Karnataka

Ahmadabad, Dec 24: Is the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under Narndra Modi-led NDA government trying to close the fake encounter cases of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and others, who were cold-bloodedly murdered by Gujarat police during the tenure of Mr Modi as Gujarat chief minister? The last five police officers who were in custody for their involvement in fake encounter cases of Sohrabuddin

Mangaluru, Dec 24: The arrest of the œwife  and œson  of fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari at Mumbai International Airport has finally turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. A 42-year-old woman from Borivli along with her teenage son was detained by the immigration authorities at the Mumbai Airport on Monday evening following a Lookout Circular (LoC) issued by the Mangaluru police in 2012

Mumbai, Dec 24: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who usually uses social media to post mundane messages or promote films, recently shared some serious thoughts with his fans. In a series of posts, he wrote on Twitter: "Jihad means struggle. Struggle to be good. Jihad is the most misused word today ¦logon ne fasad ko jihad bana diya ¦woman is absolutely equal to man and has equal rights ¦those who

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