Karnataka

Udupi, Jan 31: Those eligible Indian citizens living in Udupi district who are of 18 years of age as on January 1, 2015, will have the opportunity to register their names, make corrections or delete their names from the voters list. In this regard, applications can be filled in by eligible candidates and submitted to the Block Information Officer or the Tahsildar of their respective taluk

Mangaluru, Jan 31: Resenting the lack of action against the formation of Bharatiya Hindu Parishad (BHP), veteran Congress leader and former union minister B Janardhana Poojary has urged the senior party leaders to take disciplinary action against the Putturu Congress leader who recently formed the organisation. Replying to a query posed by a reporter at the sidelines of a programme here, he said

Mangaluru, Jan 31: In a shocking incident, a 53-year-old man has been arrested on charge of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in Bantwal taluk. The arrested has been identified as Rajab, a resident of Karaje in Salethur near Vittla. According to jurisdictional Vittla police, the girl from neighbouring house frequently visited the Rajab’s house to watch television. On Thursday, Rajab was

Kasaragod, Jan 31: In a significant ruling, the Principal Sessions Court here sentenced a 76-year-old man to 12 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for injuring four persons, including a one-and-a-half-year-old girl child, by sprinkling acid on them during a bus journey in May last year. Judge M.J. Shakthidharan, pronouncing the verdict, slapped a fine of Rs.40,000 on Soloman Thomas of Bheemanadi

Kasaragod, Jan 31: The police have registered a case in connection with messages of threat to the life of BJP State general secretary K Surendran. On a complaint filed by BJP Kasaragod district president Sureshkumar Shetty, the Town Police on Wednesday registered a case under section 66-A of IT Act 2000. The complaint refers to messages on WhatsApp regarding a telephonic conversation between two

Bengaluru, Jan 31: Excise Minister Satish Jarkiholi, who had created ripples in the Congress by putting in his papers, finally relented and decided to withdraw his resignation on Friday night after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah assured him of a new portfolio. Jarkiholi took the decision after meeting Siddaramaiah at Public Works Minister H?C?Mahadevappa’s residence in Bengaluru. Jarkiholi will

Mangaluru, Jan 30: Under the aegis of the Dakshina Kannada unit of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) observed the death anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi as ‘Protest Day’ on Friday, as a mark of protest against growing adulation of his assassin Nathuram Godse by certain extremist groups in the country. On the occasion, a protest march was held by SDPI members from Lalbagh

Mangaluru, Jan 30: In a shocking incident, a young engineer was stabbed by a group of miscreants on board a bus near Balmatta, in the heart of the city on Friday. 23-year-old Muzammil was hospitalized with stab injuries on his stomach and shoulder after the unexpected attack from his old classmates. According to the victim, the miscreants identified as Sachin, Sujith, Varun, Deepak, Chetan

Bengaluru, Jan 30: India Test opener KL Rahul today scored a triple century for Karnataka against Uttar Pradesh on the second day of their Ranji Trophy match here. It was a new record from Mangaluru lad Rahul as he became the first Karnataka batsman to hit a triple hundred in first-class cricket. He is batting on 317 (422 balls, 45x4, 3x6) at tea as the hosts continued to pile on runs in their

Mangaluru, Jan 30: Claiming that the state intelligence department was filled with officials who were in favour of the Sangh Parivar, Minister for Forest and Environment B Ramanath Rai has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to identify such officials in the department and replace them on the grounds that they did not work in favour of maintaining law and order situation. According to highly-placed