Karnataka

Mangalore, Dec 2: Police has arrested a man for allegedly threatening a city based businessman and demanding ransom from him. The arrested is Shamsuddin from Ullal. The accused claiming that he is a close aide of underworld don Ravi Poojary called Bharat Bhai, an entrepreneur at Bunder and threatened to kidnap his child if he failed to give him certain lakhs of rupees. Frightened by the call Mr

Bangalore, Nov 2: A man who allegedly killed his wife by smothering her to death with a pillow was arrested by police in Yeshwantpur late on Saturday night. According to investigating officers, the arrested, Gangaraju, 22, tried to pass off the death as a suicide. Employed as an electrician on a contract basis at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Gangaraju had married his cousin

Mangalore, Dec 2: Rotary club of Mangalore central with collaboration of Shastavi Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Trust organised 15th annual Orphanage Olympics, a daylong sports and Dakshina Kannada cultural event of orphanage school children at Shastavu Shri Bhoothanthesawara trust premise at Badaga Yedapadavu on December 1. The main objective of the event was to promote and support orphanage children in

New Delhi, Dec 2: Months after home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde created a political furore by saying RSS and BJP were "promoting Hindu terrorism", National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a youth wing leader from the saffron party in connection with the murder offormer RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi. This is the first arrest of a BJP leader in connection with Hindutva terror cases. Late on

Mangalore, Dec 1: Members of the Dalit community raised issues and sought intervention of the police department in allotting the'Depressed Class (DC) land' which is reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the district, at the SC/ST monthly grievance meeting in the SP's office here on Sunday. Speaking at the meeting chaired by Superintendent of Police Shantanu Sinha, Dalita

Udupi, Dec 1: Gopal Kharvy has entered Guinness Book of World record by swimming across a stretch of 3.08 kms with bound hands and legs. With hands and legs tied in chain, Kharvy swam from St Mary's island to Malpe beach in 2.43 hours on Sunday morning. Guinness Officer Pradeep Patel has confirmed the entry into the prestigious book of world records after witnessing the entire feat. The glorious

Kasargod, Dec 1: A 40-year old woman IT professional from Bangalore was allegedly raped at a backwater island resort near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. Police are on the lookout for two persons involved in the incident. The woman had come to the star category resort at Pozhiyur, about 30km from Thiruvanathapuram, with a group of colleagues as part of an official trip and she was allegedly

Mangalore: Youth were asked to refrain themselves from indulging into any kind of immoral behavior so as to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. December 1, which is marked as the World Aids Day, was observe meaningfully in Mangalore by Karnataka State Aids Prevention Society, Dakshina Kannada District Aids Control Society, Red Ribbon Clubs and National Service Scheme, Mangalore University, at

Abu Dhabi, Dec 1: Minister for Health, Government of Karnataka U T Khader took part in the 42nd UAE National Day celebration organized by Karnataka Cultural Foundation (KCF) National Committee, at Arab Udupi restaurant hall in Abu Dhabi and said that the celebration will boost the morale of the Indian Diaspora living in the UAE. He said that the organization must continue the good work, brushing

Abu Dhabi, Dec 1: U T Khader, Karnataka Health minister of Karnataka, who was on a short visit to the UAE was felicitated by Bearys Welfare Forum, Abu Dhabi. Responding to the felicitation, Mr Khader laid emphasis on the problems faced by community and society back home in India. He exhorted the community members to strive for a betterment of the society and work together to achieve success in all