Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 5: IPS officer Dr Sharanappa S D officially took over as the new Superintendent of Police for Dakshina Kannada Rural on Wednesday. He took charge from outgoing SP Shantanu Sinha, who served in the district for a period of five months. An IPS officer of 2009 batch, Mr Sharanappa hails from Aland taluk in Gulbarga district. He has previously served as the Superintendent of Police in

Bangalore, Mar 5: In what is suspected to be the gang war, a 38-year-old man was hacked to death at K R Puram in Bangalore on Wednesday morning. The deceased is Srinivas, husband of Manjula who is a BBMP Corporator from Ward number 55. Four or five unidentified miscreants barged into a salon near the government school in KR Puram where Srinivas went for shaving and slit his throat. Profusely

Bangalore, Mar 5: Dejected with her boyfriend, who allegedly released photos of them to media after she spurned his marriage proposal, a 22-year-old upcoming actress attempted suicide on Tuesday. Vindhya consumed more than 70 sleeping pills at her house in Agrahara Dasarahalli near Vijaynagar on Magadi Road and is now undergoing treatment at the ICU in Bowring Hospital. Police said she was in love

Dubai, Mar 5: A 16-year-old boy from Kerala allegedly committed suicide in Sharjah as he was upset about his poor performance in a CBSE examination, a media report said. The boy, identified only as A S, was reportedly depressed after performing badly in the examination a few days ago. The body of the boy, a grade 11 student of an Indian school here, was found hanging from the terrace of his

New Delhi, Mar 5: Elections for the 16th Lok Sabha will be held from April 7 to May 12 spread over nine days in the highest number of polling days so far involving an electorate of 81.4 crore, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday. Counting of votes in all the 543 Lok Sabha constituencies will be held on a single day on May 16, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath announced at a press

Meerut, Mar 5: Nearly 70 Kashmiri students of a Meerut university were suspended on Tuesday, reportedly for cheering Pakistan during a cricket match. A fight reportedly erupted between students of the privately run Swami Vivekanand Subharti University after Pakistan defeated India in the Asia Cup match on Sunday. The university said some Kashmiri students celebrated Pakistan's victory and raised

Kasargod, Mar 5: Three persons were arrested in Kasargod on the charges of selling suspected drug laced chocolates at a primary school premised on Tuesday. Police arrested Mohammed Ashis, Y Mahesh and Abubaker after nine students of a primary school at Nellikkunnu were hospitalized eating chocolates. The Class III students of Anwar-ul Aided Upper Primary School at Nellikkunnu were rushed to the

Kasargod, Mar 5: Manjeshwaram MLA P B Abdul Razak set an example for other politicians by donating two acres of land for the landless. A formal announcement to this effect was made by Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash while presiding over the largely attended Pattaya mela held as part of the State 's ambitious zero-landless project here on Monday. Mr Razak, who represents the Manjeswaram Assembly

New Delhi, Mar 5: Former Delhi chief minister and senior Congress leader Sheila Diskhit has been appointed as the new governor of Kerala on Tuesday. This follows the resignation of the current Kerala governor Nikhil Kumar. Dikshit served as Delhi's chief minister from 1998 to 2013 before she lost to Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal in the December 2013 assembly polls. She lost her assembly

Mumbai, Mar 4: Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) filed a Rs 100-crore defamation suit in the Bombay High Court against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had alleged the power company had overcharged consumers here in collusion with Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). Justice S J Kathawala directed three representatives of the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to remain present before the