Karnataka

Mangalore, Nov 19: Several cars parked on the roadside were damaged when a person out to test drive a car hit one of the cars here, on Monday. It is said that a person picked a second hand car from used car yard in Bejai andtook it for a test driver. However, he soon ran into a car parked nearby. In this mishap several cars parked in a string were damaged, creating road block in Bejai area for

Bangalore, Nov 19: A teenage girl was allegedly gang-raped by four men at Kannamangala in Doddaballapur taluk of Bangalore Rural district, late on Sunday night. The 15-year-old victim is a class X student and the only daughter of her parents, who are agriculture labourers in the village. The incident came to light after a villager found the girl lying unconscious at a farm on the outskirts of the

Bangalore, Nov 19: An additional 1,000-odd liquor shops may come up in the State if the State Excise Department has its way. However, the Siddaramaiah government may not rush through a decision on the issue. Excise Minister Satish Jharkiholi told reporters in Bangalore on Monday that there is a demand for opening five-six new liquor shops in each of the 176 taluks. “The government is ready to

Mangalore: Mogaveera Yelu Pattana Samyukta Sabha raising suspicion over the death of Sohan, a 13-year-old boy who drowned while swimming in Mangalore City Corporation swimming pool on October 25, has said that Sohan has been swimming since 2008 and hence it is unlikely that he would have drowned. Sohan, a class 8th student of Amrita Vidyalaya in Boloor, had gone to swim along with his four friends

Mangalore, Nov 18: Following the hour-long address by Gujarat chief minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at a rally which was held in Bangalore on Sunday, veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary on Monday lashed out at the claims made by Modi in the rally. Addressing mediapersons here on Monday, Mr Poojary rebuked the claim made by Modi that the NDA government was

Bantwal, Nov 18: Two Bantwal youths were killed and two others were grievously injured when their car was hit by the speeding lorry in Anekal near Kushalnagar. The deceased have been identified as 20-year-old Muhammad Sabir, a resident of Maripalla in Bantwal taluk and 20-year-old Kalandar of B C Road. Sabir was working at Golden Plywood run by his brother. One of the injured has been identified

Bangalore, Nov 18: Expressing shock over the rampant rumours of so called'Love-Jihad' spread by communal forces and right wing outfits like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, progressive Muslim organisations have warned that the hate-mongers will be pulled up at the court if they continue to spread the hoax. Addressing a news conference at Press Club of Bangalore, Mission Possible

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 18: Normal life was affected across Kerala by the dawn-to-dusk hartal called by LDF on Monday to protest the Centre's move to implement key recommendations of the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats conservation. Local resistance groups in upland areas, where thousands are settled for generations farming small pieces of lands, have extended support to the protest. The

Mangalore, Nov 18: Mangalore international airport, which has been functioning about 20 hours a day, will now function 24x7 from December 1 onwards. All the necessary arrangements including security checking and others have been put to place. According to sources only a formal start for the 24X7 functioning is to be done. Flight catering Following a long standing demand, especially from the

Udupi, Nov 18: A 30-year-old man has been arrested by Udupi police in connection with murder of wife of a fisherman at Marvanthe on September 20 at Gangolli in Udupi. The arrested is Satish Kharvi (30), also a fisherman. The body of Mangala Kharvi (36) was found on the beach near a hotel in Marvanthe village. The post-mortem revealed that she was strangled to death. The police suspect it to be a