Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 29: Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was freed after being kept in captivity suspectedly by the ISIS for 18 months in strife-torn Yemen, today reached Bengaluru, where he met priests of his religious order. "I thank God almighty. I thank everybody in the name of Jesus," Uzhunnalil, who had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday, told

Puttur, Sep 29: Nearly two weeks after his provocative speech sparked tension in Dakshina Kannada, police have arrested Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Jagadish Karanth. Police sources said that Karanth, who was evading arrest for past one week, was picked up from an Airport in Bengaluru on Friday. He will be brought to Puttur to produce before the local magistrate, sources added. Karanth at a public

Bengaluru, Sept 29: Following the death of PU student in a temple pond at Ramagondlu on the outskirts of the city during a college trip, the Department of Pre-University Education has decided to issue a new set of norms that colleges need to comply with before signing up for field trips. Some of the norms, which will be part of the revised guidelines, stipulate a pupil-teacher ratio of 1:15 on

Bengaluru, Sept 29: Two elderly persons, including a woman, died due to unease after standing in a serpentine queue to collect advance food coupons issued by a ‘philanthropist’ on account of Muharram at Mittaganahalli village near Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on Thursday. The Bagalur police arrested the ‘philanthropist’ identified Syed Asif, a resident of Mittaganahalli, on the

Bengaluru, Sept 29: The Kannada Development Authority has issued a notice to GoAir, accusing it of denying a ticket to a passenger, who has charged the airline with harassing him for speaking in Kannada at the Kempegowda International Airport. Balaji Narayana Murthy was among 14 passengers who arrived at the check-in counter of GoAir for their 5.45 am flight to Mumbai on Wednesday. “We were five

Bengaluru, Sept 29: The Karnataka government has transferred seven IAS officers with immediate effect. Following are their new postings. P C Jaffer: Commissioner for Public Instruction V Anbu Kumar: MD, Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation N V Prasad: Commissioner, BC Welfare Department A B Ibrahim: Director, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation M T Raju: Project

Mangaluru, Sept 29: The Second Judicial Magistrate First Class Court on Thursday took cognisance of a private complaint against B. Ramanath Rai, Minister of Forest, Ecology and Environment. The vice-president of the State unit of BJP Minority Morcha Rahim Uchil had filed a private complaint accusing Mr. Rai of defaming Yuva Brigade leader Chakavarthi Sulibele during his speech at a Congress party

Mangaluru, Sept 29: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai has written to the Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju to ensure safety of aircrafts and passengers at the Mangaluru International Airport. The minister’s action comes following recent incidents of AAI declaring an emergency to accommodate an Air India Express flight, with 173 passengers bound for

Mangaluru, Sept 29: Dr Edmond Fernandes, Founder & CEO, CHD Group and Adjunct Faculty, Dept of Public Health, KSHEMA, Nitte University has been selected as a Legislative Fellow which is a very prestigious fellowship supported by the US Department of state. He is one among the 12 selected for this prestigious fellowship from across the nation and the only one from the state of Karnataka. The goal

Bengaluru, Sept 29: A boy celebrating his ninth birthday and one of his friends diedon Wednesday night after they mistook sulphuric acid for cold drink, and drank it in Bengaluru. Sahil Shankar, whose birthday it was, and his goldsmith-father Shankar had invited friends and relatives from the neighbourhood for a party at their Kilari Road residence off Kempe Gowda Road. After the cake was cut and