Karnataka

Udupi, Dec 7: Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Wednesday visited Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple in Udupi and held talks with Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt. Later, speaking to media persons, Ravi Shankar said that a Ram Temple should be built in Ayodhya by talking to all stakeholders. He said that efforts were being made for the construction of Ram Temple by holding cordial

Mysore, Dec 7: Mysuru royals have every reason to cheer. The scion of the Mysuru royal family Sri Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and his wife Trishika Devi were blessed with a baby boy on Wednesday. Trishika Devi gave birth to a healthy baby boy who has become the 28th in the Wadiyar bloodline. Born at a private hospital at around 9:30 pm on Wednesday, the baby weighs nearly 3 kg and both

Bengaluru Dec 7: Doctors from the various private medical associations have expressed their differences on the changes made in the KPME Bill after holding discussions with the government. "We are yet to draft the memorandum. We will soon be doing it," said Dr B Veeranna, secretary of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). Doctors from various private hospitals' associations had differences of

Bengaluru Dec 7: The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) has extended the deadline for online enrolment of SSLC students to December 20. "As many institutions had sought more time for online enrolment, the deadline has been extended to December 20. Schools that have more than 500 SSLC students should contact the nodal officers if they are facing problems with online enrolment,"

Bengaluru, Dec 7: The ruling Congress, which is leaving no stone unturned to retain power, has set up a corporate-style war room in the city to take on the BJP ahead of the 2018 Assembly elections. In a first, a 30-member team of young professionals has been set up to plan the party's poll campaign and ensure it retains power. The war room is located in the affluent Vasanthnagar locality. In

Mangaluru, Dec 6: Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Amartya rescued Androth (Lakshadweep island) registered fishing boat Barracuda (Regd No IND LD AN MM 153) along with 13 crew members from a position 18 km off Malpe on Wednesday. FB Barracuda had sailed from Kochi on November 7. The crew members were from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam. The rescued are Bebron John (32), Stalin (29), Antony (27), Abin

Belagavi, Dec 6: Multilingual actor and activist Prakash Raj has slammed the attempts of some organisations and political parties to equate the concept nationalism with Hindutva. Speaking during the anti-blind belief day at the Sadashiva Nagar graveyard here on Wednesday, he said: “To say that nationalism and Hindutva are one and the same is the new blind belief.” “Some vested interests are

Yadagiri, Dec 6: The police had to resort to baton charge to disperse a group of people who allegedly attempted to shut down shops forcibly in Yadagiri in an unannounced 'black day' to mark the 25th year of razing of Babri Masjid on Wednesday. At about 11.30 am, a few dozen youngsters waving black flags tried to shut down shops and hotels of only Muslim owners on the main streets of Yadagiri from

Balbir Singh, an enthusiastic Shiv Sena leader from Panipat, was one of the prominent Karsevaks that furiously claimed majestic dome of the historic Babri Masjid raising the slogans of Jai Sri Ram on December 6, 1992. The only goal of his life was to see a glorious Ram Mandir on the Babri mosque land. But, today (December 6, 2017), he observed the 25th anniversary of the demolition of Babri mosque

Bengaluru, Dec 6: A 23-year-old woman was allegedly harassed and molested by an Ola cab driver who activated the child-lock to trap her in his car in Bengaluru. Frighteningly for the woman, her mobile phone battery had run out, leaving her unable to alert anyone or activate the SOS option in the app for the cab service. The driver has been "off-roaded", the cab aggregator service has said. The