Karnataka

Mangalore, June 20: People in the city were astounded to find a bunch of human skulls and other skeletal remains in a plastic bag abandoned close to KSRTC bus stand on Wednesday morning. A passer-by, who noticed the unusual things amidst the garbage adjacent to the bus stand compound, informed the people around him before giving message to police. The police, who rushed to the spot immediately

Karwar, June 20: The thunderstorm and lightning that pounded all of Karwar taluk of Uttara Kannada district Tuesday morning have left a temple of a local deity completely destroyed. The idol of the 'Baagila Palaka', the main deity of the temple, which according to its devotees, guards the borders of the village, also damaged as a result. The temple located at Melina Mekheri village on the outskirt

Udupi, June 20: Udupi police have arrested a youth while he was allegedly trying to sell a revolver on Tuesday. The revolver also has been seized from his possession. The arrested has been identified as Raghavendra Kanchan (27), a resident of Shivalli in Bailakere. Acting on a tip off that a person is in possession of a revolver, near Vijaya Wines at Balayipade in Udupi, the police rushed to the

Udupi, June 19: Two women lost their lives when an explosive storage shed was blown up at a village in Udupi district on Tuesday evening. The deceased have been identified as Ambika Malesh (24), a resident of Bagalkot and Malavva (35) from Kushtagi in Koppal district. Udupi Superintendent of Police M B Boralingaiah said that the blast occurred at Sooda village in Karkala taluk at around 5:30 pm

Mangalore, June 19: The fears of residents of Melakoppala, Athrebailu and Kulur areas have come true with the rains coupled with the flooding caused by River Phalguni causing considerable damage to property on Tuesday. Villagers of these areas had been protesting against the mud dumping carried out by MSEZL along the River Phalguni stating that it would cause flooding on the other side where their

Mangalore, June 19: A 'Help Desk' was inaugurated at the Government Lady Goschen Hospital in Mangalore on Tuesday under the auspices of the Indian Red Cross Society, DK district. Ajai Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, Corporation Bank, inaugurated. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Shantaram Shetty, Chairman, Indian Red Cross Society, DK district, said that the Desk will be beneficial to all

Mangalore, June 19: Police have failed to make any breakthrough in the brutal murder case of a woman and her three children at Bettampadi village in Puttur taluk. Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal told media persons at his office on Tuesday that the district police were still clueless on the whereabouts of Venkatramana Bhat, who allegedly murdered his wife and three children at his home on

Mangalore, June 19: The Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has alleged that city's St. Aloysius College has meted out injustice to students. Addressing media persons at the Press Club in Mangalore, Ramesh K, State Secretary, ABVP, alleged that the College authorities had given 'unsatisfactory' remark in the conduct certificate of a student Bindu Madhava Tilak, also an ABVP activist, just

Mangalore, June 19: Dakshina Kannada district police have nabbed eight interstate thieves who had been involved in several, theft, robbery and doctoity cases. Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal told media persons at his office on Tuesday that the sleuths of District Crime and Intelligence Bureau have arrested a man in connection with serial theft cases under the limits of Puttur police

Mangalore, June 19: Among the applications submitted this year for Hajj pilgrimage across the state, applications within Sl.No.880 have been disposed of and the concerned applicants are required to deposit their amounts in banks, Naqwa Yahya, DK and Udupi Hajj operations in-charge has informed. 480 applications from Dakshina Kannada district and 73 from Udupi district were disposed of in the first