Karnataka

New Delhi, Apr 18: The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) today withdrew its diktat for girl students to wear 'full covered decent dresses', after images of the circular went viral, attracting outrage. A notice -- signed by the warden -- was put up at IIT-Delhi's Himadri hostel, one of IIT Delhi's two girls' hostels, on Sunday saying, "all residents are requested to wear a full covered

New Delhi, Apr 18: Liquor baron and former Kingfisher boss Vijay Mallya was granted bail shortly being arrested by Scotland Yard in London on Tuesday, a little over a year since he left India after defaulting on loans worth more than Rs 9,000 crore. Earlier, British authorities announced the high-profile arrest. "Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Extradition Unit have this morning arrested a

Bengaluru, Apr 18: the extortion case involving Lakshmiprasad Vajpai (42), the arrested CEO of Kannada news channel Janasri, has taken a new twist with police suspecting foul play in the “accidental death” of the channel’s accountant just a day before Vajpai was caught red-handed. Police had arrested Vajpai while taking extortion money on Friday from a Bengaluru-based businessman whom he had

Bengaluru, Apr 18: Mild tremors were felt in some parts of Rajarajehswari Nagar, Kengeri areas of Bengaluru on Tuesday morning, between 7.35 to 7.37 am. The residents of these areas woke up with shock. "I suddenly noticed the rattling of windows, railings," said Joseph Hover, resident of Rajarajehswari Nagar. The residents became active on social networking sites and discussed the unique

New Delhi, Apr 18: Liquor baron Vijay Mallya who is wanted in India for defaulting on loans worth Rs 9,000 crore has been arrested in London. Mallya is likely to be extradited to India. A CBI team will visit United Kingdom soon. Mallya has repeatedly refused to appear before courts and investigators in India since he secretly fled to Britain last March, after defaulting on loan payments to state

New Delhi, Apr 18: Doha-based Qatar Airways has sought a significant increase in capacity entitlements and access to seven new cities as it aims to counter the growth of its rivals — Etihad Airways and Emirates — in India. Documents reviewed by Business Standard show that Qatar is planning to start direct flights to several cities where it doesn’t have a presence, while increasing frequency by

Kasaragod, Apr 18: The pro-CPI(M) youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) has accused the RSS of promoting criminal mindset among youths at a tender age. The RSS and the BJP were making use of religion to achieve political mileage, DYFI State Secretary M. Swaraj, MLA, said. The ideologies pursued both by the RSS and the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) were one and the same

Udupi, Apr 18: The second season of the Udupi Premier League (UPL), the hard tennis ball T10 international cricket tournament, got off to a colorful start on Monday evening at Dr B R Ambedkar stadium, Panambur, Mangaluru. Former Indian skipper Mohammed Azharuddin, who was the star attraction at the inaugural function, appreciated the efforts of the organizers in promoting cricket in the region

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 18: Even as social media buzz builds around a photograph that shows women apparently praying at the sanctum sanctorum of the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, the CPM-led Kerala government has intervened to check if the temple traditions were tampered with. The photograph, widely shared on social media, shows women praying at the temple, in which the entry of women of the

Mangaluru, Apr 18: The Karnataka state government has asked the Criminal Investigation Department to probe into the allegation of custodial torture of Ahmed Qureshi. The government issued the notification on Sunday evening. Ahmed Qureshi (25), a resident of Katipalla, was produced before the magistrate on March 27 by the Mangalru CCB police, who claimed that he was arrested on March 26 in