Karnataka

Vadodara, Jan 24: One person died and two policemen were injured as crowd went berserk after superstar Shah Rukh Khan arrived at the railway station here last night by August Kranti Rajdhani Express for promotion of his upcoming film "Raees". According to the authorities, Farheed Khan Pathan, a local politician, died of cardiac arrest. The deceased was the relative of a journalist, who was

Belagavi, Jan 24: Ridiculing BJP State president B.S. Yeddyurappa's warning of disciplinary action, senior leader K.S. Eshwarappa advised him not to belittle the meaning of disciplinary action. Continuing his tirade against the party's State president, Mr. Eshwarappa ridiculed that Mr. Yeddyurappa had the habit of issuing statements in a hurry only to make a U-turn subsequently. He recalled that

Udupi, Jan 24: In order to improve security on National Highway 66 the state and union government will jointly install high-resolution surveillance cameras from Talapady in Mangaluru taluk to the Goa border. K.T. Balakrishna, Superintendent of Police, Udupi, told media persons here that the proposal is to install 53 high-resolution surveillance cameras on the highway in Udupi district alone. This

Bengaluru, Jan 24: The Karnataka government has begun exploring the possibility of promulgating an ordinance to allow Kambala, the traditional annual buffalo race held in the coastal districts. Kambala, in which the man and buffalo race together in slush, is not permitted to be held due to the interim stay by the Karnataka High Court. The Animal Welfare Board of India had moved the court seeking a

Bengaluru, Jan 24: The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) here is gearing up for a major disruption in its operations from February 8 to April 30. The runway will be closed partially first for the Aero India rehearsals and show days, and later for its upgrade work. These closures will trigger massive changes in flight schedules. The airshow is scheduled to be held at the Yelahanka Air Force

Belagavi/Bengaluru, Jan 24: Income tax raids on the houses of a minister and a Congress leader have led to the unearthing of Rs 162.06 crore in undisclosed income. Ramesh Jarkiholi, small scale industries minister, and Laxmi Hebbalkar, State Congress women's wing president, are the leaders raided. Jarkiholi is also the minister in charge of Belagavi district. The haul Unexplained cash totalling Rs

Mangaluru, Jan 23: World renowned Sir Sabaratnam Arul Kumaran, professor of OBG from St George s university, London was the guest speaker for the CME Evolve (Inspired learning, beyond excellence) at Father Muller medical college held on Sunday. The CME was organsied by the department of OBG , FMMCH headed by Dr Prema D' Cunha, with Dr. Joylene DAlmeida as the organizing secretary. Prof Sir

Guwahati, Jan 23: Cashless transactions may be the latest buzzword in the country's economic arena, but in a small hamlet about 32 km from Guwahati, members of Assam's Tiwa tribe meet every year to carry out an unique trade fair where the dealings are totally cashless. The system of barter trade has been kept alive for more than five centuries by the Tiwas, a tribe of Central Assam and

New Delhi, Jan 24: The CBI on Monday arrested former chairman and three ex-executives of IDBI Bank and four executives of Kingfisher Airlines in the loan default case involving liquor barron Vijay Mallya. Those arrested included former chairman of the IDBI Bank Yogesh Aggarwal and former CFO of now defunct Kingfisher Airlines A Raghunathan, agency sources told Hindustan Times. The arrests came

Bengaluru, Jan 23: With the clamour growing for organising 'Kambala', a traditional annual buffalo race, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said his government was in favour of holding it and asked the Centre to take a favourable stand as it did for jallikattu in Tamil Nadu. "We are in favour of Kambala, we are for Kambala. We pressurise the Union government to take a stand in favour of