Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 29: After Congress and JD(S), discontent now appeared to be brewing within the BJP against state President B S Yeddyurappa and his confidante Shobha Karandlaje over the appointment of party office bearers. The resentment came to the fore when senior party leader K S Eshwarappa openly criticised Yeddyurappa's "unilateral" decisions in appointing office bearers and presidents of

Mumbai, Jun 29: A youth, travelling from Saudi Arabia's Dammam to Mumbai, was arrested for molesting a Jet Airways air hostess and taking a selfie against her will, according to a report. He further violated aircraft rules by smoking in the toilet. Mohammed Abubakar (29), hailing from Gujarat, was arrested after the Dammam-Mumbai flight landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA)

Udupi, Jun 29: In what could have been a major tragedy, a school bus carrying around 25 students collided with a car on Tuesday on National Highway 66 near Shiroor village in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district. It is learnt that the driver of the bus belonging to Green Valley National School lost control over his vehicle while negotiating a curve near Sakandagundi Bridge and rammed into the oncoming

Mangaluru, Jun 28: Opposing the new guidelines issued by the district administration for vehicles ferrying schoolchildren in the wake of the death of 8 students in Kundapur, Dakshina Kannada District School Vehicle Drivers' Association staged a protest in front of the deputy commissioner's office in the city on Tuesday. The protesters not only opposed the orders by the district administration to

New Delhi, Jun 28 A video has emerged showing a group of Hindutva extremists forcing two Muslims youths to eat cow dung and drink cow urine for allegedly transporting beef over a fortnight ago. Gurgaon Gau Rakshak Dal, an extremist group, infamous for spreading communal hatred in BJP-ruled Haryana and neighbouring states, has openly claimed responsibility for this heinous act. However, the police

New Delhi, Jun 28: Livid over having to miss an "important" appointment after the pilot of an Air India flight to Hyderabad did not turn up, Union Minister M Vankaiah Naidu today said the state-run carrier needed to explain how such things were happening. "Air India should explain how such things are happening. Transparency and accountability are the need of the hour," Naidu, the Urban Development

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jun 28: With heavy rains lashing coastal Karnataka relentlessly for past few days, many areas in Mangaluru and Udupi are witnessing heightened erosion along the coast. Mogaveerapatna, Kaiko, Kotepura, Hileriyanagara, Subhashnagara and Someshawara in Ullal region of Dakshina Kannada district and Ucchila, Tenka Yermal, Malpe, Kundapur, Bengre and Madhwanagar in Udupi district have

Mumbai, June 28: A special NIA court today rejected the bail application of 2008 Malegoan blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur who had been given a clean chit by the probe agency last month. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had also not opposed her bail application. Special Judge S D Tekale rejected the bail plea in an in-camera hearing. In her application, Pragya had contended that

Patna, Jun 28: The fake Class 12 'topper' Ruby Rai, who was arrested in Patna for bribing officials to get highest marks, told the investigators that she had asked her father to arrange for her to secure passing marks. According to a report in a national daily, she said, “Maine to Papa se kaha tha pass karwa dijiye, unhone ne to top hi karwa diya.” (I had only asked Papa to get me passed, but he

Mangaluru, Jun 28: An elderly man was killed and a few others sustained injuries in yet another horror crash on Tuesday at Valachil on the outskirts of the city as the blood-letting on roads continued unabated. This time a car rammed into a shuttle bus, belonging to Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, plying from Puttur to Mangaluru's state bank bus. The deceased has been identified as