Karnataka

Bengaluru: Dec 22: A 19-year-old student was stabbed by unidentified persons near PES College in southwest Bengaluru on Tuesday afternoon. The boy succumbed to the injuries late in the night. According to the police, the deceased is Harsha Jagadish, a resident of Srinagar. He was studying diploma in mechanical engineering at PES College. Harsha lived with his parents Jagadish and Lakshmi, who

Bengaluru, Dec 22: The Karnataka government is planning to provide Kannadigas 100% reservation in mainly blue-collar jobs in private sector industries across the state. The state labour department has released the draft amendments to the Karnataka Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules of 1961 to this end. The 100% horizontal reservation for Kannadigas is meant for all private industries

Mumbai, Dec 22: Saccharine-sweet portrayals of families bonding may be a popular theme in airline commercials, but in the airline boardrooms they have figured out that families can be put to better commercial use. The latest revenue generator in the industry comes from ensuring that the families that fly together pay to sit together. The 'seat selection fee' or 'family fee', as it's called by

Mangaluru, Dec 22: Following an oral complaint by Hindutva activists, sleuths of Ullal police station on Wednesdayraided' a rented room of a Kashmiri medical student near Ullal on the outskirts of the city. The reason for the raid was that a girl belonging to another community was present in the room. However, after inquiry the cops returned as they realised that the girl was not only his

Bengaluru: Dec 22: Members of the Bank Employees Federation of India, Karnataka, have decided to stage a dharna at 6.30 pm near Town Hall in Bengaluru on Thursday, protesting the way the Centre is implementing the demonetisation scheme. Federation president K Srinivas Babu told reporters on Wednesday that mishandling of the scheme has caused a lot of inconvenience for the people. Steps should be

Kasargod, Dec 22: At least ten Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, including the party's SC/ST Morcha president P. Sudheer, were injured after a group of persons, allegedly Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers, attacked them at Cheemeni town on Wednesday. Two police personnel were also injured in the attack. The attack came as Mr. Sudheer was addressing a meeting in connection with the

New Delhi, Dec 22: A YouTube star known for filming elaborate hoaxes was escorted off a Delta flight on Wednesday morning after he claimed that other passengers complained when they heard him speaking in Arabic. Adam Saleh, a 23-year-old YouTube star from New York, posted multiple videos to Twitter and Periscope on Tuesday, showing himself being escorted from a plane by Delta flight attendants

Mangaluru, Dec 21: Most Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D'souza, Bishop of Mangalore addressed the people who participated in a mega vehicle rally held on 21-12-2016 on the occasion of Christmas and assembled at Milagres Church grounds and asked them to emulate the values taught and practiced by Jesus. The Bishop said that Jesus came into this world two thousand years ago and planted the seed of Kingdom of

Mangaluru, Dec 21: Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi and Edwin Joseph Francis D'Souza, the two well-known authors from Dakshina Kannada have been chosen for the prestigious Central Sahitya Akademi Award for 2016 in Kannada and Konkani languages, respectively.65-year-old Kunhi, said that he is glad that his 1,110-page Kannada novelSwathanthryada Ota' (The run for freedom) has been selected for the award and

New Delhi, Dec 21: In a step towards defining the contours of freedom of speech for online chat groups, the Delhi High Court has held that administrators of WhatsApp, Telegram and similar social networking services cannot be held guilty of defamation if the members of the group post libellous and obscene messages. Dismissing a defamation case filed against the administrator of a chat group, a