Karnataka

Udupi, August 29: Three people lost their lives in three separate rain related tragedies reported from three different places on Tuesday. In the first incident, a 61-year-old man, who went to collect coconuts from his garden in the rain, accidentally slipped into a pond and drowned at Matapady village near Brahmavar on Tuesday. According to the police, Anand Rama had gone to pick coconuts which

Karkala, August 29: In a tragic incident, a 25-year-old worker fell to death from the second floor of a building under construction at Banglegudde in Karkala on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified Raghavendra Acharya, who who was doing centring work during the incident. According to the police, a severely injured Acharya was rushed to a local nursing home and subsequently to Adarsh Hospital

Mangalore, August 29: A local court has rejected the bail petitions of 17 persons arrested in the July 28 Padil Morning Mist Home Stay attack case. The first additional district and session's court will pronounce on August 31 the order on the bail petitions of three other accused. Main accused Subash Padil and co-accused Ganesh haven't moved the court for bail. The 17 whose bail petitions were

Mangalore, August 28: H Pattabhirama Somayaji, English Lecturer at University College, Mangalore, said that people should consider what the Indian Constitution said rather than thinking along the lines of communal divide. Speaking at an Eid Milan programme organised by Popular Front of India (PFI) on Tuesday at St Aloysius College Auditorium, he said that the Sangh Parivar had a unique way of

Kasargod, August 28: A woman was killed when an LPG tanker lorry burst into flames after an accident and set her house nearby on fire near the Chala temple, six km from Kannur, police said on Tuesday. Thirty-four people were injured in the accident. The incident occurred when the lorry carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) overturned after hitting a divider around 11.30 pm on Monday. While the

Bantwal, August 28: In a distressing incident, a school girl allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a bridge into the Nethravathi River at Goodinabali near Pane Mangalore on Monday. The drowned student has not yet been identified. However she is suspected to be Sonali Patel (16), a resident of Haradi near Puttur, who went missing after school on Monday. But, so far there has been no

Mangalore, August 28: Dr B R Ambedkar Prathishthana would adopt the backward village of Koyyur in Belthangady taluk for a period of five years and develop it into a model village, according to Prathishthana state president Shivappa Renkadaguthu. Announcing this at a media conference here on Tuesday, Mr Renkadaguthu said that as part of the mission the Prathishthana would provide free electricity

Udupi, August 28: An elderly women and a middle-aged man were washed away in flash floods triggered by heavy rains Udupi district. 40-year-old Krishna Poojary alias Yesu, a resident of Uppoor village in Udupi taluk, drowned after he accidentally slipped and fell into the Swarna river. According to the police and Udupi Taluk Office, Yesu had gone out to defecate at around 9 p.m. on Sunday. His dead

Madikeri, August 28: Three famous sports stars from undivided Dakshina Kannada district- Mamata Poojary, the skipper of the Indian women's Kabaddi team that won World Cup in Patna, Roshan Ferrao, an internationally acclaimed body builder and Neha Kumbra, a promising power lifter- were among the 18 sportspersons set to receive the prestigious Ekalavya awards for 2011 to be distributed on Wednesday

Bangalore, Aug 28: In a major reshuffle, the state government has promoted and transferred 31 Karnataka State Police Service officers. Lokayukta Superintendent of Police Abdul Ahad Puthige has been promoted and posted as CID Superintendent of Police. Abdul Ahad, who started his police career as a Sub Inspector, was elevated to the post of DySP in 2005. He served in Chikmagalur, Soraba and