Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 24: Mangalore North Police have arrested three Bajarang Dal men for smearing cow dung on Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) district president Suresh Bhat Bakrabail here on Tuesday. The arrested have been identified as Pradeep Kumar (28), a resident of Pumpwell, Tilak Raj (23), a resident of Kankanady, and Chetan Kumar Shetty (23). The trio were remanded in judicial custody for

Kasargod, Apr 24: Goods valued at Rs.2 lakh were destroyed in a fire accident at a furnishings shop in the town on Wednesday. The accident occurred around 3 p.m. at Metro, owned by Abdul Salam, at Nayak's Road Junction where several commercial establishments are situated. Fire and Rescue Services personnel said the fire broke out in a generator, possibly due to an electric short-circuit. A team of

Mangalore, Apr 23: After widespread protests for last four days in different parts of the state against the coldblooded encounter killing of Kabeer, police has booked the accused personnel of Anti Naxal Force. According to the sources, the ANF personnel, who gunned down Kabeer at a chek-post in Sringeri last Saturday, has been booked under Sections 302 (Punishment for Murder), 341 (punishment for

Mangalore, Apr 23: Launching a blistering attack against Pranavananda Swami who announced Rs 1 lakh reward for the ANF personnel who gunned down a Muslim youth from Mangalore, Social Democratic Party of India and Popular Front of India demanded immediate arrest of the pontiff. In a statement, a senior SDPI leader said that the seer should be arrested to avert communal unrest across coastal

Bangalore, Apr 23: Karnataka JDS President and party candidate for Tumkur Lok Sabha seat, A Krishnappa died of a heart attack at a private hospital here today, party sources said. He was 68. "He passed away this evening. He had gone to play at a nearby college club at K R Puram where he suffered a heart attack," party sources said. He was shifted to a hospital but did not survive, they said. Asked

Mangalore, Apr 23: In a disgusting development, a Hindutva pontiff has announced Rs 1 lakh cash reward to the ANF personnel who cold-bloodedly murdered a Muslim youth from Mangalore at Sringeri recently. Addressing the media persons on Wednesday in Mangalore, Pranavananda Swami said his outfit Bharat Kranti Sena will hand over the amount if the police reveal the identity of the ANF personnel, who

New Delhi, Apr 23: Please put your mobile phones on the flight mode'. Now on, you may hear an airhostess announcing this before your flight takes off instead of asking you to switch it off! This has now become possible with the DGCA today amending the rule which bans use of portable electronic devices (PEDs) and allowing their usage in all phases of flight but on a non -transmitting or flight mode

Dubai, Apr 23: Dubai has not only become a leading business hub in the region but rather a major attraction for new Muslims who favour the cosmopolitan and tolerant city for residence and work. Official statistics show that the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities in Dubai has seen the conversion of 760 people of 75 nationalities into Islam so far this year. A senior official

Riyadh, Apr 23: The 17 new cases, announced late on Monday on the Health Ministry website, bring the total number of Saudi infections to 261, of whom 81 have died. Saudi Arabia has discovered another 17 cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), as the total number of confirmed infections of the Sars-like disease has jumped by a third in the kingdom in the past week. The Custodian of the

Kasargod, Apr 23: A five-member interstate gang of thieves, involved in a series of robberies in parts of north Kerala, have been arrested by a special team of police at Manjeshwar. The gang is alleged to have committed theft in Mangalore and Kozhikode, too. Shiju (41) of Kuttiyadi, Haneef (40) of Bevinja here, Ismail (44) from Madiyan near Kanhangad, Junaid (18) from Hosangadi, and a 17-year-old