Karnataka

Lucknow, Mar 19: Springing a surprise, the BJP on Saturday nominated firebrand saffron leader Yogi Adityanath as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. UP BJP?president Keshav Prasad Maurya and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma are the deputy chief ministers. Adityanath, the ‘mahant’ (head priest) of the famous Gorakhnath Peeth in Gorakhpur, was unanimously elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party at

Udupi, Mar 18: Fulfilling a long pending demand of the residents of Malpe-Padukere, Pramod Madhwaraj, Udupi district in-charge minister on Saturday dedicated the bridge connecting Malpe with Padukere for public. Built at a cost of Rs 16.91 crore, the bridge not only gives people easy access to beach at Padukere but also opens up tourism potential of the region. Asserting that Padukere beach will

Udupi, Mar 18: A jeweller was robbed of gold ornaments worth Rs. 40 lakh and cash of Rs. 2.57 lakh near Hiriyakda in Udupi district on Friday night. According to the police, Dilip T.D., from Thrissur, used to bring gold ornaments from Thrissur to sell in jewellery shops in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts. Dilip had left Thrissur with 2 kg of gold ornaments on Thursday night. He was carrying

Mumbai, Mar 18: Beauty queen turned actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s father Krishnaraj Rai passed away on Saturday here after a prolonged illness. Rai was in the hospital for more than two weeks, before being shifted to the ICU and put on a ventilator. He breathed his last at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. "Yes he (Krishnaraj Rai) has been in hospital for the nearly two weeks. Aishwarya is

Hubballi, Mar 18: Five teenagers, who allegedly switched on a diesel generator following a power cut on Thursday night, died of asphyxiation in Lingasuguru town of Raichur district on Friday. While four of them were found dead on the premises of Chetan Sound Office, a local sound engineering shop, the fifth person died in a hospital. "When the shop was opened on Friday morning, four of them were

Ballari, Mar 18: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided the Hoovinahadagali incharge sub-registrar's office and the residences of his three wives in Ballari district. K Marigadi is a first division clerk in the registrar's department and lives with his second wife, Huligamma. His first wife lives in Ballari and third wife in Hosapete. ACB officials said that Marigadi has six houses and each wife

Washington, Mar 18: The impulsive act of checking Facebook while driving, in a work meeting, or at other times that could have negative consequences is linked with a deficiency in the balance between two systems in the brain, scientists say. The greater the imbalance between the two systems, the more likely individuals were to engage in problematic social media use behaviours, researchers said

Lahore, Mar 18: The two missing Indian clerics of Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah are in custody of Pakistan's intelligence agency over their alleged links with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), official sources said today. Syed Asif Nizami and his nephew Nazim Nizami were offloaded from Karachi-bound Shaheen Airlines on March 14 at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore, they said.

Bengaluru, Mar 18: The Education Department has set a deadline of three months for preschools and playschools across Karnataka to register with it, failing which they will be deemed illegal and face action, said Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait. Pre-primary schools that fail to comply are liable to be declared "illegal". Once the deadline is over, the government will commence

New Delhi, Mar 18: Professional Indian car racer Ashwin Sundar and his wife Nivedhitha were charred to death after their BMW car caught fire following a road accident in Chennai. The car reportedly rammed on a roadside tree on the Santhome High Road in Chennai in the early hours of Saturday and the duo got trapped inside. The car, which was being driven by Sundar, was stuck in between the tree and