Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 7: A youth, said to be mentally deranged, took a bus parked at Ullal near here and drove it to Udupi, nearly 65km away, on Sunday, bewildering the bus owner and his relatives. However, the owner’s friends and the police intercepted the bus near Udupi. The youth was taken into custody by the Udupi police and took him to Ullal for further investigation, police sources said. The youth

Udupi, Oct 7: Two persons lost their lives and two others suffered critical injuries when a speeding car veered off the road and rammed into a tree at Hebri taluk of Udupi district today. The deceased have been identified as Budan Khan (78) and his grandson Sheikh Sahil (24), residents of Nadpalu village in Karkala taluk. The mishap occurred at around 8:30 a.m. near Chandubi Nisargadhama in Hebri

Mangaluru, Oct 7: Dr Usman PK, a prominent orthopaedic surgeon from this coastal city, passed away today in Australia. The 81-year-old was suffering from multiple age-related ailments. It is said that Dr Usman flew to Australia last month to stay with daughters. However, his health deteriorated in Australia and he breathed his last today. He had served in Mangaluru as an orthopaedic surgeon for

Dubai, Oct 6: The Indian Ladies Association (ILA), a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based community welfare body, has launched a year-long mission to protect the environment through a series of initiatives, including collection of discarded paper, e-waste, cleaning of beaches and tree planting in Abu Dhabi. In an interview, Sunita Wagle, President of the ILA, said on Sunday: "We just collected 500 kg

Mysuru, Oct 6: Pro Kannada activist and Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha (KCVP) party president Vatal Nagara said that Karnataka should boycott Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for supporting protests against the night traffic ban in Bandipur. He also staged a protest outside the railway station in Mysore on Saturday in favour of the traffic ban. "Rahul Gandhi must be boycotted in Karnataka as he's

Hassan, Oct 6: A youth leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was arrested and later released on bail after he allegedly Holenarasipura tahsildar and disturbed a social gathering along with his accomplices. The issue took a political turn with former minister HD Revanna defending Holenarasipura tahsildar Shreenivasa KR, saying he is a teetotaler. Deputy commissioner R Girish slapped a notice on

Benglauru, Oct 6: The Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru city police has arrested a 21-year-old ex-employee of an e-commerce portal and his friend for allegedly siphoning off Rs 64,000 from his former colleague by installing a mobile tracker app in his smartphone without his knowledge. The arrested have been identified as Sonu Sharma (21), a resident of Bharathnagar, and his friend Sameer Ahmed (21

Chikkamagaluru, Oct 6: Congress leader Siddaramaiah urged CM BS Yediyurappa to resign if he’s finding it difficult to run the state. He made the comments after visiting the families of Chandregowda and Channappa Gowda, who committed suicide following crop losses in the floods, and handing over compensation of Rs 50,000 each. “Yediyurappa is saying he’s walking on a tightrope. The government will

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Saturday claimed that both the governments at the state and Centre have done a 'good' job in handling relief work during the floods, amid the agony of people of flood-hit regions of Karnataka. The Member of Parliament from Dakshina Kannada constituency Katteel asked opposition parties to cooperate with the state government in

Mangaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was running a 'fascist' government at the Centre. "Modi's administration is similar to that of Adolf Hitler. Nobody dares to speak against him," he said, talking to reporters at the international airport here. Siddaramaiah was here on his way to Kalasa in