Karnataka

Bantwal, Sep 25: The residents of Bantwal were taken by surprise when they saw cars ripping on the road with the beacon lights and sirens on. They knew, it was someone important who had come to the region. While they made an attempt to know who it was and why he was here, they found that it was R K Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Home Ministry who had come to the region to conduct a study on the

Mangalore, Sep 25: A delegation led by Jamiyatul Falah President Saduddin M Swaliq met Governor Dr Hansraj Bharadhwaj recently and invited him to take part in the 25th anniversary celebration of the organisation scheduled to be held in December. Accepting the invitation, the Governor has promised to take part as Chief Guest in the valedictory event. The delegation which also had Minister for

Mangalore, Sep 25: The Konaje police have successfully nabbed four persons who were on their way to Kerala from Bangalore in a bid to escape the police, on Monday night. The four had torn off the banners of 'NaMo' brigade, damaged one tempo, one bus and also attacked a drivers of tempo and bus along with the conductor of the bus. The arrested are Nawaz, son of Abdul Rahiman from Gausiya Compound

Surathkal, Sep 25: The Surathkal police who were warned by the Hindu organisation, finally got working in the direction of nabbing cattle thieves. These cattle-lifters had pushed the lives of agrarian families into dire straits by stealing cattle which are the main source of income for these families. However, over the last four months, the police failed to nab even one person in connection to

Mangalore, Sep 25: Principal of a tutorial in Surathkal has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old girl, who is a student of the tutorial. The Surathkal Police said the student accused Vikas (37) of making physical advances on Monday when she had gone to the tutorial. Following the complaint, Vikas was questioned Monday evening, and arrested for the offence under Section 354 (assault

Bangalore, Sep 25: Jnanpith winner U R Ananthamurthy on Tuesday said that India lacks “leaders of national stature”. The writer, whose critical remarks against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had raised a storm, however, added: “I will accept Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister if he is'not a fascist', unlike Narendra Modi.” He said that one “need not be a genius to become a Prime

New Delhi, Sep 25: Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, incarcerated for his alleged role in the Bangalore serial blasts of 2008, has approached the Supreme Court seeking bail on the ground of ill-health and undue delay in the conclusion of the trial. Founder of People's Democratic Party in Kerala, Ma'adani challenged the Karnataka High Court's order of August 27 denying him bail in the case. In his special

Mangalore, Sep 25: In a major reshuffle in police department, Karnataka government on Tuesday transferred several IPS officers including Abhishek Goyal, the Superintendent of Police of Dakshina Kannada. Dakshina Kannada got a new Superintendent of Police in Shantanu Sinha, a 2009 batch IPS officer. Mr Goyal has been posted as the SP of Lokayuktha in Bangalore. Shantanu Sinha who was posted in

Bangalore, Sep 25: B S Anand Singh, the BJP MLA from Vijayanagar (Hospet) constituency in Bellary district, who was likely to be arrested by the CBI in the Belekeri port iron ore export scam case, has left for Singapore. The CBI had summoned Singh, who was Tourism Minister in the Jagadish Shettar government, for questioning to its office in Bangalore on Saturday. The CBI sources said that Singh

Kundapur, Sep 24: A 8-year-old adopted girl who was beaten black and blue allegedly by her foster parents, was rescued at Chadrolli Makkimane in Hengavalli gram panchayat limits of Kundapur taluk on Tuesday. The girl Smitha (name changed) hailing from Bangalore is the daughter of Siddappaji and Bhairavi. Soon after Smitha was born her parents had a quarrel which culminated in the murder of her