Karnataka

Mumbai, Apr 28: Five Indian Navy men have been arrested for allegedly molesting a young female banker before attacking her husband in a pub in suburban Khar here, police said today. The five accused, arrested from suburban Borivali in the early hours yesterday, were identified as Maheshwar Mahendra Singh (26), Ashish Jaikishan (29) Tirthnath Dilpanath (25) Sham Bhandare (29) and Chandan Mishra (26

Kolkata, Apr 28: After Narendra Modi said illegal Bangladeshi immigrants would be deported if he came to power, a furious Mamata Banerjee today retorted that the "people of Bengal will throw him out". On a day marked by a war of words between her Trinamool Congress party and the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Mamata Banerjee lashed out at Mr Modi for accusing her of welcoming Bangladeshi

Mangalore, Apr 28: Biju Thomas, the prime accused behind the huge cache of explosives including ammonium nitrate seized from various places of Karkala taluk recently, was arrested in the state of Haryana. Udupi police, who had launched manhunt to nab Mr Thomas, arrested him at Gurgaon. Annamalai, the new DySP of Karkala had initiated the raid at several places which netted explosive materials

Mangalore, Apr 28: There will be a time in the future when all the poor in the society, irrespective of their castes, will face extermination if they are not empowered now. There is a strong possibility of the poor being exterminated with the increasing domination of the rich classes, said professor of political science at Mangalore University P L Dharma. Speaking after inaugurating Social

New Delhi, Apr 28: She broke the glass ceiling many a times, from being the first woman to enter any Class-I civil service to becoming the first IRS officer to be appointed a UPSC member and to being the only woman to have worked in the Central Narcotics Department. After donning multiple hats during her long career, it was another proud moment for Parveen Talha, when she was conferred the Padma

Mysore, Apr 28: The Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysore zoo) lost one of its precious inmates, 43-year-old male gorilla Polo, late on Saturday night. Polo, which was six-foot tall, dark-haired, well-behaved and bilingual, was the only primate in the country. It was born in 1972 and was received from Dublin Zoo, Ireland, on August 8, 1995. He was living a solitary life ever since he landed in

Uppinagady, Apr 28: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy president Mohammed Haneef said that Mangalore University was making a serious effort to establish a Beary study and research centre as one of its programmes, which would make a significant contribution to the Beary language. In his presidential address at the Beary literature and cultural meet jointly organised by Beary Sahitya Academy and Vidya

Mangalore, Apr 29: Sixth Additional District and Sessions Court, one of the four courts set up in the State in January to exclusively try sexual assault cases on Monday awarded 7 years rigorous imprisonment to a 32-year-old man who has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old relative. This is the first conviction by the court that is now trying as many as 64 cases of rape. The Judge

Mangalore, Apr 28: Residents of Surathkal, Krishnapur, Katipalla and Chokkabettu with several other like-minded organizations under the banner Nagarika Seva Samiti Surathkal' took out a protest rally with black flags from Shamsuddin Circle to Surathkal against brutal killing of Kabeer by the Anti Naxal Force near Sringeri on April 19. Addressing the protestors thinker G Rajashekhar said that it

Udupi, Apr 28: District administration has made all arrangements for re-polling on April 29 at Uppinakudru (West) polling station (for parliamentary election) coming under Byndoor Assembly segment in Udupi district. Uppinankudru is among the 12 polling stations, where a re-poll had been ordered in the State. The Byndoor Assembly segment comes under Shimoga parliamentary constituency. Addressing