Karnataka

Mysore, Feb 25: Upset over alleged character assassination by her colleagues, Sandhya Rani (30), a school teacher, committed suicide by consuming pesticide in front of her students here on Saturday morning. Wife of late Lokesh and a resident of BMSri Nagar, she taught at?the Government Higher Primary School at Arasanakere in Jayapura hobli. Sandhya was rushed to a hospital by Headmaster

Mangalore, Feb 25: A child aging about six years died after a coconut tree fell over him. The incident took place at Anegundi of Kairangala village, on Sunday. Vishnu Prasad, son of Anegundi Ananda Mulya is the deceased. Mr Mulya had in his garden an old coconut tree on which he had left pepper creepers to grow. On Sunday morning, Mulya had come to the tree to pluck pepper seeds using a ladder

New Delhi/Bangalore, Feb 25: The BJP central leadership is learnt to have given a free hand to Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to take a decision on dissolving the Assembly before the ensuing elections. The advice of the party's central leadership to Shettar comes at a time, when 13 ruling party MLAs have quit their Assembly membership and the party, and resignations of three more are pending

Bangalore, Feb 25: In the past five years, the BJP has doled out several goodies to mutts — totalling over Rs 500 crore. The party may be expecting sweet returns in the forthcoming elections but the mutt heads are singing a different tune: that of being apolitical. The largesse has come under severe criticism from the opposition, but the beneficiaries defend the largesse and dispute the claim that

Bangalore, Feb 24: Campus Front of India State committee held a dharna and hunger strike against the private university bills at Banappa park, Hulsoor gate police station and submitted a memorandum, along with the signatures to Governor, on Sunday. Addressing the gathering state president Muhammad Thufail said that the bill, which is being introduced on the pretext of bringing in quality education

Hyderabad, Feb 24: The apprehensions of possible revival of terror witch hunt in Hyderabad after the twin blasts on February 21 have come true. East zone task force team under the garb of special investigation team has started detaining and calling for questioning Muslim youths at their stations in the name of blast investigation. Five Muslim youths who were acquitted in Mecca Masjid bomb blasts

Mangalore, February 24: The dalit leaders who attended the monthly SC/ST grievances meet at Police Commissioner's office, on Sunday, alleged the police department of manifesting double standards when the situation calls for taking action against one of the cops who had allegedly assaulted a dalit man. Raising the issue of the assault on Sadashiva, a Dalit, by Constable Shaju of Pandeshwar Police

Mangalore, Feb 24: Six couples entered into wedlock on Sunday in a mass community marriage ceremony organised by Hayathul Islam Association, Mangalore, at Jamiyatul Falah Hall at Kankanady in Mangalore. The marriage ceremony was inaugurated by Abdul Khader Darimi Kukkila, Khateeb of Kudroli Jumma Masjid, Mangalore. On the occasion, Al-haj Shaikhuna Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar, Khazi of Dakshina Kannada

Mangalore, Feb 24: The opening ceremony of new 'Hijabs' burkha boutique was held in the city on Sunday. Gulzar Banu, the Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation formally inaugurated the grand show room located near Amrita Film Theatre in Pandeshwar. The showroom has a wide array of displays of traditional and modern 'hijabs' with attractive designs. U T Khader, the Mangalore MLA, A Mohiuddin, Chairman

Mangalore, Feb 24: In wake of the announcement of the Local Urban Body Elections, the Dakshina Kannada unit of Aam Aadmi Party has declared to come out openly in support of non-corrupt and credible Independent candidates who are contesting for the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) polls. The party, which launched its district unit recently, had earlier clarified that it would not be contesting the