Karnataka

Managluru, Feb 8: A 2-days old baby weighing 2.3 kgs was admitted to the NICU at A.J. Hospital & Research Centre in the city in Jan 2017. The baby was diagnosed with transposition of great arteries in the 5th month of pregnancy when a foetal Echo was performed by Dr Prem Alva, Children's Heart Specialist at AJ hospital, Mangaluru. This is a condition where the 2 major blood vessels leaving the

Bengaluru, Feb 8: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait has allayed fears about the measles-rubella vaccine project and affirmed it was safe for children. The vaccination drive launched by the government has run into controversies with some experts raising objection to the specifications of the needles being used to administer the vaccine to children. "I, too, heard the needle

Bengaluru, Feb 8: At least four children suffered side effects on the first day of the single shot Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign in Karnataka on Tuesday, prompting some parents to withdraw their wards from the drive. Three students at Nirmala Convent School in Pandavapura town, Mandya district, were hospitalised after complaining of dizziness following the vaccination. The students —

Malavalli (Mandya dist), Feb 8: Cracks in the walls of a house have given rise to fears of tremors among residents of Chikkabagilu village in the taluk on Monday. Similar cracks in the walls of the government high school in the village on Tuesday added to their anxiety. Mahadevaswamy, a resident of the village, complained about tremors after he observed cracks in the walls of his house on Monday

Bengaluru, Feb 8: JD(S)?candidate Ramesh Babu was declared elected to the Southeast Teachers' constituency in the Legislative Council on Tuesday after counting of the second preferential votes. The seat was earlier held by the BJP. The counting of votes, that was taken up at the Government Arts College here on Monday, went on till the early hours of Tuesday. Babu defeated his nearest rival P R

Bengaluru, Feb 8: Home Minister G Parameshwara on Tuesday said the government would book sexual offenders sexually assaulting women and children under the Goonda Act. Replying to JD(S) MLA K Gopalaiah in the Assembly, he said cases under the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum-Grabbers Act, popularly

Bengaluru, Feb 8: A CBI special court on Tuesday ordered further investigation into the sensational murder of Soujanya, a second year PU student of SDM College in Ujire near Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada district. The trial in the murder case is in progress and as many as 12 witnesses have deposed before the court till now. The 50th Additional Sessions Court (CBI special court) in November 2016

Bengaluru, Feb 8: The police on Tuesday conducted raids on the houses of 'reformed' underworld donAgni' Sridhar and his close associate Syed Ammanullah alias Bachchan in Kumaraswamy Layout and Isro Layout respectively. The police arrested seven people and seized firearms, lethal weapons, drugs, foreign-made liquor, gold jewellery and around Rs 7 lakh cash. The police could not arrest Sridhar as he

Bengaluru, Feb 7: The Bengaluru city police have arrested a 24-year-old daily-wage worker at the Aero India site at the Indian Air Force station, Yelahanka for behaving suspiciously. Police recovered a mobile phone and nine SIM cards from the suspect, Mamnoon alias Maamu, who's from Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. Police discovered he had clicked many pictures of the IAF station, where he was working

Makkah, Feb 7: Saudi police arrested an apparently "mentally disturbed" man who tried to set himself on fire at Islam's holiest site, the Grand Mosque in Makkah, a police spokesman said today. The man, in his 40s and a Saudi citizen, "poured petrol on himself and tried to set it alight," Grand Mosque police spokesman Major Sameh al-Salami said. "His behaviour gives the impression that he is