Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 6: A post-graduation student was crushed to death under the wheels of a tipper lorry which rammed into his motorbike at Ambika Road under the limits of Ullal police station in Mangaluru taluk on Monday evening. The victim has been identified as Fermi Crasto (23), a first year MBA student of St Aloysius Institute of Management & Information Technology (AIMIT), Beeri, Mangaluru. The

Guwahati, Feb 6: Assam Assembly Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami on Monday suspended AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam for three days for using Facebook Live to telecast his speech from inside the House. “Aminul Islam is suspended till February 8. I request Islam to leave the House immediately,” Mr. Goswami said. “It is a matter of great regret. The Ethics Committee recommended suspension of the member for a

Dubai, Feb 6: Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) Trust - UAE and Mangaluru conducted felicitation function to honor former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy and the Secretary General of the party B.M. Farook and other dignitaries. C.S. Puturaj, Member of Parliament, Sara Mahesh, MLA, K.T. Srikantagowda, MLC N. Appajigowda, MLC, Kantaraji, MLC, Ben Chikkaswamy, NRI

Wellington, Feb 6: The world's longest commercial flight landed in New Zealand today with the arrival of Qatar Airways's 14,535 kilometres Doha-Auckland service, the airline announced. "We've officially landed in Auckland," the airline tweeted as flight QR920 landed at 7.25am (local time), five minutes ahead of schedule after a 16 hour 23 minute flight. The long-range Boeing 777-200LR crossed 10

Mandya, Feb 6: Why Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa is so much interested in bring disgruntled Congress veteran S M Krishna into the saffron party's fold despite knowing the fact that the latter cannot accept the leadership and way of functioning of the former? Political pundits observed that there was no compatibility between the two former chief ministers of Karnataka who come from a totally

Kochi, Feb 26: Mohammed Riyas, the DYFI national joint secretary, was elected as the new national president of DYFI, the youth wing of CPI (M). Riyas replaces MB Rajesh, Kerala MP from Palakkad. Avoy Mukherjee has been retained as DYFI's general secretary at the 10th DYFI National Conference which concluded in Kochi on Sunday. The other new office bearers of DYFI are Sanjay Paswan, Deepa, A N

Ghaziabad, Feb 6: The Centre is likely to take “a major step” to ban the controversial triple talaq after the ongoing Assembly polls, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said and dared the Samajwadi Party, the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party to make their stand clear on the contentious issue. Insisting that the issue is not related to religion but involves respect and dignity of women

Kasargod, Feb 6: In a major crackdown on smuggling of narcotic products, Excise sleuths here seized 18.750 kg of ganja and arrested a 30-year-old man on Sunday. On a tip-off, the Excise personnel, headed by Inspector P.J. Robinbabu, arrested M. Ratheesh, a resident of Neyyattinkara as he got down from a train at Kumbla station around 7 a.m., Excise sources here said. The arrest was made as the

Udupi, Feb 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled his first visit to south Indian city of Udupi and sought the blessings of Pejawar Mutt seer Vishwesha Thirtha swami on Sunday. The PM was addressing the gathering at 700th Madhwa jayanthi celebrations here, through video conferencing. Prior to Mr Modi's address Pejawar seer said that he was not satisfied with the PM addressing the programme via

Tumakuru, Feb 6: A 28-year-old groom died of heart attack just before his wedding, in the city on Sunday much to the shock of all those who had gathered for the ceremony. Vasanthkumar, the groom, was a native of Gauribidanur in Chikkaballapur district and was working as a lecturer at an engineering college in Bengaluru. The bride, a native of Heggere in the taluk, was a lecturer at a private