Karnataka

Udupi, Aug 6: A total of 37,507 children are out of school in Udupi, Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Shivamogga and Koppal districts of Karnataka, according to Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Member of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Vanitha Thorvi said 37,507 children are out of schools Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Shivamogga, Koppal and Udupi districts

Bengaluru, Aug 6: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will take over the investigation into the recent blast at Mysuru court as preliminary probe has revealed striking similarities with the blasts that took place on the court premises in Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh and Kollam in Kerala. All the three blasts at court complexes have many similarities, including the explosive materials used and

Mangaluru, Aug 5: The coastal city's one of the busiest roads near Town Hall would soon have a state-of-the-art skywalk to ease the pedestrian rush, if everything goes as expected. Mangaluru City South MLA J R Lobo, who on Friday along with the authorities of Coastal Development Authority (CDA), inspected the potential site where the proposed skywalk is proposed to be set up, told Coastaldigest

Chicago, Aug 5: A Pakistani-American couple has claimed that they were removed from a US-bound flight as an on board crew member felt "uncomfortable" after noticing that they were "sweating", saying "Allah" and texting. Nazia and Faisal Ali have accused Delta Air Lines of Islamophobia for throwing them off their flight from Paris to Cincinnati, Ohio. Nazia, 34, had removed her sneakers, finished

Mangaluru, Aug 5: Even as the students of St Thomas Aided Higher Primary School at Bondanthila in Mangaluru taluk, rubbished the allegations of compulsory' Arabic class, the Sri Ram Sena has continued to accuse the school management of forcibly' teaching Arabic. The saffron outfit has also demanded the school headmaster to withdraw complaint against the Hindutva activists. Addressing media persons

Bengaluru, Aug 5: The Karnataka Police CID has arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in a Rs 3.39 crore scam related to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF). The CID probe has found that the four accused used fake medical bills to claim money from the CMRF over several years. Those arrested were identified as Amogappa Moratagi of Jevargi in Gulbarga, MK Kiran of Melanahalli in

Bengaluru, Aug 5: The Karnataka high court on Thursday observed that at least one body should be allowed to function freely to curb corruption. "It appears that the police wing of the Lokayukta is ineffective after the establishment of ACB (Anti-Corruption Bureau). It doesn't seem to be functional. People are in the lurch. What they need is a vibrant body. Unless antigraft establishments function

Jaipur, Aug 5: A television channel has exposed the pathetic condition of the cows in Hingonia shed near Jaipur run by the chief minister Vasundhara Raje-led Rajasthan's BJP government. According to a report by India Today, cows rot and die in hordes in this biggest cow shelter of Rajasthan. Indescribable stench has filled the air as the holiest animals starve, abandoned by their caretakers for

Mangaluru, Aug 5: The flight services between Mangaluru International Airport and Dubai International Airport are likely to resume on Saturday, August 6 after a gap of three days. All operations between these two destinations were suspended in the wake of the crash landing of Emirates flight from Thiruvananthapuram in Dubai, which claimed the life of a fire-fighter. J T Radhakrishna, the Director

Kasargod, Aug 5: A tense atmosphere prevailed at the General Hospital here after DYFI and Muslim Youth League workers took out marches alleging that physicians demanded bribe from a Scheduled Tribe woman to perform uterus removal surgery. They demanded disciplinary action against the doctors for denying her timely medical care. They alleged that Saraswati, a resident of the Madhur locality, was