Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 15: Around eight month long emotional and physical relationship between an unmarried Hindu couple came to an end with the arrest of the man, who refused to marry his girlfriend on caste grounds. The accused is Sujith, a resident of Noojibalthila in Puttur taluk, who was working as an earth excavator machine operator in Bantwal taluk, where he had befriended a woman, a migrant

Mangaluru, Feb 15: The week long Road Safety Awareness initiative jointly organized by Mangaluru Regional Transport Office, Mangaluru City Police and Anti-Pollution Drive ended with a formal conclusion recently at Ramakrishna College Hall. Over one week, several road shows on road safety and traffic rules were performed at various locations around town to keep the general public informed about its

Mangaluru, Feb 15: Abdul Raheem Teekay, a well-known writer, thinker, activist and advocate of communal amity in coastal Karnataka passed away after a brief illness today at his residence in the city. The 65-year-old philanthropist is survived by his wife, two children, four brothers and a large number of relatives, friends and fans. A tweet-heart and social media enthusiast who always tried to

Bengaluru, Feb 15: A young software engineer hailing from north Indian and working for IT services company Mphasis in Bengaluru jumped to death from his 13th-floor office cafeteria at Bagmane MTB Techpark, Mahadevapura Ring Road yesterday. 31-year-old Amlan Barman, a resident of Mahadevapura and from Assam, was said to be depressed over health issues. The incident took place during the lunch hour

Manglauru, Feb 15: The Mangaluru city police have arrested the main accused in a murder that took place in 2012. The accused is Mahammed Ashraf, 40, a resident of Ullalabail in Ullal. He was accused in the murder of Deepak, manager of Kanchana Textiles, at Rao & Rao Circle. Police said, after committing the crime, Ashraf was hiding abroad. Recently, police received the information that Ashraf was

Sindhanur (Raichur), Feb 15: Coming down heavily on Karnataka’s Congress–JD(S) alliance government, BJP national president Amit Shah has said that Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has been loyal not to the people of the State, but to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. He was addressing a public rally here yesterday. Mr. Shah, however, was silent on the controversial audio recording that has caught the

Udupi, Feb 15: The Kasturba Hospital at Manipal here has confirmed that a man and a woman from Kumta in Uttara Kannada (UK) district tested positive for Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD or monkey fever) yesterday and they were receiving treatment at the hospital. The treatment for a man from Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district, who had tested positive on February 13, was continuing at the hospital

Udupi, Feb 15: The police have arrested two more persons in connection with the the Kota double murder case, taking the number of arrested to 15. In a release here on Thursday, Laxman B. Nimbargi, Superintendent of Police, said that the two persons arrested were Chandrashekhar Reddy, 48, resident of Mannur, and Ratish M. Karkera, 34, resident of Udupi. Two youths Bharat and Yatish belonging to

Mangaluru, Feb 14: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party today staged a protest in front of the deputy commissioner’s office condemning the attack on the house of an MLA who made uncultured remarks against a former prime minister. The protesters raised slogans against JD(S) workers who allegedly pelted stones at the residence of Preetham Gowda, BJP MLA from Hassan. JD(S)

Bengaluru, Feb 14: Karnataka Congress leader HC Yogish on Thursday claimed that BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa is ready to give Rs 10 crore to each MLA in the state but fears to face the Special Investigation Team (SIT). Speaking to ANI on an alleged conversation between Yeddyurappa and a JD(S) MLA's son, the Congress leader said: "Why they are scared of SIT? Believe in SIT and face consequences. Also