Karnataka

Mulky, August 6: The Mulky town police have arrested five persons for allegedly engaging in illegal transportation of cattle on Sunday. The arrested have been identified as Ramesh, Rafiq, Joy, ALex, and Antony – all residents of nearby state of Kerala. Acting on tip off, the police inspected a vehicle at police check post near Bappanadu temple, here at around 4:00 a.m. and found 17 buffalos in it

Mangalore, August 6: A Dalit leader has alleged the Dakshina Kannada district police of suppressing the Dalits who file atrocity cases in the police stations seeking justice, by registering counter case against them, a charge denied by Superintend of Police Abhishek Goyal. Raising an issue during the monthly grievance meet of Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe at SP's office here on Sunday, Dalita

Mangalore, August 6: Mangalore City police have arrested two more persons in connection with the assault on Rahim Uchil, president of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy. The arrested have been identified as Abdul Basheer, 27, son of Late Mohammed from Surathkal and Hameed alias Saddam, 21, son of Aboobakar from Kodikal. Police said that the duo was absconding since many days they were arrested on

Mangalore, August 5: Four fishermen, who set out from fishing harbor, here, in the early hours of Sunday, survived high rising waves after the traditional boat they sailed in, capsized off the South Wharf. Unpredictably, the sea turned rough in the wake of strong wind near the mouth of estuary when fishermen was returning after a successful half-day fishing venture, sources said. Fortunately

Mangalore, August 5: Krishna Byregowda, State Youth Congress chief, and other Congress leaders on Sunday paid their tributes to Bondala Jagannath Shetty, the Congressman from the district who died in an accident. Speaking at a condolence meet held by the district Congress at Town Hall in Mangalore, Mr. Byregowda said that he is finding it hard to believe that Mr. Shetty is no more. He fought

Mangalore, August 5: A driver died on spot and two others sustained severe injuries in a head-on collision between a private bus and a tempo at Pavanje near Haleangady on the outskirts of the city early Sunday morning. The accident took place at around 4:00 am when the express bus plying from Mangalore to Udupi changed its track while negotiating a curve and rammed into an oncoming goods tempo

Mangalore, August 5: The girl victims of the homestay attacks should come out and file complaints under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), said Asha Nayak, advocate. She was briefing about the actions that need to be taken to bring the perpetrators of homestay attack and avoid of a repeat of such attacks, at a session organized by Arise Mangalore in the city on Sunday. Section 354 of IPC

Mangalore, August 5: Over 150 government doctors affiliated to the Karnataka Government Medical Officers' Association (KGMOA) in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have tendered resignation to put pressure on the State government to fulfil their demands. As many as 88 doctors in Udupi and 65 doctors in Dakshina Kannada on Saturday tendered their resignation to respective District

Karwar, August 5: In what could have been a major tragedy, a hostel building collapsed at Joida in Uttara Kannada district on Saturday afternoon, when there were around 125 students. The incident occurred within an hour after the students returned from school. The pre-metric hostel is managed by the Department of Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare. The inmates said that after returning from

Udupi, August 5: Sleuths of District Crime Investigation Bureau (DCIB) arrested two persons and seized ganja from them here on Friday. The accused have been identified as Fazal (38) and Asif (23). The district police said on Saturday that acting on a tip off, the DCIB team arrested the duo, which was trying to sell “ganja” at Adiudupi Market. The team seized 720 gm of ganja, two motorcycles and Rs