Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sep 3: A septuagenarian Haj pilgrim from coastal Karnataka has died of heart attack in King Abdulaziz Hospital in Saudi Arabia. The deceased has been identified as Aboobakar (73), who hailed from Aranthodu village in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada. His family is currently staying at Kumble in Kasargod district. According to family sources, he had undergone dialysis treatment during

New Delhi, Sep 3: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday told the Supreme Court that “personal laws cannot be re-written in the name of social reforms.” Submitting its response in connection with the ongoing matter on the triple talaq' issue, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board said, “Personal laws cannot be challenged as violative of Part III of the Constitution.” “When

New Delhi: Sep 3: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwara, who arrived here on Friday to meet the party top brass to finalise appointments to boards and corporations, are in two minds on considering sitting legislators for the posts. Legislators who failed to get ministerial berths have been lobbying for chairmanship of important boards

Mangaluru, Sep 2: It is not just their uniquely designed kites and their art, artists from Team Mangalore will express their concerns about the harm being cause to the eco-sensitive Western Ghats at the 10-day long International Kite Festival in Dieppe, France. This is the seventh year that artists Dinesh Holla and Satish Rao from Team Mangalore will be participating in this biennial kite festival

Mangaluru, Sep 2: The Muslims in Kerala and coastal Karnataka will celebrate Eid-ul-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, on September 12. Saturday (September 3) marks the first day of the Islamic month of Dhul-Hijjah, and Eid always falls on the 10th day of this month. Muslim religious heads and Khazis across Kerala and coastal Karnataka unanimously announced the date of Eid as the crescent moon was

Bengaluru, Sep 2: Karnataka Industries minister R V Deshpande today criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not taking an initiative to convene a meeting of the three riparian states to resolve the Mahadayi river dispute inspite of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urging him to do so during the all-party delegation meet in New Delhi recently. "My honorable Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also had met

Bengaluru, Sep 2: Amid a court battle between taxi- aggregators and the state government, Karnataka Industries Minister R V Deshpande today said companies like, Ola Cabs and Uber India Technologies, should follow rules of the country. "I had a meeting with Ola and Uber officials. There are some regulations of the transport department which are applicable for everybody. They should follow them," he

Bengaluru, Sep 2: A 17-year-old girl was crushed to death under the wheels of a canter after she fell on the road while riding pillion with her male friend, who was doing stunts on a busy road in Bengaluru reportedly to impress her. The victim has been identified as Shiny Kiran K, a resident of Ulsoor, and a student of a private pre-university college. The tragedy occurred at around 8:30 p.m. on

Bengaluru, Sep 2: The one-day nationwide strike called by ten central trade unions today evoked a mixed response in Karnataka. While the state-run transport buses remained off the roads causing inconvenience to office-goers and those travelling to distant places, shops, establishments, markets and hotels functioned normally. Though some auto and cab unions had announced their support for the bandh

Four slow-brained' robbers from remote villages in north-eastern India's Assam state have gained international fame after they stole a passbook printing machine from a local branch of State Bank of India mistaking it to for an ATM cash dispenser. A photo of the four robbers – Sahab Ali, Saiful Rahman, Mainul Haque and Saddam Hussain, all residents of different villages around Guwahati – posing