Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 8: The sleuths of Central Crime Branch (CCB) from Bengaluru have reportedly arrested four inter-state robbers at Deralakatte in Mangaluru. Police opened fire before arresting the notorious robbers. Sources added that the CCB sleuths, who were on the look-out for the four notorious robbers involved in inter-state robberies, learnt they were holed up in Derlakatte. Acting on a tip-off

Mangaluru, Oct 8: The police have arrested a youth in Dakshina Kannada on charge of sexually assaulting his girlfriend and then reneging on a promise of marrying her. The accused has been identified as Mohammad Azharuddin, 28, a resident of of Muluru, who was ‘in love’ with the complainant for the past several years. BM Laxmi Prasad, Superintendent of Police of Dakshina Kannada, said that the

Bengaluru, Oct 7: Senior JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday slammed the chief minister B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka for its failure to meet the expectations of farmers, who lost their land and livelihood in the floods. Kumaraswamy specifically mentioned the distressed farmers of Chikkamagaluru district, which saw the devastating floods damaging crops in huge swaths of land

Bhatkal, Oct 7: The Pakistani wife of a youth from Karnataka’s Bhatkal, who is now in jail on terror charges, has been deported by the Indian authorities. Arsala Abeer, 32, wife of Syed Ismail Afaq Lanka had crossed the one-month deadline that the Union home ministry had set for her to return to her home country. In fact Arsala’s grandparents were Indians and they had migrated to Pakistan during

Bengaluru, Oct 7: Employees of an electrical shop in Bengaluru's Kempegowda Road were in for a shock when they found a snake in a parcel couriered from Delhi. The incident happened at Helation Lamps in Bengaluru. Considering that the festive season is already underway and that Diwali is approaching, the workers in the shop did not doubt the box. Employees initially thought it was a toy that was

Mangaluru, Oct 7: A youth, said to be mentally deranged, took a bus parked at Ullal near here and drove it to Udupi, nearly 65km away, on Sunday, bewildering the bus owner and his relatives. However, the owner’s friends and the police intercepted the bus near Udupi. The youth was taken into custody by the Udupi police and took him to Ullal for further investigation, police sources said. The youth

Udupi, Oct 7: Two persons lost their lives and two others suffered critical injuries when a speeding car veered off the road and rammed into a tree at Hebri taluk of Udupi district today. The deceased have been identified as Budan Khan (78) and his grandson Sheikh Sahil (24), residents of Nadpalu village in Karkala taluk. The mishap occurred at around 8:30 a.m. near Chandubi Nisargadhama in Hebri

Mangaluru, Oct 7: Dr Usman PK, a prominent orthopaedic surgeon from this coastal city, passed away today in Australia. The 81-year-old was suffering from multiple age-related ailments. It is said that Dr Usman flew to Australia last month to stay with daughters. However, his health deteriorated in Australia and he breathed his last today. He had served in Mangaluru as an orthopaedic surgeon for

Dubai, Oct 6: The Indian Ladies Association (ILA), a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based community welfare body, has launched a year-long mission to protect the environment through a series of initiatives, including collection of discarded paper, e-waste, cleaning of beaches and tree planting in Abu Dhabi. In an interview, Sunita Wagle, President of the ILA, said on Sunday: "We just collected 500 kg

Mysuru, Oct 6: Pro Kannada activist and Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha (KCVP) party president Vatal Nagara said that Karnataka should boycott Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for supporting protests against the night traffic ban in Bandipur. He also staged a protest outside the railway station in Mysore on Saturday in favour of the traffic ban. "Rahul Gandhi must be boycotted in Karnataka as he's