Karnataka

Udupi, May 19: A pillion rider opened fire at a bakery at Ambagilu here, creating panic in the area. However, no was hurt in the Thursday night's incident. The Udupi Town police on Friday said that two persons came on a motorcycle in front of the Adarsh Bakery around 10 p.m. The pillion rider got down from the motorcycle with a gun in his hand. He fired one round at the lower portion of the glass

Bellary, May 19: Samaj Parivartana Samudaya founder-president S R Hiremath has demanded action against the senior officer including Mangalore City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh for their alleged role in illegal mining carried out by Reddy brothers in Bellary. Speaking to media persons in Bellary on Saturday Mr Hiremath said that Seemant Kumar Singh during his tenure as the Superintendent

Mangalore, May 19: A day after SSLC results were announced, a 16-year-old disappointed boy allegedly ended his life at Elathur village, in Mulki on Friday. Allegedly depressed after he failed in the exams Vishwas committed suicide. According to police, the boy was found hanging from the ceiling of his residence at around 4:00 pm. According to the case registered at Mulki Police Station, the

Mangalore, May 19: A Surathkal based couple and their accomplices, who were arrested by Mangalore city police for misleading police by fabricating a cock and bull story to evade their debtors, have been released on bail by a city court on Friday. Three persons - 21-year-old Swathi, who had contrived a story that her husband Srinivas Padakannaya (26), had drowned in the Phalguni at Kulur while

Mangalore, May 19: A driver killed on spot when the bullet tanker which he was driving turned turtle and fell into a gorge, after ramming into a bridge on NH 75 at Perne in Puttur on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Rafique Pasha of Tamil Nadu. Sources from Puttur Traffic Police said the tanker carrying LPG was travelling towards Bangalore from Mangalore. When it reached Perne

Mangalore, May 19: Nearly a year after a mother and daughter were murdered in Panjimogaru, here, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has launched the investigation. 35-year-old Razia and her 8-year-old daughter Fathima Zuha were stabbed to death in the broad daylight on June 28, 2011. A team led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police from the CID's Homicide and Burglary division visited the

Mangalore/Udupi, May 18: As many as 124 schools in Dakshina Kannada have secured cent per cent results in the SSLC examination. This includes 22 government high schools, nine aided high schools and 93 unaided schools. SSLC Nodal Officer said that no schools in DK have registered below 40 per cent results. Last year, about 53 schools had registered cent per cent results. Five government, one aided

Madikeri, May 18: Tragedy struck a marriage party when the 22-year old bridegroom and two others, including his mother, drowned in Cauvery river near here just an hour before he was to tie the knot making a vain attempt to rescue an eight-year old girl. Shivanna was about to get married to 20-year old Lakshmi at a community hall in a temple along the banks of Cauvery when he heard the cries of the

Mangalore, May 18: The anti-dowry campaign of National Women's Front (NWF) will culminate with a women's conference at Town Hall in Mangalore on May 21. A S Zainab from Kerala, National Vice President, NWF, will inaugurate the conference. Representatives of various women organisations will participate in a discussion on the topic 'Women-Dowry-Empowerment' on the occasion as well. Shahida Tasneem

Mangalore, May 18: As many as 14 students trained at Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL), Kuntikan, here, have been selected in the IIT-JEE 2012 the results of which were declared today. A total of 5, 07, 634 students gave the IIT-JEE on April 8, 2012 across the country. All these candidates competed to be eligible for counseling culminating in finding a place in 9,590 seats available in 15 IITs