Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 24: A team of police from Mangaluru has reached Mumbai following the arrest of fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari's wife Padma and their 14-year-old son at Mumbai International Airport earlier this week. Sources from Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate said that a team of police led by Assistant commissioner of police K Tilakchandra were sent to Mumbai to confirm the identity of the

Karwar, Dec 24: More than a year after Karwar MLA Satish Sail was arrested, his brother, Arun Krishna Sail has moved the High Court of Karnataka alleging that the MLA has not been released from the Bangalore Central Prison though he was ordered to be released on bail by a Special Court. A vacation Division Bench comprising Justice L Narayana Swamy and Justice B. Manohar, before whom the habeas

New Delhi, Dec 24: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and educationist Madan Mohan Malviya were today chosen for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna. The announcement came ahead of Vajpayee's 90th birthday tomorrow. "The President has been pleased to award Bharat Ratna to Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya (posthumously) and to Atal Bihari Vajpayee," a press communique from

Kasaragod, Dec 24: Hundreds of people from across Kerala and Dakshina Kannada took part in the funeral procession of Social Democratic Party of India activist Zainul Abid, who was hacked to death by alleged Sangh Parivar activist in Kasaragod on Monday night. Normal life was thrown out of gear in Kasaragod taluk on Tuesday due to the dawn-to-dusk Hartal called by the SDPI demanding the arrest of

Kundapur, Dec 24: In a rare kind of theft case, a bank customer was robbed of cash worth Rs 3 lakh in a bank within seconds when his attention was diverted away from the cash counter by a stranger. On Tuesday, Basroor Mahalingeshwara petrol bank businessman Ravi was robbed of Rs 3 lakh from the cash counter at a branch of Canara Bank here, while a stranger distracted him by falsely stating that

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 24: A 35-year-old Sangh Parivar activist has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for desecrating two temples last week near Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh with the intention of creating communal riots. The riot monger has been identified as Deshraj Singh. His aim, he told police, was to ensure that œkoi masjid na rahe, sirf mandir rahe (no mosques should remain, only

Mangaluru, Dec 24: Policeman-turned-businessman Narayana Maniyani, who had recently started a local news channel, has committed suicide under mysterious circumstances at a lodge in Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city. 63-year-old Retired assistant police sub-inspector's body was found hanging inside a room at Hotel Vrindavan at Thokkottu on Tuesday night within hours after he hired the room

Udupi, Dec 24: Two women confined to their home for 10 years and their physically week mother were rescued by health workers on a survey assignment, from their house at Shribeedu in Bannanje in Udupi district on Monday. The rescued women are Vishala and Shashirekha, aged between 25 to 35, and their mother Sulochana, aged about 50. Except for Sulochana, the other two never ventured out of their

Mangaluru, Dec 23: A grand procession that highlighted the communal harmony and culture of Tulu Nadu marked the beginning of Dakshina Kannada Karavali Utsav 2014 in the city on Tuesday. Nitte University Chancellor N Vinay Hegde, who inaugurated the 10-day festivities by unleashing coconut flower at Karavali Utsava Maidan in the city, exhorted the people to shun the feeling of hatred which is in

Mangaluru, Dec 23: A four-year-old child is alleged to have been sexually assaulted by a youth on Tuesday where the child resided in the apartment at Deralakatte, on the outskirts of the city. The accused has been identified as Ashraf (23), resident of Kedambadi House, Pavoor post in Manjeshwar. He is said to be working for cable operator Pradeep. The incident is said to have occurred when the