Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 15: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Saturday visited two famous pilgrimage sites managed by Muslims and Hindus in Dakshina Kannada district and offered special prayers. The Janata Dal (Secular) supremo, who arrived in the city in the morning, visited Shri Durga Parameshwari temple in Kateel and paid obeisance to the deity. He was welcomed priests Anantha Asranna

Jeddah, Oct 15: Air India is all set to resume connecting flights from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah to Kozhikode via Mumbai from November. As a promotional offer, return tickets will be available at 1,213 Saudi riyal (inclusive of all taxes), which is around Rs. 21,412, said M A Noor Mohammed, western region manager of India's flagship carrier. Customs and emigration formalities will be done at the

Udupi, Oct 15: Congress leader and Udupi district-in-charge minister Pramod Madhwaraj has taunted the hardcore vegetarians in India by reminding them that most worshipped religious figures of Indian Hindus were non-vegetarians. Speaking after inaugurating the Maharishi Valmiki Jayanti celebrations organised by the Udupi district administration here on Saturday, he said that Sri Rama and Sri

Lucknow, Oct 15: Amid the raging debate on the uniform civil code and reforming of personal laws, a man divorced his wife from abroad over telephone through triple talaq. According to the reports, Shahnawaz, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, about 500 km from here, called his wife a few days ago and pronounced the word talaq' thrice and severed all relations with her. “He (husband

Karwar, Oct 15: Rafiq Pathan, the former president of Uttara Kannada Wakf Advisory Committee has urged the State Wakf Board to take action over encroachment of its properties. Speaking to media persons, Mr Pathan said that in Uttara Kannada there are about 600 acres of property for the board but 50 per cent of the property has been encroached upon. There are 70 stalls in 30 acres in all but the

New Delhi, Oct 15: For the first time in a decade, Air India has reported an operating profit of Rs 105 crore in the last fiscal aided by lower fuel costs and rise in passenger numbers. The state-owned airline, which is working on ways to improve its financials, had an operating loss of Rs 2,636 crore in 2014-15. During its meeting today, the Air India board approved the financial numbers for 2015

Belagavi/Bengaluru, Oct 15: Four students of a madrasa were detained for trespassing on the runway of the Belagavi airport and moving around suspiciously on Friday. Police released the students after it emerged that they had set out on an adventure, and the madrasa's principal gave an undertaking that the incident would not recur. A total of 12 students, aged 18-22, climbed the airport's eight

Mangaluru, Oct 15: The Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) has secured the first position in Southern Region airports and overall third position in India in the customer satisfaction survey. J T Radhakrishna, airport director, said that Airports Authority of India (AAI) carries out customer satisfaction survey through an external agency at 52 airports owned by it. "Every six months, a survey is

Bengaluru, Oct 15: Bengaluru's civic authorities have served final notices on actor Darshan and former minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa to clear out structures that encroaching upon stormwater drains [SWDs] in the locality. While a part of the actor's house has been built over a drain, Shivashankrappa has a built an entire house and a hospital over an SWD in Rajarajeshwari Nagar within BBMP

Mangaluru, Oct 14: Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Arun Chakravarthy has suspended Belthangady circle inspector Nemiraju, who has been accused of demanding Rs. 20,000 for closing a case. The case relates to a complaint registered with the Belthangady police station against Abhishek under Section 66 A of the Information Technology Act for posting a defamatory post on a social networking