Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 16: A project on application of a solution prepared from wild gauva to kill termites developed by Stuthi M.S. and Sandhya Prabhu, Class 10 students from Sudhana High School in Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, has earned them a place to participate in the International Genius Olympiad 2019. The Olympiad will be held at the State University of New York, Oswego, in the U.S

Mangaluru, Jun 16: A local Congress leader in coastal district of Dakshina Kannada has allegedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances. Jain is survived by his wife and a son. 65-year-old Jayaraj Jain Elika was found hanging from a tree near his house at Elika of Narimogaru village in Puttur taluk of the district this morning. He was an active worker and leader of Congress in the region

Bengaluru, Jun 16: A notorious rowdy, who organized a mega bash at a dance bar in the city to celebrate his 34th birthday, escaped into the dark when a police team got wind of the event and stormed the venue on Friday night. Police rescued266 women who were forced to entertain the rowdy and his friends. Giri alias Kunigal Giri is involved in over 80 cases including kidnapping, robbery, extortion

Bengaluru, Jun 16: Causing much embarrassment to the Congress-JD(S) ruling coalition, senior JD(S) legislator A T Ramaswamy has resigned as chairperson of the Karnataka legislature committee on government assurances, upset over the 'inaction' in a land grabbing case. Stating that his 'conscience' was not allowing him to continue, the Arkalgud MLA, in his resignation letter to the legislative

Bengaluru, Jun 16: Under criticism for having ignored multiple Reserve Bank of India (RBI) alerts about the I Monetary Advisory (IMA) scam, the state government has got into damage control mode now. A meeting with RBI officials has been convened next week at the behest of home minister MB Patil. “We want to fix responsibility on each and every authority. Before doing this, we need to get a proper

Bengaluru, Jun 15: The BJP's Karnataka unit, which is on a round-the-clock sit-in since Friday protesting against the sale of land to JSW Steel at Ballari and other issues, has decided to "lay siege" to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's official residence on Sunday. State BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa along with a host of senior party leaders including former deputy chief minister R Ashoka, among

Mangaluru, Jun 15: The Mangaluru city police have finally managed to arrest notorious underworld rowdy Asgar Ali, who had fled to Dubai in 2007 on a fake passport. A native of Ullal on the outskirts of Mangaluru, Asgar is an accused in at least 9 criminal cases including 2 sensational murder cases. He was picked up today from Uppala of Kasaragod district of Kerala by police team led by Kankanady

Bengaluru, Jun 15: The Karnataka BJP Friday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged financial fraud perpetrated by an investment firm here, leaving thousands of investors in the lurch. The owner of city-based IMA Jewels owner, Mohammed Mansoor Khan, had disappeared few days ago after allegedly threatening to commit suicide while police formed teams to trace him. State BJP chief B S Yedyurappa put

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 15: A woman civil police officer died after she was allegedly set ablaze on fire by a traffic police personnel in Kerala on Saturday, police said. The accused attacked the victim near her home at Mavelikkara in Alappuzha district. She died on the spot. According to police, the accused allegedly poured petrol over the policewoman and set her ablaze this afternoon when she

Karawar, Jun 15: Expressing dismay over the State BJP leaders stand on the grant of land to the Jindal Steels, Karnataka Revenue minister R V Deshpande said that it was the decision of the the then BJP government to grant land on lease to the JSW when it was in power. Speaking to newsmen the minister, has wondered why the BJP is staging dharna on the issue, when the JD(S)-Congress coalition