Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 20: Even as the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has intensified campaign against ruling Congress party ahead of next year’s Assembly polls, Dakshina Kannada district unit of the saffron party on Monday staged a protest against the alleged corruptions of chief minister Siddaramaih led govt and party in the state. A few dozens of BJP leaders and activists took part in the

Bengaluru, Feb 20: Admitting that modern technology was needed to improve Urdu-medium schools in Karnataka, Water Resources Minister M B Patil has said that he will ask the government to provide computers with Internet connection in all Urdu-medium schools in the State. He was speaking after inaugurating a divisional-level workshop on ‘effective Urdu teaching and its positive implications’

Mangaluru, Feb 20: An altercation between two groups over property dispute culminated in a youth sustaining critical stab injuries inside a house at Perla in Kasargod district. Ibrahim Khalil, 25, son of Aboobecker, a resident of Kandige locality at Perla, falling under Badiadukka police station limits, was rushed to a hospital in Mangaluru. Another youth sustained stab wounds on hands and was

Bhopal, Feb 20: Is Yoga guru turned entrepreneur Baba Ramdev disillusioned with Narendra Modi led NDA government over the issue of black money. In a guarded language, the saffron clad Baba said the government should " reconsider the Rs 2000 currency note " started by the government post demonetisation. He said he supported NDA government for its campaign on corruption .Even if the Congress seeks

New Delhi, Feb 20: The remonetisation excercise is taking place fast as part of government's plan subsequent to the withdrawal of the specified bank notes of Rs 5,00 and Rs 1,000 from circulation on Novemenr 8, 2016. The Reserve Bank of India, in its circular on February 8 said that inn line with the pace of remonetisation, it has now been decided to remove the restrictions on cash withdrawals

Mysuru, Feb 20: Tipu's Armoury, one of the eight armouries of erstwhile Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan which is adjacent to the railway track at Srirangapatna Railway Station, will be shifted by 100 metres by March 10. The shifting of the nearly 1,000-tonne armoury commenced recently jointly by the US firm and an India-based company. Officials said once completed, the new railway line on this 1.7-km

Bengaluru, Feb 20: An air hostess was allegedly sexually assaulted by a biker on a road in northeast Bengaluru recently, police said. The air hostess, a resident of HRBR Layout, and her friend were walking home after dinner at a nearby hotel when a motorcyclist accosted them in third block of the locality around 10pm. The biker, wearing a full-face helmet, tore up the top of the air hostess and

Hubballi, Feb 20: A 17-year-old boy woke up on the way to his funeral in Dharwad's Managundi village, surprising his relatives and villagers who had presumed him dead. He was rushed to a private hospital where his condition is critical. Bitten by a stray dog one month ago, Kumar Marewad, 17, had high fever last week following which he was admitted to a Dharwad hospital. As his condition

Koppal, Feb 20: Farooq Pasha (25), a man from Koppal who was working in South Sudan, was killed on Friday in a gun attack by an armed group. He is the son of S B Khadri, the resident of Gangavati. The family had moved from Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh a few years back, where Pasha had obtained his Master of Computer Application (MCA) from the Osmania University three years ago. He had moved

New Delhi, Feb 20: The Delhi High Court on Monday will hear a plea by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's NGO, the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), challenging the ban by the Home Ministry on the organisation. Earlier in February, the Court had set up a Judicial Tribunal to look into banning Zakir Naik's NGO under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. A notice had also been issued to IRF to