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Kochi, Dec 2: For 44-year-old Nissar hailing from Kollam, the sea was a passion, but after enduring untold miseries during the nine-day escape voyage of 3,000 miles on a fishing boat along with eight others, he has vowed that he will not go into the sea again. Speaking to news agencies, Nissar who was cleared by the immigration officials in Kochi, said that he has is putting an end to his way of

Bengaluru, Dec 2: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reached out to Bengaluru Police, promising co-operation in probing the multi-faceted Karnataka Premier League (KPL) betting scam, an official said on Saturday. "The ICC has contacted Bengaluru Police regarding the KPL betting scam. We are in co-operation with each other," Crime Branch Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kuldeep Jain

Bengaluru, Dec 2: Former union minister and BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde has claimed his party colleague Devendra Fadnavis was made chief minister in Maharashtra last month despite lacking majority only to 'protect' Rs 40,000 crore central funds under the CM's control from being 'misused'. Days after Fadnavis resigned barely 80 hours after taking oath for the second time as chief minister, Hegde

Bengaluru, Dec 2: A head of the by-polls to 15 assembly constituencies, Karnataka deputy chief minister Laxman Savadi on Sunday pleaded the voters to vote in favour of BJP candidate Shrimant Patil, who is contesting from Kagwad. Patil, who was Congress MLA and then joined BJP after his disqualification, is in the fray against Congress leader Gajanana Mangasuli. "If you want me to continue as

Bengaluru, Dec 2: Income Tax Department on Monday summoned Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar to appear before it today. The department has summoned the Congress leader to appear before IT officials here at 10:30 am today. After an FIR was registered against him for allegedly obstructing I-T officials from discharging their duties, Shivakumar had on November 29 called it a "political vendetta

Washington , Dec 2: A US national has surrendered to the police in San Bernardino and been arrested on charges of killing Indian national Abhishek Sudhesh Bhat early this week, the police said on Sunday. The suspect Eric Turner, 42, turned himself in on Saturday, the San Bernardino Police Department said. He has been arrested on charges of killing Sudhesh, 25, outside a motel where he was working

Mangaluru, Dec 1: A woman was killed in a ghastly road mishap at Kottara in the city today. The victim has been identified as Shylaja Rao, teacher of Kendriya Vidyalay, Panambur. A case has been registered at Mangaluru North Traffic Police Station. More details are awaited.

New Tehri, Dec 1: A woman from Karnataka was allegedly raped by a truck driver in Uttarakhand's Tehri district, a police official said on Saturday. The 28-year-old woman ran away from her home in Karnataka after a fight with her family, Sub Inspector Kandisaur Surendra Singh Rawat said. According to a complaint lodged by the woman with Kandisaur Police, she was raped by the truck driver who had

Bengaluru, Dec 1: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is misusing the Constitution and they will be taught a lesson in the upcoming Karnataka bypolls. "BJP is misusing the Constitution. So let us see what happens next (about Congress alliance with JDS). People are watching everything how the power is being misused at the state and central levels

Bengaluru, Dec 1: In a horrific incident, an 8-day-old baby girl was allegedly killed by her own grandmother in Bengaluru. The infant’s mother had just come back from the bathroom when she realised her daughter was nowhere to be found. The cops were called in and they found the baby bleeding from her head on the ground. She was rushed to the hospital but declared brought dead. It is suspected that