Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 10: Two men, reportedly from an underworld gang, opened fire at a builder 's office at Bejai new road in Mangalore on Monday. The men fired at Bharati Builder and Developers located at Bejai new road near Anegundi in the city. The office is belonged to real-estate businessman Lokanath Shetty. Around 11 a.m. two motorcycle-borne shooters opened fire at the office. Though nobody was

Mangalore, Mar 10: Bantwal town police arrested four persons on Sunday in connection with Congress and BJP workers clash at Kalladka. Guruvappa, Poovappa Tailor, Keshava and Mithun are the arrested and the police are on the lookout for more. They have been remanded in judicial custody for 15 days. Superintendent of police Sharanappa SD, said that four teams all headed by inspectors has been formed

Mangalore, Mar 10: The officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport seized 39 gold pieces, totally weighing 816.450 grams valued at Rs.25.22 lakh from a passenger on Monday. The gold was concealed in two unbranded AC adapters and two 'DIC' brand car power supply transformers. The accused is Muhammed Rafeeque Kizhakkante Purakkal, a resident of Pallikandy, Kallai Post, Kozhikode, Kerala

Belthangady, Mar 10: In a tragic incident, two high-school students drwoned in a river on Sunday at Kalmanja in Belthangady. The victims identified as Adithya and Sooraj, both class IX students of Anugraha English Medium School in Belthangady ventured into Nidigal river for fishing. It's learnt that the students failed to gauge the depth of the water and could not come out. They drowned while

Udupi, Mar 9: Skeletal remains, believed to be that of a five-year-old boy, who went missing from February 23 were in a forest area near Pambooru in Udupi on Sunday. Naveen, son of Nagaraj and Asha, labourer couple from Tamilnadu who are residing in Dharmashree colony in Padubelle in Udupi was last seen playing in the courtyard. His skull and bones along with the footwear and clothes were spotted

Aligarh, Mar 9: Muslims should participate “wholeheartedly” in the electoral process and support the best candidates, noted Islamic scholar and chief rector of the Darul Uloom Theological School, Lucknow, Maulana Rabey Hasan Nadwi, said on Sunday. “All that I can say is that Muslims should participate wholeheartedly in the electoral process. They should support the best candidates and hope for the

Mangalore, Mar 9: In view of creating awareness among youth regarding issues of women 's safety and to mark the International Women 's Day, the MBA Department of National Institute of Techology – Karnataka and Centre for Integrated Learning in association with youth portal www.youthania.com hosted Gunashree Nirbhaya – The Run ', in the city on Sunday. The run was a total of six kilometres starting

Bangalore, Mar 9: Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani joined the Congress today, a day after he was declared the party 's candidate for Bangalore South Lok Sabha seat. Nilekani, the face of “Aadhar” programme, was formally inducted into the Congress with KPCC President G Parameshwara handing over the party flag to him before he filled in the membership form at a

Bangalore, Mar 9: RSS today said it is worried about reported Varanasi seat row between BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and senior leader Murali Manohar Joshi, but was confident that the party would solve it. "We are worried and also not worried... We feel they (BJP) are experienced enough as we had seen on earlier occasions. They are capable. They will solve the problem," RSS

Mangalore, Mar 9: Former union minister B Janardhana Poojary has been democratically chosen by Congress party as its official candidate for Dakshina Kannada parliament constituency. Among the 598 eligible voters, 547 Congress men cast their ballots at the Congress primary elections held today at Rosario School grounds in the city on Sunday. According to sources Poojary secured 478 votes, whereas