Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 1: Pitching for supremacy of regional languages, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today pushed for the state's demand to make it the medium of instruction for primary education. Speaking at the 61st Karnataka Rajyotsava (state formation day) celebration event here, he urged the Prime Minister to call a meeting of Chief Ministers of all states and bring an amendment to the

New Delhi, Nov 1: Popular television journalist Arnab Goswami has reportedly resigned as the Editor-in Chief of Times Now. Arnab was not seen on his prime time show The Newshour in couple of days. According to sources, he announced his resignation at an editorial meeting. He told his team that he will start something on his own. Goswami was recently given “Y category” security cover from the

New Delhi, Nov 1: Islamic Research Foundation, promoted by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, will soon be banned from receiving foreign funds with the Home Ministry initiating the process for cancellation of its FCRA registration by issuing a final show cause notice to the NGO. The Home Ministry has also started the process for putting another NGO of Naik namely IRF Educational Trust in prior

San Francisco, Nov 1: An Indian-origin teenager has been arrested in the US for carrying out a cyberattack that swamped Arizona's emergency services with several bogus calls, an incident he claimed was a non-harmful joke gone wrong. Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai was taken into custody after the Surprise Police Department, Arizona, notified the Sheriff's Office of more than 100 hang-up 911 calls. The

Mangaluru, Nov 1: As many as 22 achievers of various fields including heads of the organisations were conferred with Dakshina Kannada Zilla Kannada Rajyotsava Prashasthi on Tuesday. Abdul Rauf Puthige, founder of Talent Research Foundation, Ramakrishna R, Kannada journalist, Khalid Tannirbavi, artiste, were among those how received the award at Rajyotsava ceremony held in Nehru Maidan. Dakshina

Chandigarh, Nov 1: Unemployed postgraduate youth in Haryana will now get an allowance of Rs 9,000 every month, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced here on Monday. A web portal has been launched for the purpose, under which postgraduate unemployed youth have to register to avail of the honorarium. This would be in lieu of 100 hours of work done by them. Presently, as many as 1,100

Dubai, Nov 1: As Hindus all over the world celebrate Diwali - the festival of lights - wishes and greetings have poured in from most global leaders, including a special royal message from the UAE. His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler, took to Twitter on Monday night to wish a Happy Diwali to all those celebrating in the UAE

Renowned former Supreme Court judge, Justice Markandey Katju has said that he reckoned the encounter that killed 8 undertrials in Madhya Pradesh on Monday was fake. Writing on his Facebook page, Justice Katju demanded death sentence for the cops involved in the encounter. He wrote, “From what I could gather, the so calledencounter' in Bhopal was fake, and all those responsible for it, not only

Bengaluru, No 1: A 10-month-old baby girl swallowed an LED bulb with metal electrodes while her parents were arranging electric diyas outside for Diwali their house in Bengaluru. When the child's mother saw the baby swallowing the bulb, she tried to remove it from her mouth but failed. The contraption, which was about 5 centimetres long, caused breathing problems for the baby. She was rushed to

Karwar:?Nov 1: An expatriate from coastal Karnataka working as a driver in Riyadh, the capital of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has sought the Uttara Kannada deputy commissioner to come to his help. Imtiyaz Shiekh Sardar, who hails from Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district, in his WhatsApp message to the deputy commissioner, has said he came to Riyadh in search of a job on August 30, 2014. “I have been