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Mangaluru, Feb 4: Mangaluru North traffic police arrested a car driver on February 2, who was allegedly responsible for the death of two persons in an accident reported near a petrol bunk in Padupanambur on February 1. According to police, the arrested accused is YouTuber Arpith Indravadhan (35), from Indira Nagar It is learnt that the incident took place when three men, including the driver of a

Mangaluru Feb 4: Beary singer and artiste Riyaz Ashraf Kalakar passed away on Saturday February 4, over two weeks after he suffered a cardiac arrest. The 50-year-old is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters and a large number of relatives and well-wishers. Riyaz had gained popularity among Beary language and culture lovers through his activities including singing. Well versed in Kannada

Mangaluru, Feb 4: Four Indian expatriate workers including three from coastal Karnataka’s Mangaluru region were killed in a ghastly road mishap in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last night. The deceased have been identified as Akil, Nasir, Rizwan and Shihab. Among them Rizwan, hailed from Haleyangady while Akhil was from Bolar in Mganluru. The details of two others were not immediately available

Kasaragod: The Customs officers in Kasaragod arrested a person, allegedly with around 1.3kg of gold worth around Rs 75 lakh he tried to smuggle in from Dubai on Friday. The arrested person has been identified as Mohammed Fahiz P M (33), a resident of Citizen Nagar in Kasaragod's Chengala grama panchayat. "He works as an accountant in a construction company in Dubai and is coming home for vacation

Bengaluru, Feb 4: The BJP on Saturday appointed Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan its in-charge for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, a party statement said. Tamil Nadu BJP unit president K Annamalai, who had earlier served as a police officer in Karnataka, will be the co-in charge for the high-stakes polls where both the ruling party and the opposition Congress have launched intensive public

Bhopal, Feb 4: The Madhya Pradesh Police have arrested an office-bearer of the now-banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) from Bhopal on the charge of conspiring against the government and indulging in unlawful activities, an official said. The arrest was made on Friday in connection with a case registered by the state police's Special Task Force (STF) last year, he said. "PFI member Wasid

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state Congress President D K Shivakumar on Friday, February 3, embarked on separate bus tours as part of party's 'Praja Dhwani Yatra' ahead of the Assembly elections, which is about three months away. The team headed by Siddaramaiah will tour Assembly constituencies in north Karnataka region while Shivakumar will cover the southern districts. The

Mangaluru, Feb 3: The coastal city witnessed another cold blooded murder when an employee of a jewellery shop in Mangaluru was stabbed to death on Friday, February 3 afternoon. The victim has been identified as Raghavendra, who was working in a jewellery shop near Milagres School at Hampankatta in the heart of the city. It is said that a person entered the jewellery shop when Raghavendra was alone

Bengaluru, Feb 3: The ruling BJP in Karnataka is preparing to handover the alleged sex CD scandal case of former minister and BJP MLA Ramesh Jarakiholi to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Minister of Home for Karnataka, Araga Jnanendra, meanwhile, said on Thursday that a decision will be taken regarding handing over the CD case of Jarakiholi to the CBI, after a discussion with Chief

Bengaluru, Feb 3: The government of Karnataka has granted a 50 per cent concession on the payment of pending traffic challan cases, known as e-challan cases. This one-time measure will be in force till the next state-wide Lok Adalat, scheduled for February 11, 2023. The government has issued an order in this regard, pursuant to the decision taken at the January 27, 2023 meeting, presided by