Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 4: Investigations into the suicide of a 16-year-old girl in Uppinangady on the outskirts of the city, has revealed that the reason for the college student's extreme step was that her grandfather had asked her to avoid using mobile phone. Shabda, 16, a PU student of the Government PU College in Uppinangady, was on Tuesday found hanging at her grandparents' residence. The minor girl

Bengaluru, Aug 4: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing extortion and corruption cases within the Lokayukta institution, on Wednesday filed the chargesheet against former Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao who is also a retired Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. This is the first time a former Lokayukta has been chargesheeted for offences committed while in office. The SIT has filed a

Dubai, Aug 4: Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is mourning the firefighter who died responding to the crash-landing of an Emirates airliner. Sheikh Mohammed names the firefighter as Jassim Eissa al-Baloushi in a message posted to his official Twitter account on Wednesday night. He asks God to comfort the dead first responder's family. Sheikh Mohammed also writes that Emiratis

Mangaluru, Jul 3: Minister for urban development and haj Roshan Baig on Wednesday symbolically flagged off the pilgrims for the Haj season 2016 at Mangaluru International Airport and urged them to ensure that Islam truly becomes a religion of peace that it is. The Haj operations from Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) are scheduled to be operated from August 4 to August 7. Air India flights

Bhatkal, Aug 3: In yet another case of vigilante attack, a group of miscreants belonging to Hindutva groups thrashed a Hindu man and paraded him semi-naked for allegedly supplying cows to Muslim families in Bhatkal, a communally sensitive town in coastal Karnataka. The victim has been identified as Manjaiah Naika (28), a resident of Puravarga in Bhaktkal taluk. He was given treatment at a

Riyadh, Aug 3: Saudi Arabia today agreed to swiftly resolve plight of thousands of laid-off Indian workers including providing them free passage to return to India and clearing their unpaid dues after Union Minister V K Singh apprised the Saudi government about the humanitarian crisis. The Minister of State for External Affairs held extensive talks with Saudi Labour Minister Mufrej Al Haqbani here

Mysuru, Aug 3: K Mari Gowda, former president of Mysuru Zilla Panchayat and an associate of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, surrendered before the Nazarabad police station on Wednesday afternoon. He has been accused of intimidating Mysuru Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha. Mr. Mari Gowda was produced before the third JMFC court in Mysuru and remanded to judicial custody for 13 days. When Counsel for Mr

Dubai, Aug 3: Three hundred people, mostly Indians, had a narrow escape today when a packed Emirates flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai crash landed and caught fire here with authorities saying that all on board were evacuated safely. Emirates confirmed that flight EK521 with 282 passengers and 18 crew members on board was involved in an accident at Dubai international airport. The airlines

Mangaluru, Aug 3: The family members of Richard Marian Lazrath, a Mangaluru resident, who was rescued within a couple of days after his abduction in Rajasthan-Uttar Pradesh border, have thanked Minister for Food and Civil Supplies U T Khader and city police for their timely effort. The city police with assistance and cooperation from their counterparts in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are now

Guwahati, Aug 3: Two Indigo aircrafts miraculously escaped colliding with one another over Guwahati, leaving some passengers and crew members shaken and needing medical aid, officials said on Wednesday. At least four passengers and two cabin crew were shaken by the near disaster, a spokesman for Indigo Airlines said. The passengers complained of giddiness while the cabin crew needed first aid. The