Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 31: Pandeshwar police on Tuesday arrested an inter-state thief in connection with the theft case at Milagres Church in the city and recovered two mobile phones worth Rs 19,875 and Rs 20,000 from his possession. Alex alias Soorya (29), resident of Jayapriya apartment on Magadi Road at Sunkadakatte in Bengaluru, is the arrested. He was taken into custody by the police near the railway

Yadagiri, D 31: Police in yadagiri have denied reports by some media groups that an alleged SIMI operative lived in the city or that NIA officers and Andhra Police had come looking for him. œWe have no information either about the reported existence of a SIMI operative in the district or the reported visit of NIA officers or Andhra Police to the district,  Superintendent of Police M Mutturaya

Bhatkal, Dec 31: Five members of an alleged gold smuggling mafia from Bhatkal town in Uttara Kannada district have been booked by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Goa. The accused are Sheikh Mohammad Javid of Dabolim, Prakash Manotgi of Vasco, and Mohd Saleem Musba, Mohammad Asif and Imtiyaaz Husain, all from Bhatkal. The ED has registered a money laundering case and an Enforcement Case

Mangaluru, Dec 31: The Shiradi Ghat stretch of National Highway 75 that connects Bengaluru and Mangaluru will be closed from January 2, 2015 for repair. Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner AB Ibrahim made this announcement in the presence of minister for forest, environment and ecology B Ramanath Rai during a meeting held at deputy commissioner's office here on Tuesday. The DC said that

Kasaragod, Dec 31: A district committee meeting of the Aam Aadmi Party has called for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the recurring cases of communal attacks and clashes in the district over the last 10 years. The meeting held at Hosangadi near Manjeshwaram on Tuesday said the recurring clashes had adversely affected the region's tremendous growth potential and opportunity for

Bengaluru, Dec 31: The City police will use, for the first time, drone aerial cameras to monitor New Year celebrations on MG Road and Brigade Road on Wednesday. The remote-controlled cameras, which can hover at a height of 50 metres, will be used from December 31 night. The drone, carrying night-vision high-definition cameras, will cover the crowd during the revelry. The drone-camera will be

Mangaluru, Dec 31: Criticizing the incumbent BJP government's policies such as its'Make In India' campaign which attempts to enforce the inflow of FDI in the country, Member of Parliament from Kannur and CPI (M) central committee member P K Sreemathi Teacher challenged the national party and right-wing organisations RSS and VHP to provide employment to the labour classes and unemployed sector with

Jaipur, Dec 30: In yet another case of psychopathic terrorism, a 34-year-old man was nabbed by Rajasthan's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) team after he circulated emails through a fake account to 16 ministers threatening terror strikes within the state, a senior police official said on Tuesday. The accused identified as Sushil Chaudhary was held last night for circulating hoax messages impending

New Delhi, Dec 30: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the country has been "trapped" in a culture of 'NAMO' or 'No Action, Message Only', ever since the BJP came to power at the Centre. He was reacting in a jocular vein to Modi's usage of abbreviations like ABCD (Avoid, Bypass, Confuse, Delay) which the prime minister said should be replaced by

Mangaluru, Dec 30: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader said that the state government had sought deterrent punishment for the culprits of the IED blast on Church Street in Bengaluru on Sunday and such incidents would not be taken œlightly . Speaking to media persons at a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that such anti-national forces should be tackled unitedly and there was