Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sep 9: With the "extreme unrest" in Karnataka over release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to call forthwith "on a few hours notice" a meeting of chief ministers of the two states to end the impasse. As the Cauvery row hotted up with the state observing a 12-hour bandh today, Siddaramaiah dashed off a missive to

Mangaluru, Sep 9: Manjunath Shevgoor, a youth from this coastal city, has been conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computing (PhD) by the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA. He received the PhD for his thesis titled, Enabling Big Memory with Emerging Technologies' prepared under the guidance of Dr Rajeev Balasubramonian, Professor, School of Computing, University of Utah. The

Kolar, Sep 9: There is alarm over the outbreak of Brucellosis disease in Kolar district following the detection of Brucella abortus bacterium in 998 cattle, including 258 cows. Symptoms of Brucellosis have been found in animals at Rakshith Farm owned by Kolar MLA Varthur R Prakash. Also known as 'bangs disease' and `contagious abortion', Brucellosis spreads from the vaginal discharge of an

Kannur, Sep 9: Six country-made bombs were seized from two places on Thursday as the police carried out extensive raids in different parts of the district in the wake of political violence. The police said that three powerful crude bombs were seized from a homestead of an uninhabited house at Muzhakkunnu, near Iritty, here in the morning. The area has been tense following the murder of Rashtriya

Ahmedabad, Sep 9: A doctor and a sweeper of Apollo Hospital in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat have been arrested in connection with the rape of a 19-year-old dengue patient who was admitted in the ICU for treatment, police said today. Both the accused --Dr Ramesh Chauhan and sweeper Chandrakant Vankar--from Apollo Hospital, located at Bhat village in Gandhinagar were arrested yesterday. "We have

New Delhi, Sep 9: Liquor baron Vijay Mallya today informed a Delhi court that he wants to come to India but is unable to travel back as his passport has been suspended by Indian authorities. Mallya made the submission through his counsel before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass in a case lodged for allegedly evading summons in connection with a FERA violation matter. On July 9, the court

Bengaluru, Sep 9: Normal life in the city and most parts of the state was affected today by the dawn-to-dusk Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits, to protest against the Supreme Court's direction to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. A few activists of pro-Kannada organisations who tried to enter the departure terminal of the Kempegowda International Airport and the railway station here

Mangaluru, Sep 9: South African cricket legend AB de Villiers' much awaited memoir AB - The Autobiography' was cheerfully received by his admirers in this coastal city. Fans thronged to Sapna bookshop on K.S. Rao Road in the city to pick their copy on the very first day of the launch. AB - The Autobiography' is amongst the biggest non-fiction book releases of the season. It was launched in South

Mangaluru, Sep 9: Three suspected cattle transporters managed to escape after a group of gau rakshaks' vowing allegiance to saffron groups waylaid their vehicle at Bhatnagara near Thokkottu under the limits of Ullal police station. The incident occurred on Thursday night when two cattle were being transported in a vehicle allegedly to a local slaughter house. Acting on a tip off, a group of so

Surat, Sep 9: In an extreme embarrassing moment for the Gujarat unit of Bharatiya Janata Party, its show of strength' in historic town of Surat ended abruptly amidst chaos as the supporters of Patidar leader Hardik Patel chanted Jay Sardar Jay Patidar' while going on rampage breaking and throwing chairs and pelting stones at the venue. The programme was organized by the prominent businessmen of