Mangaluru: Local police on Monday arrested two more people in connection with the fraudster Sam Peter case on charges of being involved with him in his plans and activities.

Bengaluru: Karnataka CM Yediyurappa on Monday allocated portfolios to his 17-member cabinet, on a day that also marks completion of his first month as the CM of the state.

New Delhi: A special court on Monday sent former finance minister P Chidambaram to four more days of CBI custody till August 30 in the INX Media case after the probe agency said "certain evidence" had emerged and that the Congress leader's confrontation with a co-accused during interrogation was incomplete.

Huballi: Senior Congress leader and former CM Siddaramaiah on Monday added that he is focused on strengthening party ahead of the mid-term polls in the state.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district leadership of the BJP has decided to take a delegation of MLAs and local leaders in Sullia to Bengaluru to request Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to accommodate S Angara, a six-time MLA from Sullia, in the state Cabinet.

Mangaluru: In the wake of a recent incident wherein a Belthangady Madrasa employee Abdul Rauf was telecasted as “Terrorist” by some of the major media houses of the region, Sunni Students Federation (SSF) and Sunni Yuvajana Sangam on Monday staged protest outside Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner’s office at State Bank here.

Mangaluru: A 11-year-old girl who had run away from her house from Madhya Pradesh has been rescued from Thotabengre near here, Childline sources said here.

Mangaluru: A four-member gang has been arrested for allegedly cheating banks to the tune of Rs 30 lakh by creating fake documents, police sources said.