Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 13: A 17-year-old girl lost her life after she allegedly jumped off the sixth floor of a college building in Moodbidri, near here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Ashwini, a native of Ballari district. She was a second year PUC student in Alva's Pre-University College, Moodbidri. According to Moodbidri police, the victim reportedly jumped off the building on

Mangaluru, Oct 13: Further expanding its already-extensive network, Jet Airways will operate more flights between south Indian cities like Mangaluru and Middle Eastern destinations in coming days. The Indo-Gulf route is already among Jet Airways' busiest and the airline has ramped up the number of flights on the sector to meet this growing demand. A high level officer of the private carrier told

Kannur, Oct 13: Kerala police have seized country-made bombs and other weapons from a group of Sangh Parivar activists in violence-hit Kannur district that witnessed three political murders in last four days. Police sources said that steel bombs, swords, axes and iron rods were among the seized weapons that were hidden near the office of Bharatiya Janata Party at Chakkarakkal in Kannur. There were

Kannur, Oct 13: Considered to be a hotbed of political violence, Kerala's Kannur district witnessed yet another murder on Thursday. This time the victim is an activist of Social Democratic Party of India. 45-year-old Farooq, the president of SDPI Neerchal unit in Kannur was hacked to death near a hotel in the city around 11 am. He was rushed to hospital, but his life could not be saved. SDPI

Kasargod, Oct 13: Buses and autorickshaws were off the roads as the 12-hour state-wide hartal called by the BJP in Kerala to protest against the brutal killing of a 25-year-old party activist in Pinarayi in Kannur began this morning. Early reports said no untoward incident was reported in any part of the state, including the politically sensitive northern district of Kannur, where there is heavy

New Delhi, Oct 13: The Muslim Personal Law Board said on Thursday that a Law Commission questionnaire, to gauge public opinion on triple talaq and some other practices across religions, is a "fraud", that it will boycott it and that a uniform civil code is not good for India. The Muslim Law Board also said that the law commission isn't acting independently and is instead acting at the behest of

Bengaluru, Oct 13: A young software engineer has been reported missing after he left Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's The Art of Living ashram on Kanakapura Road in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The family members of Aditya Shrivastava (31) have filed a missing complaint in his hometown of Hyderabad. Kaggalipura police station in Kanakapura Main Road in the city has also registered a similar complaint. Kaggalipura

Mangaluru, Oct 13: The Karnataka government has issued a directive making it mandatory for all government hospitals in the state including Wenlock Hospital of Mangaluru to have hair salons in their premises. The directive issued at the behest of health minister K R Ramesh Kumar asked all district health officers to create space in government hospitals in their jurisdictions for barbers to set up

Washington, Oct 13: The real threats to India are "internal" and emanate from communal and social violence, not from outside forces such as Pakistan or China, former national security advisor Shivshankar Menon has said. Asked if Pakistan or China pose an existential threat to India, Menon said: "No"."In terms of national security, I think the real threats are internal," he told PTI. "There's no

Bengaluru, Oct 13: Thousands of Shia Muslims in different parts of Karnataka on Wednesday held mourning ceremonies to venerate the day of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. Black-clad mourners took to the streets in cities like Hubballi, Dharwad, Kalaburgi, Belagavi and in some areas of Bengaluru to take part in the ceremonies of Ashura, the 10th day of