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New Delhi, Feb 22: Passengers of Air India and no-frill carrier IndiGo, which has best on-time performance record among the domestic airliners, were most affected due to delays of flights by over two hours in January, according to the DGCA data. The number of Air India passengers affected due to flight delays beyond two hours stood at 96,232 in January while of IndiGo was 75,034, the monthly

Mangaluru, Feb 22: Chickballapur MP and former Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M. Veerappa Moily has said that AAP government of Delhi cannot pursue complaints against him. He was responding to a query by media persons here on Sunday regarding Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s statement that his government would pursue allegations of corruption against Moily besides former-chief

Jeddah, Feb 22: Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has stressed the importance of rallying all efforts from media and educational institutions to combat terrorism. “The misuse of the religion by extremists is greatly damaging the image of Islam,” he said. Such actions severely distort the image of Islam abroad, he said. Those sinners attribute their inhuman actions to Islam when they claimed

New Delhi, Feb 22: A key accused in the corporate espionage case today claimed that it was a Rs 10,000 crore scam that he was trying to uncover as police said documents seized from corporate executives related to "national security" that can attract Official Secrets Act provisions. Meanwhile, a local court remanded the five arrested corporate executives in police custody till 24 February for

Bengaluru, Feb 22: A first information report (FIR) has been registered by the Lokayukta police against Minister for Higher Education and Tourism R V Deshpande and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in connection with the illegal deletion of properties from the lands notified for an IT Park between 2001 and 2006. The Lokayukta court had ordered for a Lokayukta police inquiry based on a private

Shivamogga, Feb 22: Barring a few stray incidents of violence, the city bandh called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad to protest the communal clash and murder of Vishwanath Shetty, evoked good response on Saturday. However, an attack on Friday night and a murder in the early hours of Saturday prompted the police to enforce a prohibitory order under Section 144. By and large, the bandh was peaceful

New Delhi, Feb 21: There is no record available that shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a tea-seller on railway platforms or trains during his childhood, an RTI query has revealed. A Congress supporter and social activist Tehseen Poonawalla, had sought information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act from the Railway Board about whether there was any record, registration number or official

Mangaluru, Feb 21: The local branch of ISKCON organized its 12th annual Sri Krishna Balarama Ratha Yatra festival on Saturday at Dr. T.M.A. Pai Intl Convention Centre, Mangaluru. Madhu Pandit Dasa, President of ISKCON Bengaluru and Chairman of the Akshaya Patra Foundation presided over the function. In his address, he revealed that ISKCON is engaged in spreading communal harmony and universal

Mangaluru, Feb 21: Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike DK district president Suresh Bhat Bakrabail has alleged that civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand were being subjected to a large amount of harassment and persecution by lodging several false complaints against them and there was a huge conspiracy behind this. Speaking at a demonstration held by the organisation in

Washington, Feb 21: US President Barack Obama has welcomed the recent remarks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he condemned religious based violence and gave an assurance that his government will give equal respect to all religions. "The President welcomed Prime Minister Modi's February 17 condemnation of religious-based violent acts, and his assurance that his government will give equal