Karnataka

Shivamogga: Dec 24: The state government will set up district-level committees to look into misappropriation of funds in development works taken up by all the 17 state universities in Karnataka. Minister for Higher Education Basavaraj Rayaraddi told mediapersons here on Friday that these committees would be headed by deputy commissioners of respective districts. Zilla panchayat account officers

Udupi, Dec 24: Anotice' that was displayed on the notice board of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) on Tuesday has raised many eyebrows. The notice says that the hostel drains are blocked due collection of students' semen after masturbation. Thenotice' issued on the letter head of Manipal University and in the name of MIT chief warden Col C M S Kalakoti hasinstructed students not to masturbate

Mangaluru, Dec 24: A 44-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the second additional district and sessions court which found him guilty of murder and dowry harassment. Raja, a cobbler, was accused of setting his wife, Rani, ablaze in their house in Moodushedde village on September 1, 2011. Neighbours rushed Rani to District Wenlock Hospital, where she succumbed to burns a week

Mangaluru, Dec 23: Most Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza the Bishop of Mangaluru celebrated the Holy Mass for the inmates of St Anthony's Charity Institutes on Friday. He then distributed kuswar and gifts to the inmates followed by distribution of grocery items to the HIV affected family. He also presented a cheque to a needy family from Pump well towards construction of their house. In his Christmas

Bengaluru, Dec 23: A 35-year-old Iraqi woman has got a new lease of life from two years of pain, after doctors at a private hospital here successfully removed a coconut sized tumor from her head. Doctors in Iraq had rated "very low" the post-surgery survival chances of Wizdan Khadim and referred her to Fortis Hospital here for brain surgery. The pain that started with frequentheadaches, slowly

New York, Dec 23: A passenger was kicked off a US flight after he allegedly became aggressive and refused to sit next to US President-elect Donald Trump's eldest daughter Ivanka Trump, who was onboard the flight with her husband. JetBlue forced the man off a morning flight yesterday at John F Kennedy airport here after he allegedly told Ivanka, "You ruined our country. Now you're ruining our

New Delhi, Dec 23: A Nigerian national was found in possession of about Rs 54 lakh in new notes today at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here. Officials said the incident was reported at about 2:30 AM when CISF personnel intercepted the Nigerian travelling to Coimbatore from here. "He was allowed to travel after information was shared with tax and customs sleuths. A total cash of

New Delhi, Dec 23: Buyers of new cars or motorcycles will need to prove that they have space to park them if a proposal from the Union government announced Thursday is implemented. The rule will likely make a significant dent in the annual increase of private car sales. As of March 2015, Delhi had more than 26 lakh cars, the highest in any Indian state. “In future, it would be mandated that no

Bengaluru, Dec 23: Police arrested six youths, including three minors, in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old student near Water Tank Park close to PES?College in Hanumanthanagar on Tuesday afternoon. Three other suspects are absconding. The arrested are Yashwant, 19, Srinivas V, 19, both residents of Srinagar and Suman, 19, a resident of Anchepalya and three minors. Shekar alias Motte

Kochi, Dec 23: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is all set arrest one more key accused in the Nedumbassery fake Indian currency note case as Saudi Arabia has government has deported the third accused in the case. Officials said the person, identified as Abdul Salam, alias Podi Salam, a native of Wandoor in Malappuram district had been deported from Saudi Arabia on a request by the NIA. The