Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 1: It is a common fact that one can’t get loans from cooperative banks if one lacks political clout. But it is not difficult if you are Lakshmi R Hebbalkar, president, Karnataka Mahila Congress. A consortium of seven co-operative banks, with Apex Bank as the leader bank, has sanctioned a term loan of Rs 215 crore against a total security of 51 acres of industrial land worth not over

Mangaluru, Feb 28: The first day of the Mangalore Physiocon week 2017 was inaugurated with the ‘blood donation camp’. A drop of blood can give a life to a human being. With this intension we have organised the Blood Donation Camp which was held at Kanachur College of Physiotherapy, Natekal,Mangalore at 10:00 am. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Umasankar Mohanty, President, Indian Association of

Mangaluru, Feb 28: The Mangalore International Airport was temporarily shut down on Tuesday evening after a MiG29K fighter aircraft made an emergency landing due to hydraulic failure. The fighter aircraft belonging to the Indian navy was on a routine training sortie when it developed a snag and was diverted to the Mangalore International airfield. However, during the landing the aircraft

Mangaluru, Feb 28: A fortnight after the coldblooded murder of history sheeter Kalia Rafiq at Kotekar in Mangaluru taluk, the city police have managed to arrest three accused. The arrested have been identified as persons are Noor Ali (36), a resident of Uppala, Kasargod district, T S Rasheed (30), a resident of Rajapuram, Hosadurga, Kasargod district and Husainabba (35), a resident of Siddakatte

Chikkamagaluru, Feb 28: Six persons were arrested by the police at Mugtihalli on the outskirts of Chikkamagaluru town on Tuesday morning after a mob assaulted a sub-inspector and his two subordinates following a road rage. Superintendent of police K Annamalai said that SI Gaviraj and two of his sub ordinates, all in mufti, and a police informer were travelling back to station after seizing copper

Kochi, Feb 28: Breaking her silence after being abducted and assaulted by a gang here, noted Malayalam actress Bhavana today said life has shown her things she never wanted to see but is confident that she "would always get up". She also thanked all those who supported her. "Life has knocked me down a few times, it showed me things I never wanted to see. I experienced sadness and failures. But one

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 28: A priest who spoke against child abuse was arrested in Kerala for alleged rape of a minor which led to her pregnancy, police said on Tuesday. The 17-year-old gave birth to a baby at a private hospital last month and the accused had shifted both the mother and the newborn to an orphanage in north Kerala’s Wayanad to hush up the incident. Father Robin Vaddakumchiryil (48)

New Delhi, Feb 28: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his infamous 'qabristan-shamshaan' remarks at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has taken a leaf out of his book and suggested Muslims should also be cremated since there is not enough land for graveyards. "Whether it is named qabristan (graveyard) or shamshaan (crematoriums), nobody needs to be buried. There

New Delhi, Feb 28: An FIR was today registered against unknown persons in connection with the case of a Kargil martyr's daughter who complained of receiving "rape threats" allegedly from ABVP members. Yesterday, police had received a letter from Delhi Commission for Women demanding immediate registration of an FIR against those who had threatened Gurmehar Kaur (20). The FIR was registered under

New Delhi, Feb 28: Historian Audrey Truschke refuses to buy the argument that Aurangzeb razed temples because he hated Hindus saying it has roots in colonial-era scholarship, where positing timeless Hindu-Muslim animosity embodied the British strategy of divide and conquer. In her new book, she also says that had Aurangzeb’s reign been 20 years shorter, he would have been judged differently by