Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 16: In what could have been a major tragedy, an Air India Express aircraft slightly skidded upon landing at Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday morning. However, the alert and experienced pilots managed to bring Dubai-Mangaluru flight (IX 814) back to the ‘tabletop’ runway's centre line after the "momentary" skidding. Apart from a few broken runway lights, there was no damage

Bengaluru, Jul 16: In a sudden move, 32 convicts serving terms in the Parapanna Agrahara Central Prison were today shifted to two other jails in Karnataka allegedly for trying to air their grievances, an official said. The convicts were shifted around 1 am to prisons in Ballari and Belagavi, the official said on condition of anonymity. The convicts were shifted within days after DIG (Prisons) D

Bhopal, Jul 16: Bajrang Dal activists in Bhopal allegedly forced police late Friday night to let off their leader who was taken in for questioning for allegedly abusing police personnel in an inebriated state. Activists of the right-wing organisation laid siege to Habibganj police in the heart of the Madhya Pradesh capital from around 11pm till 1am and walked out triumphantly with their leader

New Delhi, Jul 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today warned those breaking the law in the name of cow protection and asked the states to take stringent action against them, but cautioned against giving political or communal colour to the issue. "All (state) governments should take stringent action against those who are violating law in the name of cow protection," Modi said at an all-party

Mysuru, Jul 16: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced that his government has set a target of making about five lakh youths from the State employable this year by giving them essential vocational skills under the Kaushalya Karnataka scheme. “We want to make them job-ready,” he said, adding that 1.8 lakh jobs will be created in the State for the youth by end of 2020. Around 1.6 lakh youths had

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Most of the sex workers in Karnataka are trying to give up the flesh trade and start a new life, but prejudice stopping them, reveals the report submitted to the government by the State-level committee that studied the problems of sex workers. Many who responded to the questionnaire distributed by the committee, headed by actor-turned-politician Jaimala, MLC, underlined the fact

Mangaluru, Jul 16: Following a report submitted by the deputy commissioner of police (law and order) K M Shantharaju, the Mangaluru police chief T R Suresh has clamped prohibitory orders under Section 35 of Karnataka Police Act under the limits of City Police Commissionerate. The prohibitory orders imposed by the Dakshina Kannada district administration in Bantwal, Sullia, Puttur and Belthangady

Udupi, Jul 16: The Udupi Zilla Panchayat is all set to take measures introducing the innovative concept of ‘green protocol’ enabling effective and scientific disposal of solid waste. Chairing a workshop-cum-consultative meeting on the disposal of wet and dry waste organised by the ZP and the Swachh Bharat Mission, here, Srinivas Rao, Chief Planning Officer of the ZP, said that the protocols were a

Mysuru, Jul 16: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the 2018 polls would be is "most probably" his last election and indicated that he may switch to Chamundeshwari which gave him political rebirth by electing him in the crucial bypoll of 2006. “The upcoming election is likely to be my last, and thus, I want to contest from Chamundeshwari, from where I have won five times,” Siddaramaiah said

Bengaluru: Jul 16: A Sri Lankan national and two Bengalureans have been arrested for defrauding bank customers in different countries of a staggering Rs 100 crore by faking their credit cards in what is believed to be a massive online racket. Divyan, a 30-year-old man from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, teamed up with Nawaz Shariff (22), a resident of Kanakanagar, and Nadeem Shariff (30), from HRBR Layout, to