Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 13 (IANS) Karnataka Police have arrested a BCA student on charges of transporting hybrid ganja worth Rs 35 lakh in Mangaluru city, police said on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as 21-year-old Suhana, a resident of Sagar in Shivamogga district.According to the police, the accused brought ganja from Chennai and sold it to students in the coastal city of Mangaluru.Police further stated that several criminal cases had already been registered against her in Beng…
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New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India’s Tier 2 cities are rapidly emerging as major retail and consumption hubs, outperforming several larger urban centres in international brand penetration and quality retail infrastructure, according to a report released on Tuesday.The report from Knight Frank India found that Tier 2 cities in India now have cleaner, more institutional retail stock with 61 per cent Grade A space compared with 45 per cent in Tier 1 cities.Chandigarh topped the International Brand Pe…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Islamic State has devised a new strategy whereby it would use its radicalised elements from various countries around India to carry out both propaganda and attacks.When the Islamic State announced itself on the world stage in late 2013, there were plenty of people from India who left the country to join the outfit. However over the years, the agencies have managed to prevent many from leaving the country to join the Islamic State in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.There …
Bengaluru, May 2 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is preparing to file an appeal before the court challenging the 10-year imprisonment awarded to Mohammed Shariq in the Mangaluru cooker blast case, seeking a life sentence, officials said on Saturday.According to NIA officials, Shariq has already spent nearly four years in jail, with about six years of his sentence remaining.Investigations have revealed that convict Shariq was in contact with terrorist organisations and could pose a…
Bengaluru, April 28 (IANS) Responding to the conviction of Mangaluru cooker blast accused Mohammed Shariq, who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment, senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, R. Ashoka, on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress leadership, accusing it of indulging in vote bank politics even on matters of national security.Ashoka alleged that it was unfortunate that leaders driven by political interests were aspiring to bec…
Bengaluru, April 23 (IANS) Karnataka on Thursday recorded a historic performance, with a pass percentage of 94.1 per cent in the SSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) Examination-1 (Class 10) results this year. Authorities have reported a sharp rise in the overall pass percentage, along with improved outcomes across categories. Girls have outperformed boys in the board examination.It may be noted that the state government has reduced the minimum passing marks from 35 per cent to 33 per cen…
Bengaluru, April 21 (IANS) A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Bengaluru, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced a third accused in the 2022 Shivamogga ISIS terror conspiracy case, marking a significant development in the ongoing probe. The accused, Arafath Ali, has been sentenced to six years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by the NIA special court.Earlier, in November 2025, the court had similarly sentenced two other accused to six years of rigorous imprisonment in connect…
Bengaluru, April 9 (IANS) The results of the Karnataka II PUC (Class 12) board examinations were announced on Thursday by the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB). This year, an overall pass percentage of 88.48 per cent was recorded, with 5,46,698 students passing out of a total of 6,32,200 candidates.Girls outperformed boys, recording a pass percentage of 88.70 per cent, compared to 83.65 per cent among boys.In the Arts stream, the pass percentage was 72.86 per cent, while …
Bengaluru, April 7 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has criticised Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge over his alleged “slain BJP and RSS workers” remark in Assam and said that terrorists look like angels to them (Congress). Commenting over the issue, the Leader of the Opposition and veteran BJP leader R. Ashoka, on Tuesday, asked, “Mallikarjun Kharge should tell us who planted the cooker bomb blast in Mangaluru. To these people, terrorists look like angels. Not a sin…
Hubballi (Karnataka), April 7 (IANS) Amid the speculation over Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, assuming the role of Karnataka Chief Minister, the State Congress President stated that “time will answer everything.” On the fuel situation in the state he said that two ships carrying fuel from Gulf countries went to Gujarat and not Mangaluru or Kerala ports and accused the Centre of “looking only towards North India and neglecting South India.”When asked by the media at the Hubballi airport o…