Karnataka

Dubai, Dec 26: Thumbay Hospital, Dubai in association with Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) conducted Blood Donation Camp and Free Health Camp” at the Thumbay Hospital, Dubai. The Blood Donation Camp started at 9 am and ended at 3 pm. There were more than 190 people registered for giving blood donation. However, around 85 people donated blood. There were lots of people waiting to donate blood

Mangaluru, Dec 26: A UAE-bound man, who had been taken into custody by authorities onsuspicion' at Mangaluru International Airport last week, later became anISIS terrorist' for a section of media. Even though 41-year-old Munaf Rahman, a resident of Old Kent Road, Mangaluru, was released by the NIA officials, who found him innocent, a few Kannada television channels on December 25 claimed that NIA

Chikaballapur (Karna) Dec 26: Two trucks carrying 900 LPG cyliders caught fire at Chinatamani near here in the wee hours today triggering massive explosions but there was no casualty, police said. Deafening sounds of blasts and huge inferno were seen for quite some time as the cylinders, kept in the vehicles near a gas agency godown, exploded one after the other damaging at least one more car. "As

Ahmedabad, Dec 26: Surat-based financier Kishore Bhajiawala, from whom the income tax (I-T) department recovered Rs 10.45 crore in unaccounted for income, used dummy bank accounts to launder black money. Bhajiawala also held property worth Rs 400 crore. He had used around 700 persons for depositing and withdrawing money after demonetization, CBI sources said. Sources in the I-T department said

Mumbai, Dec 26: Bollywood music composer duo Sajid and Wajid Ali today joined BJP in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here. The two musician brothers joined the saffron party at a programme organised by BJP's youth wing on the occasion of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday. "There is only one promise we can make ourselves on Atal-ji's birthday, to

Mysuru, Dec 26: Mysuru-Kodagu Member of Parliament Pratap Simha, on Sunday, said, the chief minister and Congressmen have no moral right to speak about the BJP?and B R Ambedkar. Reacting to the statement made by Siddaramaiah that BJP?has no right take Ambedkar's name, Simha, at a press conference here said, Siddaramaiah and Congress leaders have no moral rights or dignity to speak about Babasaheb

Mangaluru, Dec 26: Jet Airways has come forward to operate a daily direct flight between Mangaluru and Delhi. With this, a passenger from this coastal city can reach Delhi in 2 hours 50 minutes. With no direct flight to the national capital, people from Mangaluru had either to depend upon connecting flights via Bengaluru or Mumbai to reach Delhi with their journey taking up to 10 hours, or depend

Kalaburagi, Dec 26: Calling the Narendra Modi government adhongi' (farce) government, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Sunday that Modi had not kept his promise to bring back black money stashed in foreign banks and deposit Rs 15 lakh in every individual's account. “Has he deposited the money?” he said. The chief minister was speaking at the 80th birthday celebrations of former chief minister N

Mysuru, Dec 25: In an embarrassment to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a video of a person tying his shoelaces at an event here has gone viral, prompting opposition BJP to dub him as 'arrogant' and 'pseudo-secularist.' The video shows a person bending down to tie the shoelaces of the Chief Minister and him looking elsewhere. Some reports said the man was Siddaramaiah's Personal Assistant

New York, Dec 25: Pakistan's defense minister threatened Israel that his country could use nuclear weapons after a fake news report that his Israeli counterpart had threatened "nuclear retaliation" for Islamabad's role in Syria against ISIS, highlighting the serious problem proliferation of fake news poses. A report in the New York Times said a fake news story prompted Pakistan defence minister