Briefs

Thrissur(Ker), Nov 14: Three persons were arrested early today in connection with the killing of an RSS worker at Nenmeni near the temple town of Guruvayur, police said. The 23-year-old Anandan, who was riding a motorcycle, had been knocked down by a car carrying his attackers and then hacked to death on November 12. Those arrested included a brother of Fazil, who was killed four years ago and

Mangaluru, Nov 9: The Central Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested two women for alleged theft of articles from houses in Mangaluru in the last few days. The police gave the names of the arrested persons as Parvathi (29) of Kavoor and Jayalakshmi (27) of Kunjathbail. The police have recovered 91.23 grams of gold ornaments pledged in some financial institutions. The police said the two accused

Holenarasipur (Hassan Dist), Nov 7: The Janata Dal (Secular) state president H D Kumaraswamy said the party aims to win 113 seats s in the forthcoming Assembly elections. Talking to reporters at Haradanahalli, his native village in the taluk, Kumaraswamy said he will begin the campaign on Tuesday from the Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency, in the Mysuru taluk. The former chief minister said he

Kalaburagi, Nov 5: Siddalinga Swamy, honorary president of Sri Ram Sene and head of Karuneshwar Mutt, Andola in Jewargi taluk, Kalaburagi district, who was arrested on Monday on the charge of assaulting a person, was on Saturday granted bail by a District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi. The III Additional and Sessions Judge, B.S. Naik, granted conditional bail to the swamiji. Though the swamiji

Belagavi, Nov 2: A man taking part in the Rajyotsava procession and a head constable suffered injuries in separate incidents of stone pelting and knife attack near the deputy commissioner's office and Sangolli Rayanna Circle here on Wednesday evening. When the procession was passing by the DC office, a group objected to sound systems being used. This led to a war of words and miscreants pelted

Kasaragod, Nov 1: Assistance of Rs. 1 crore to be given to aided schools The government will strive to turn all State-run schools into centres of excellence on a par with global standards, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. The State will improve the overall standards of schools so as to help them compete with their counterparts with global standards, Mr. Vijayan said while addressing a

Nov 1: A JD(S) leader was found dead at Mukikere in Channarayapatna taluk on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Ravi alias Kannambadi Ravi, 46, of Lakshmipura. His body was found hanging from a tree, while his two-wheeler was lying on the ground nearby. He had been to a festival in Kabballi on Monday. It is suspected that he was murdered on the way back to his village.

Hubballi, Oct 25: Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Jagadish Shettar said on Tuesday that they had no problem if Tipu Jayanti celebrations were organised by private people. “We have never opposed if the event is by private parties. But it is not right to organise the celebration on behalf of the government,” he said. He was speaking to reporters in the city. “I was gifted a headgear and a

Udupi, Oct 24: The District and Sessions Court postponed the hearing of hotelier Bhaskar Shetty murder case to November 28 for fixing the date for trial (FDT). The accused number one Rajeshwari, accused number two and three son Navneeth and astrologer Niranjan Bhat, were produced before the court in connection with framing the charges for Shetty’s murder. The accused number four and five who are

Mangaluru, Oct 22: An Indian Coast Guard officer saved the lives of two people, who were lying unconscious on the roadside due to electric shock, on Airport Road in Mangaluru. A release from the Coast Guard, Karnataka, said Assistant Commandant Abhishek Wadhwa, belonging to 75 ACV Squadron, was heading towards Kunjathbail on Wednesday when he found the victims. He performed CPR and revived one of