 lakh from his account to another account in Barclays Bank, UK. The matter

New Delhi, May 4: Leading Indian Muslim organisations have strongly condemned the inhuman killings of innocent Muslims including women and children by Bodo terrorist in Kokrajar and Baksa of Assam. Terming the incident as negligence of the state government about the protection of life and property of civilians, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) demanded the government to award proper compensation to the

Salbari (Assam), May 4: Demanding that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visit their area, people of Salbari in Assam's violence-hit Baksa district today refused to bury their kin killed in attacks by NDFB-S militants. Angry protestors in Nankekhadrabari area today said they will not perform the last rites of the bodies of the 18 people, including children and women, till Gogoi comes and personally

Bangalore, May 4: In a second shocker after the recent increase in city bus fares, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Saturday announced about eight per cent hike in its fares with immediate effect to off-set the increase in financial burden. The increase in KSRTC fare comes eight days after the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) hiked the fares by 15 per cent to cover its

Mangalore, Apr 4: Members of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit met Superintendent of Police Dr Sharanappa on Saturday to hand over a memorandum, appealing to maintain law and order in the district. The memorandum listed out the failures' of police department to protect the lives and properties of the people. Cattle trafficking and slaughtering, robbery, rape, missing cases, crime against women and terror

Jeddah, May 4: Several Haj and Umrah pilgrimage establishments have stopped accepting applications for Umrah visas from pilgrims over 60, as well as children, following a Health Ministry advisory to that effect as part of measures to contain the MERS virus. “We will also stop providing Haj visas to pilgrims who have not been vaccinated against other types of flu,” Saad Al-Quraishi, president of

Mangalore, May 4: Officials at Mangalore Regional Transport Offices have seized 10 private buses that do not have emergency doors as mandated in wake of accidents involving Volvo buses in Karnataka. The department had earlier announced that no buses would be allowed to ply after April 30, if they had not installed emergency doors. The Karnataka government had issued an ultimatum to the transport

Mangalore, May 3: Dakshina Kannada district administration is planning to install lightning conductor in one of the eight taluks on an experimental basis after identifying lightning prone areas. Addressing media person here on Saturday, Additional Deputy Commissioner Sadashiva Prabhu said that the conductor, which is supposed to divert lightning harmlessly into the ground will be fixed on the top