Karnataka

Mangalore, Jul 17: The Second Additional District and Sessions Court granted conditional bail to 11 accused in 'Morning Mist' homestay attack held in July 28, 2012. They are Varun, Uday, Sandeep, Jagadish, Mahesh, Kiran, Venugopal, Tharanath, Ramesh, Nithin and Arun. Except Uday all were arrested soon after the incident. Uday was arrested after four months after the incident. The development comes

Bangalore, Jul 17: A total of 80 incidents related to communal violence took place in the State in the last thee years, Home Minister K J George told C T Ravi of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Legislative Assembly. The police have registered 1,110 cases; 13 persons have been punished; 65 cases are pending before courts; investigations are going on in 14 cases; and persons in 10 cases have been

Mangalore, Jul 17: TV journalist, who allegedly strangulated his wife for questioning about his fidelity, has been sent to judicial custody till July 30 by the JMFC II judge on Tuesday. Gangadhar Padubidri, stringer of a national TV channel, was arrested by Urwa police for strangulating wife Mamatha Shetty (32), assistant professor of a law college, on Monday. According to police, Gangadhar had

Udupi, Jul 17: A 44-year-old woman died after falling off from a private bus at Brahmagiri here on Tuesday. The deceased is Vimala, a daily wage worker at District Government Hospital. Sources said that she was standing in the rear part of the bus. The rash and negligent driving by the bus driver said to be the reason for the tragedy. The woman suffered severe head injuries and was pronounced

Bantwal, Jul 17: Teachers mould the children, they say. But, here in Karla Higher Primary school, of Perne GP, the students have to play the role of the teachers too, thereby shaping themselves. Shortage of teachers has hit this school in such a way that many a times the students themselves take up the role of the teachers too. There are 99 students studying from first to seventh standard and

New Delhi, Jul 16: The Bengaluru international airport may be named after the city's founder Kempegowda, if a Civil Aviation Ministry proposal is approved by the government tomorrow. The issue is likely to be taken up by the Cabinet at its meeting tomorrow, official sources said here. The private—led consortium run airport is likely to be renamed Bengaluru Nadaprabhu Kempegowda International

Mangalore, Jul 16: The DRI sleuths have spoiled the effort of a person to smuggle more than half kg gold biscuit, at Mangalore international airport. The accused is Mohammed Aslam, a resident of Nayanmar in Kasargod district. The officials have seized five gold biscuits weighing 580 gram concealed inside a LED TV. The value of the gold biscuit is Rs 14 lakh. Acting on a tip off, the sleuths got

Bangalore, Jul 16: From his main objective of unseating the BJP government in Karnataka, former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa seems to be coming the full-circle as he trained his guns on ruling Congress today. The state assembly witnessed a growing bonhomie between Yeddyurappa, who walked out of BJP and formed his own outfit Karnataka Janata Paksha last year, and his erstwhile party. "We have

Mangalore, Jul 16: Students of various polytechnic colleges in Mangalore participated in a demonstration organised by the district unit of All College Students Association (ACSA) in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Tuesday, protesting against the Vishwesharaiah Technological University (VTU) for the cancellation of a favourable carry-over system in polytechnic courses. As per the

Mangalore, Jul 16: Veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary made a scathing attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, over his 'puppy' analogy in reply to a query on the 2002 Gujarat riots in a recent interview. Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, he said that the statement made by Modi was a deliberate reference to the community of Muslims. “We should ponder whether