Mangaluru: Deputy Commissioner S Sasikanth Senthil directed the officials to take steps to give Rs 10,000 cash prize and citations to those who provide information about ultrasound pregnancy scanning centres which scan fetus to determine the sex, illegally.

Bengaluru: Ten days after inducting two Independent MLAs R Shankar and H Nagesh into the ministry, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Monday allocated portfolios for them.

Seraikela-Kharsawan (Jharkhand): Three persons were arrested on Monday in connection with the death of a 24-year-old man, who was thrashed by a mob for alleged theft and seen in a purported video being forced to chant "Jai Shri Ram" and "Jai Hanuman", police said.

Bengaluru: Eight months after a Bengaluru based couple and founders of Morgenall Investment Company, Irfan Pasha and his wife Fathima Maqdooma fled the country allegedly defrauding thousands of investors, Bengaluru based news website has made claims of tracking the fugitive couple in Qatar where they reportedly run a job recruitment company named Credentia HR.

Mangaluru: In a bid to promote rainwater harvesting in all urban areas of the state, a draft policy in connection with the Green Building Policy has been proposed. The new policy will soon be enforced, said Urban Development Minister UT Khadar.

New Delhi: Even as the Indian team management is yet to provide a fresh update on Bhuvneshwar Kumar's hamstring niggle suffered during the game against Pakistan Navdeep Saini flew in on Monday to join the Indian team in Manchester.

Southampton: Mushfiqur Rahim's fighting 83 off 87 balls allowed Bangladesh to post a competitive 262 for seven against Afghanistan in their World Cup clash here on Monday.