Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 24: Dakshina Kannada district police have nabbed an accused who was on the run for the past 22-years. The accused Shankar Gowda, 63, was wanted in a case registered against him in Belthangady police station limits and had evaded the law for this long. A team of police officials led by PSI, Belthangady PS based on a tip off about the presence of the accused nabbed him from his house

Bengaluru, Dec 24: Former Karnataka Congress leader V Srinivas Prasad, who had quit both as an MLA and from the primary membership of the party after he was dropped from the ministry, today said he would be joining the BJP. A Dalit face, Prasad will be BJP's candidate for the bypolls to Nanjangud assembly constituency, which fell vacant following his resignation. "I'm today announcing that I will

Los Angeles, Dec 24: Political beliefs are difficult to change as people become more hard-headed when provided with contradictory evidence, a new study has found. Scientists said the findings seem especially relevant to how people responded to political news stories, fake or credible, throughout this year's US elections. "Political beliefs are like religious beliefs in the respect that both are

New Delhi, Dec 24: Domestic carrier Jet Airways on Friday said that it will not permit passengers to carry power banks from any manufacturer in check-in baggage on board all its flights. According to the domestic carrier, the decision was taken for ensuring the safety of passengers "In the interest of safety and as mandated by the DGCA, Jet Airways will not permit carriage of power banks from any

New Delhi, Dec 24: The government has been working on anAadhaar Payment Appto do away with plastic card and point of sales machines (POS) that seem to have done little in times of demonetisation. The new app will be launched on 25 December keeping in mind a faster adoption of a cashless society and to eradicate fee payments charged by card companies, making it an affordable digital payment

Mangaluru: An air passenger from Gujarat has been detained at Mangaluru International Airport at Kenjar on the outskirts of the city for allegedly carrying a live bullet in his pocket. The incident happened yesterday when the accused, Arjun, a student, who was supposed to board a Mumbai bound flight and then fly to Rajkot in Gujarat. Arjun was intercepted by the security personnel who detected a

Mangaluru, Dec 24:Payanigana Padyagalu' (poems of a traveller), the final anthology of poems written by photojournalist Ahmed Anwar, who passed away earlier this month, was released at a programme held in Town Hall, Mangaluru on Friday. Late Ahmed Anwar's son Salman released the book by handing over the copy to Kannada writer Bhuvaneshvari Hegde. The book was published by city based Bilichukke

New Delhi, Dec 24: In a shocking incident, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials have registered a case against a Padma Bhushan awardee on Friday in the ongoing crackdown against black money. The accused, a resident of Mumbai, and five others have been booked in connection with a case of fraudulent transportation of demonetized currency worth Rs 10 crore. They have been identified as

New Delhi, Dec 24: The Ministry of External Affairs has done away with the mandatory requirement of the birth certificate as proof of date of birth (DOB) when applying for a passport. All passport applicants can submit any one of the documents — transfer/school-leaving/matriculation certificate, PAN card, Aadhaar card/E-Aadhaar with the DOB, a copy of the extract of the service record of the

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 24: Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, the ruler of Sharjah and member of the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates, is likely to visit Kerala in September 2017. The announcement regarding the visit was made at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's meeting with him at Sharjah Bida Palace on Thursday. On the occasion, the ruler expressed a good opinion about Malayalis