Karnataka

Bangalore, Jul 14: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Veerappa Moily escaped unhurt after the car in which he was travelling was involved in a minor accident at Kuluvanahalli in Nelamangala taluk under the jurisdiction of Bangalore Rural police station. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon when Moily was returning to Bangalore after laying the foundation stone at a school for physically

Bantwal, Jul 14: An idol theft racket has been successfully cracked by Dakshina Kannada district police with the nabbing of six persons by Bantwal police. Thimmaiah, Somanath, Jayaraj, Gangaraj from Hasan, Babu from Uppinangady and Nethra from Shimoga are the arrested individuals. They were produced before the court on Saturday. As per the directions of Superintendent of Police Abhishek G0yal

Kasargod, Jul 14: Five persons have been arrested in connection with Sabith murder case which has triggered violence in Kasargod on July 7. The arrested include two prime accused K Akshay (21), a resident of Anangoor JP Colony and K N Vaishak (19), a resident of Kalliangad. The other three accused are R Bijesh (20) of JP Colony, K Sachin Kumar (19) and a 17-year-old juvenile. Police earlier had

Bhubaneswar, Jul 14: The Karnataka police recovered miniature idols made of precious metals stolen from the Jain shrine in Moodabidri, about 37 km from Mangalore, from the Odisha capital on Saturday. Also seized were 1.5 kg of gold ingots, gem stones and Rs 2 lakh in cash from a house at Chandrashekharpur here, the sources said. The recovery was valued at Rs three crore, they said. “We have seized

Mangalore, Jul 14: Several ideas and inputs were garnered on the development of tourism in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, in an interaction meeting with the media organised by Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the city on Saturday. Issues were raised that the port city of Mangalore and surrounding region did not even have a brochure or booklet to featuring street maps or listing

Kannur, Jul 14: Kannur International Airport, located at Mattanur in Kannur District, would open in December 2015, the minister in charge of the project said Saturday. This would be the fourth international airport of Kerala, which is known as one of the smallest states of South India. Seven companies have been shortlisted in the pre-qualification bid for building the airport, which is coming up

Bantwal, Jul 13: A young motorcyclist was crushed to death under the wheels of a lorry on National Highway 75 near Thumbay in Bantwal taluk on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Sunil (24), a resident of Handelu-Puthige near Moodbidri. The incident took place when he was going B C Road from Mangalore. Sources said that he lost control when he was riding his Pulsar bike at a high speed

Hubli, Jul 13: With the attention of the entire state focussed on Siddaramaiah's budget, The UN-sponsored 'Malala Day' meant for empowerment of girl education went uncelebrated, even by women and children organisations. The only event branded after Malala Yousufzai, the teen from Pakistan who emerged as the icon for girl child education after being shot by the Taliban, to be celebrated in the

Mangalore, Jul 13: The primary aim of the health department is to focus more on the preventive side of diseases rather than their cure, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader. Interacting with mediapersons in 'Meet the press' programme organised at Press club, Urwa here on Saturday, he said that Rs 9 crore had been sanctioned by the government to provide chemotherapy for cancer

Meerut, Jul 13: A young girl from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, who has been tackling the problem of child labour has been conferred with the first United Nations Malala Award for educating child labourers. On learning this news, there was excitement and ecstasy in and around the residence of Razia Sultan. Sultan, 15, will be felicitated as United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education's Youth