Karnataka

Mangaluru: Feb 19: Lamenting that deadly deceases like cancer have become a ‘business’ in India, B M Hegde, a prominent medical scientist and educationist, has urged the people to change their lifestyle to maintain good health rather than depending on treatment after falling ill. The former vice chancellor of Manipal University was delivering the Foundation Day Lecture at Karnataka Bank Limited

New Delhi, Feb 19: The air Indians breathe is turning more toxic by the day and an average of two deaths take place daily due to air pollution, says a new study. According to medical journal The Lancet, over a million Indians die every year due to air pollution and some of the worst polluted cities of the world are in India. The study released this week but based on 2010 data estimates that

Bengaluru, Feb 19: BJP leaders on Saturday submitted a memorandum to the Bengaluru police commissioner seeking action against ministers M?B?Patil, Basavaraj Rayareddy, Ramesh Kumar and MLC?V?S?Ugrappa for their reported criminal conspiracy in releasing a shocking video involving B S?Yeddyurappa and Ananth Kumar. Both Yeddyurappa and Ananth Kumar have alleged that the video, which contains

Mangaluru, Feb 18: Sidelined Congress veteran B Janardhana Poojary has now challenged chief minister Siddaramaiah to take a truth test at either Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala or Sri Kshetra Kudroli Gokarnanateshwara that he had not opposed giving rice at Re 1 per kg, which he later made his flagship programme after assuming office. Poojary said that as a finance minister Siddaramaiah had opposed his

Bengaluru, Feb 18: The biennial Aero India show came to a close today with the event turning into a carnival during its last two days as lakhs of people thronged the Air Force Station at Yelahanka here to witness the aerial feast. The 11th edition of the five-day event began on Tuesday with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar making a strong pitch for 'Make in India'. Aero India 2017 turned out to

Kochi, Feb 18: Noted South Indian film actress Bhavana was harassed for two hours allegedly by a gang of five men, who forced their way into her car before fleeing at a busy area here. Kerala DGP Loknath Behera has constituted a joint investigation team comprising police personnel from Kochi city and Ernakulam rural to probe one of the sensational cases, following widespread condemnation of the

New Delhi, Feb 18: Mohammad Rafiq Shah was a student of MA (final) at Shah-i-Hamadan, Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, when on the midnight of November 21, 2005, his world plunged into darkness. He was picked up by officials of Delhi Police's special cell and Special Task Force (STF) of Kashmir Police.Two days later - after allegedly subjecting him to torture and

Mumbai, Feb 18: In the first case of the year involving an insider in gold smuggling, an airline’s ground staff was arrested for smuggling gold at the Mumbai airport. Goya Ahmad Siraj A, who landed in Mumbai aboard Saudi Arabia airline’s SV 772, was carrying three gold bars weighing 2.1 kilogram worth Rs 64 lakhs. Based on profiling, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers intercepted the Saudi

Hubballi, Feb 18: Seeking inquiry into the alleged accumulation of large amount of wealth by the former External Affairs Minister S M Krishna’s son-in-law V G Siddhartha and his associates, Samaj Parivartan Samudaya has made a supplementary submission before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money. Releasing copies of the letter of February 2, 2017 at a press conference here on Friday

Islamabad, Feb 18: The much-awaited landmark bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in Pakistan is set to become a law with the Senate unanimously passing it. The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017, which is the first elaborate Hindu community's personal law, was adopted by the Senate on Friday. The bill had already been approved by the lower house or the National Assembly on September 26, 2015, and