Karnataka

Puttur, Sept 3: The police have arrested a man for posting a derogatory and abusive message on a social media platform against girls from a minority community. The arrested has been identified as Praveen Gowda, a resident of Uppinangady in Dakshina Kannada district. He is a milk vendor by profession. A case has been registered at jurisdictional police station.

Bengaluru, Sept 3: A businessman has lost Rs 11 lakh to fraudsters who promised a medical seat for his daughter in a Bengaluru college. Mahadevapura police have registered a case in this regard. According to the police sources, Ishika Aggarwal, daughter of Ajay Aggarwal from New Delhi, had attended the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). Three months ago, a man named Mohan contacted

Udupi, Sept 3: Kota Srinivas Poojary, Minister for Ports and Fisheries and Muzrai, has directed the Udupi district administration to take strong action against those found selling drugs to college students. Speaking after inaugurating a district-level youth festival, “Yuvajanotsava”, organised by the district administration and the Department of Youth Services and Sports at the Town Hall here

Talacauvery, Sept 2: Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru will ride from Talacauvery starting on 3rd September traversing the Cauvery basin covering around 3500 km. This is to facilitate on-ground, concerted action in Cauvery basin for the revitalisation of Cauvery River thereby transforming lives of 84 million people. Sadhguru will be seen riding with a group of motorcyclists along the length of the

Bengaluru, Sept 2: A video by Bengaluru-based artist Baadal Nanjundaswamy, showing a man dressed as an astronaut walking on potholes in the city shown as the Moon's surface has gone viral on the social media. In the minute-long video, the man can be seen carefully walking on the Tunganagar Main Road, as if he is on the Moon's surface. After it is zoomed out, one can see the Bengaluru streets

Karwar, Sep 2: Two police officers, who went missing in the thick forest in the Uttara Kannada district, on Sunday last, were located after night-long search, by the district police on Monday. According to official sources, a Police team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Shankar Marihal, had gone missing, in the Forest region in the district, after losing their way back to headquarters. The

Bengaluru, Sept 2: An investigation is underway into the alleged sale of 'defence' land by the Church of South India (CSI) for the Bengaluru metro project and collecting Rs 60 crore compensation. "We are inquiring into the Defence Ministry's complaint that the CSI had illegally sold a portion of its land, leased to it over a century ago, for the metro project and collected Rs 60 crore compensation

Bengaluru, Sept 2: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a named FIR against 25 persons including Mansoor Khan in connection with the IMA ponzi scam. Case has also been registered against Six organisation including I Monetary Advisory (IMA). In the FIR dated August 30, the accused were booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 120 read with 406, 409 and 420. Last month, the

Bengaluru, Sept 2: Congress veteran D K Shivakumar appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for the third time in four days in connection with investigations into a money laundering case. He had asked the ED officials not to call him on Monday owing to Ganesha Chaturthi festival but his request was rejected. Shivakumar celebrated the festival at his brother and Congress MP DK

Newsroom, Sept 2: Amidst the communal tensions luring over the country, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) chief Maulana Syed Arshad Madani yesterday visited Keshav Kunj, the Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh’s headquarters in Delhi and held a peace talk with RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat and other leaders. JUH is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India