Karnataka

New Delhi, November 22: Slamming police for “serious lapses” in the probe of the 1996 Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case, the Delhi High court on Thursday acquitted two alleged JKIF militants, sentenced with capital punishment in the case, and commuted the death penalty of the third terrorist to life imprisonment. A bench of justices S. Ravindra Bhat and G.P. Mittal converted Jammu and Kashmir Islamic

Mangalore, November 22: Despite the inconsistent weather and stifling heat, Mangaloreans have a reason to cheer this weekend, thanks to the 'Ullal Beach Festival 2012' being organised on November 24 and 25 by Maruthi Yuvaka Mandala, Ullal, on part of their silver jubilee year celebrations. Addressing media persons at a press conference here, Bharath Kumar, President of Maruthi Yuvaka Mandala (MYM)

Mangalore, November 22: The three suspects arrested in connection with the dumping of severed cow-head on a road-side parapet at Farangipet on the outskirts of the city, have admitted to their crime during interrogation, police sources said. The act of the miscreants, who had dumped the cow-head on the parapet built by local unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on November 9, had

Puttur, November 22: Confusion continues to prevail over the identity of the victims of the double murder that took place four days ago at Kabaka in Puttur taluk. Police have still not been able to identify the dead woman and the girl which has acted as a hindrance in them looking for the culprits. The dead bodies of the two were found under the Polya railway bridge early on Monday morning. The

Kundapur, November 22: Three out of four people who died due to the cylinder blast in a godown of electrical goods near Mumbai's Virar Western Railway Station on Tuesday have been identified as natives of Byndoor in Kundapur taluk. Of the three, two were brothers by name Govinda Shetty (34) and Manjunath Shetty (26), residents of Byndoor Church Road. The other native of Byndoor has been identified

Mangalore, November 22: Sri Ram Sena has demanded Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister C T Ravi to take part in Datta Mala abhiyan rituals without fail. Spokesperson of Sena Madhukar Mudradi told media persons here that if Mr Ravi believes in the true Hindu principles and if his fight for the cause of Datta Peeta is true, then he too should participate in the abhiyan organised by Sena, on

Mangalore, November 22: A young auto-rickshaw driver was hospitalised after he was attacked by a group of unidentified miscreants in the night near Surathkal on the outskirts of the city. The injured has been identified as Ismaeel. It is learnt that a group of six members waylaid Ismaeel and assaulted him, when he was returning home on Tuesday night. He was admitted to Srinivas Hospital in Mukka

Mangalore, November 22: The court has remanded Bhatkal based Abdul Khader, who was arrested at Mangalore International Airport on charges of smuggling in over one kg of gold, to judicial custody till December 15. The 25-year-old youth had allegedly stuffed 1.11 kg of gold ornaments and biscuits in his underwear while landing at the airport on Wednesday morning. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

Abu Dhabi, November 21: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a Mangalore based expatriate worker lost his life after he met with a road mishap in Abu Dhabi. A resident of Derebail, on the outskirts of Mangalore 38-year-old Prashant Pinto had died on spot in the ghastly road mishap occurred last Saturday, November 17. However, the victim's body was identified only on Wednesday following post mortem at

Mangalore, November 21: A youth has been arrested from Mangalore International Airport on the outskirts of the city with over one kg of gold. Abdul Khader, a resident of Bhatkal, and a graduate of Fisheries College, Mangalore, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly attempting to smuggle out two gold bars and gold ornaments, a customs official said. The value of all the seized gold is about Rs. 35