Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 8: Former Miss World Aishwariya Rai Bachchan flew down to her hometown Mangaluru along with her family members on Saturday. The purpose of the 43-year-old Bollywood actress’s visit is said to be a post funeral ritual of her father Krishnaraj Rai, who died in Mumbai on March 18 this year. In 2014 Krishnaraj Rai also had accompanied Aishwariya to Mangaluru. This time she came with her

Mangaluru, Apr 8: The Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) will organize a six days entrepreneurship certification workshop for the new Entrepreneurs. This will be held from April 24 to 29, 2017. The purposes of this workshop are: • To help new entrepreneurs to raise awareness in them about their entrepreneurial potential • To support new Entrepreneurs to develop their understanding and

United Nations, Apr 8: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is set to become the UN's youngest-ever Messenger of Peace after she was selected by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for the highest honour bestowed by the world body on a global citizen. The designation ceremony will be held next week at the UN's headquarters here. "Even in the face of grave danger, Malala has shown an unwavering

New Delhi, Apr 8: India has received a report on the shootout incident resulting in the death of its national in the US' Washington state and is coordinating with the investigative agencies, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday. The Minister also said that the Indian Consulate in San Francisco is helping the family of 26-year-old Vikram Jaryal, who was shot dead allegedly by

Mumbai, Apr 8: Vijay Mallya's famous Kingfisher Villa has finally been sold. After failing to find any bidders at multiple auctions, lenders have agreed to dispose the property through a negotiated sale to actor-businessman Sachiin Joshi. Joshi is understood to have paid marginally higher than the last reserve price of Rs 73 crore. As per practice, banks are allowed to search for buyers if they do

Kasargod, Apr 8: A 28-year-old man collapsed and died while being taken to police station for consuming liquor in public place here, police said today. Following a complaint by officials of agriculture department that a group of persons were making the seed farm at Beerinthavayal here their drinking base, a police team went to pick them up last evening, Kasargod SI, Ajith Kumar said. On seeing the

Bengaluru, Apr 8: An advocate has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment of only persons belonging to the Muslim community to head the Karnataka State Minorities Commission. The petitioner Vinod B, has contended that Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (Parsis) and Jains are identified as minorities. But since the inception of the commission in 1983

Mangaluru, Apr 8: The ‘Kudla Express’, aka ‘Gommateshwara Express’, the much-awaited day train between coastal town of Mangaluru and state capital Bengaluru on the new Hassan line will become a reality this weekend. According to reliable sources, Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu will flag off the Yeshwantpur-Mangaluru Junction tri-weekly express on Sunday. He will flag off the train from

Gundlupet, Apr 8: Unaccounted for cash of Rs 20 lakh was seized from a car belonging to Manojkumar Karjagi, Director of North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, near Hotel Gateway, in the town, on Friday. It is said that BJP?workers waylaid and checked the car belonging to Karjagi, a close confidante of Mines and Geology Minister Vinay Kulkarni and found the unaccounted for money. They

New Delhi, Apr 8: Karnataka’s two languages, Tulu and Kodava, should be granted official status by ensuring that they are included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, Congress MP B K Hariprasad demanded in Rajya Sabha on Friday. As of now, 22 languages — listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution — are recognised as official languages. However, 16 languages including Tulu and Kodava