Karnataka

Bangalore, Aug 24: A jeweller and his wife allegedly killed their seven-year-old daughter before ending their own lives by consuming potassium cyanide early on Friday. Sandeep (38), Archana (36) and Aditi (7) were found dead inside their car, parked on the roadside at Chikkasane near Devanahalli. Sandeep owned a jewellery shop at Gandhi Bazar in Basavanagudi. The family lived at Hanumanthnagar

Bangalore, Aug 24: Storming the JDS bastion, the ruling Congress in Karnataka today won the Mandya and Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha seats with impressive margins. Multi-lingual actress Ramya, making her electoral debut, trounced JDS' C S Puttaraju in Mandya by a margin of 67,611 votes, officials said. In Bangalore Rural, D K Suresh (Cong) registered an impressive victory bagging the seat with a

Bangalore, Aug 23: The Congress government in Karnataka on friday reversed the previous BJP ministry's decision that had made the cow slaughter law very stringent. The state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah decided to restore the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act, 1964, that governs the slaughter of cattle in the state, Law Minister T B Jayachandra

Mangalore, Aug 23: As many as six workers were injured in an episode of steam leak in a blind in the power plant being built by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) of Phase III of the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited on Saturday. All the injured have been admitted in AJ Hospital in the city. The incident occurred at around 5.30 p.m. More details awaited

Moodbidri, Aug 23: Even as the nation is outraged over the brutal gang-rape of a photojournalist in Mumbai, a 15-year-old mentally challenged girl was allegedly raped by a middle-aged man in Kalladi-Jarigekatte in Kuppepadav village here. Accused Sundar (55), a daily wage worker is the neighbour of the girl. The incident came to light on Friday afternoon. Sources said that Sundar allegedly lured

Mangalore, Aug 23: Condemning the attacks on legitimate cattle traders belonging to the Muslim community, Popular Front of India (PFI) has urged the Dakshina Kannada district administration to undertake action against miscreants of saffron outfits. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Dakshina Kannada PFI vice-president said that saffron activists from the Sangh Parivar were targeting

Mangalore, Aug 23: UAE-based Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) will organise 'Educational Scholarship Meet-2013' on Sunday, August 25 at Yenepoya University Auditorium, Deralakatte, to give away scholarships to students of coastal Karnataka who are economically backward. Announcing this at a press conference here on Friday, BCF president Dr B K Yusuf said that an approximate sum of Rs 22 lakhs would be

Mangalore, Aug 23: The statue of former Chief Minister of Kerala R Sankar which will be unveiled by AICC Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at Palayalam in Thiruvananthapuram on September 2, will be taken to Gokarnatheshwara temple in Kudroli on Sunday.Addressing media persons Interim President of the District Congress Ibrahim Kodijal said that late Shankar, who propagated teachings of Sree Narayana Guru

Moodbidri, Aug 23: Police arrested two persons on the charges of cattle trafficking at Urpelpade, Kallabettu here. Santhosh Kumar Jain and Shoukath of Edu, Karkala are the arrested. On Thursday morning, the duo were caught at Gantalkatte while ASI Krishna M C and constables intercepted the goods tempo in which they were transporting eight cattle. It is learnt they have stolen the cows from Venur.

Bantwal, Aug 23: A gang of thieves broke into two jewellery stores in Siddhakatte on Bantwal-Moodbidri state highway in the wee hours of Thursday, and made away with jewellery worth lakhs of rupees. It was also revealed that a similar attempt by the gang to break into a wine shop located nearby went unsuccessful. The thieves broke into Swarnaprabha Jewellers in Vishwa Jyothi complex and