Mangaluru: Bantwal town police have registered three separate cases against multiple social media accounts and WhatsApp groups for allegedly circulating edited photos and spreading fake, provocative content aimed at disrupting communal harmony in connection with the murder.A case has been registered under sections 196 and 353(2) of BNS against an Instagram account and five WhatsApp…
Garry Sobers (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history and a former West Indies captain, passed away on Friday at the age of 89. His death was confirmed by his son, Daniel.Sobers was just 10 days short of his 90th birthday. Widely regarded as one of the…
Mangaluru: A month after the Kerala govt rolled out the Priyadarshini scheme offering free bus travel for all women including those from Karnataka, private bus operators from Dakshina Kannada on the Talapady and Kinya routes have reported a sharp fall in passengers, especially women commuters.Operators said women are increasingly opting for Kerala buses, which has…
The century-old well, believed to have been constructed during the 1920s under the British administration, was rejuvenated over the past one-and-a-half months Bengaluru: What was once a neglected, silt-filled well hidden inside NC Colony in Cox Town is now full of clean water again, thanks to the efforts of nearly 50-60 residents who came together…
Gold and silver seized from arrested suspects Mangaluru: Mangaluru City police arrested three notorious house burglars from Nepal and recovered stolen gold and silver ornaments valued at approximately Rs 10 lakh on Friday.The arrested are Thilak Kumar Khadka alias Tilak Khadka,36, a resident of Khetkot, Masta Rural municipality, Chainpur; Ashok Raj alias Ashok Singh alias…
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada police on Friday arrested the man accused of hacking a 21-year-old woman to death near the KSRTC New Bus Stand at BC Road in Bantwal. Dakshina Kannada SP Arun K said the accused, identified as Chethan,22, a resident of Odinala in Belthangady, had allegedly consumed rat poison before he was traced and…
Police arrested five rowdy sheeters for extorting a gym trainer by posing as CCB police officers BENGALURU: Sleuths from Central Crime Branch arrested five rowdy sheeters on charges of extorting Rs 40,000 from a gym trainer, by posing as CCB cops and threatening the trainer to fix in a drug case.The trainer had lodged a…
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the election of BJP’s MK Pranesh into the legislative council from the Chikkamagaluru local authorities’ constituency and declared Congress candidate AV Gayathri Shanthegowda the winner, upholding a vote-recount order of the Karnataka High Court.In the Dec 10, 2021 election, Pranesh was declared elected by a margin of…
A 22-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with the machete murder of a nurse, who he was distantly related to MANGALURU: A day after a 21-year-old nurse was hacked to death at a crowded bus stand in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district, the accused was admitted to hospital after allegedly consuming rat poison during interrogation,…
NEW DELHI: Former India Under-19 World Cup winner Manjot Kalra was arrested by Sri Lanka’s sports anti-corruption investigators on Friday over allegations of attempting to bribe a player during the Lanka Premier League (LPL), according to news agency PTI.Kalra, who struck a match-winning century in the final of India’s victorious 2018 ICC Under-19 World Cup…
