Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada police have arrested a habitual offender from Tamil Nadu in connection with a series of burglaries reported in Belthangady and Uppinangady. During interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed to involvement in 11 theft cases, including five in Dakshina Kannada, police said.The arrested accused is identified as Jayakumar V,55, a native of Coimbatore, Tamil…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has sought response from the Union govt on a petition challenging a section of Income Tax Act that denies gift tax benefits to same-sex couples, and claiming the law is discriminatory and violates right to equality.Justice B Shyam Prasad gave the direction while hearing a pending writ petition filed last year…
Sanju Samson (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson‘s childhood coach, Biju George, has strongly criticised the selectors after the star wicketkeeper-batter was left out of India’s squad for the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. The decision came as a surprise because Samson had played a key role in India’s T20 World Cup triumph earlier this…
Ahead of its official India debut, Nissan’s all-new Tekton has already achieved the highest five-star safety rating under the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (BNCAP). The certification appeared on the BNCAP portal before the SUV’s launch, putting its crash safety credentials in the spotlight even before Nissan revealed the model. The same listing also offered…
Mangaluru: The additional district and sessions court, FTSC-II, on Wednesday, has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 55,000 on him.Afreed alias Appi,20, a resident of Kelaginakere, Addoor, Gurupura, was found guilty in a case of sexually assaulting a minor girl whom he had befriended through Instagram,…
Bengaluru: Advocate Priyanka, 39, mother of five-and-a-half-year-old Vennela, was granted bail by a local court Thursday.Vennela was killed on March 24 after she spilled ice cream in the car while returning home from Hoskote along with Priyanka and her partner, Mohan. Mohan allegedly hit her in the stomach and smothered her to death.According to sources,…
Shreyas Iyer continued an unusual streak of success ahead of India’s fourth T20I against England on Thursday, winning his sixth consecutive toss as captain to equal Virat Kohli for the second-longest run by an Indian skipper in T20Is.Iyer’s remarkable run now leaves him just one toss win away from matching MS Dhoni‘s record of seven…
Nissan India today finally launched the new Nissan Tekton SUV in the Indian market. The new Tekton shares its platform with the new Renault Duster and will be manufactured at Renault’s facility in Tamil Nadu. Interested customers can book the new Tekton online or by visiting their nearest dealerships by paying Rs 21,000, and deliveries…
Mangaluru: Police have registered two separate cases following a complaint by a woman who alleged that she was followed by a former college mate and his friends while on her way to work. The accused youths, however, denied the allegations, and filed a counter-complaint, accusing members of an organisation of attempting to falsely implicate them….
Bengaluru: Over 20 years after a motor accident claim was decided, the Karnataka high court has dismissed an appeal seeking enhanced compensation, refusing to condone a delay of 7,354 days in filing the plea.Prakash Malage, a resident of Saundatti in Belgavi district, died in a road accident in 2004. On Feb 10, 2006, the Motor…
