Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 26: A woman raised eyebrows of six crore Kannadigas when she placed a peck on Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's cheek at a public meeting in Bengaluru. Girija Srinivas, a taluk panchayat member from Tarikere in Chikmagalur district, planted a kiss on Siddaramaiah's cheek after she was felicitated at a programme organised by Kuruba community to which the CM belongs to. The

Riyadh, Jun 26: The Ministry of Haj and Umrah stopped issuing Umrah visas from Ramadan 16. The ministry said the Umrah season for this year registered an increase of 6.6 percent over last year. The number of visas this year was 6,393,464, an increase of 447,252. The number of Umrah visitors last year was 5,946,212. Till Saturday, the number of pilgrims hit 5,956,631. Egyptians topped the list with

New Delhi, Jun 26: Sharing his thoughts with the nation through his 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign has touched many lives and the results of various examinations show how women are excelling. On the occasion, PM Modi congratulated the country for having the first batch of women fighter pilots inducted into the Air

New Delhi, Jun 26: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and over 60 Aam Aadmi Party legislators were detained by police today while they were on their way to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence here to protest the arrest of a party MLA. The MLAs were detained for violating prohibitory orders around 7 RCR. The protest march comes a day after AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya was arrested on

Udupi, Jun 26: Former police officer Anupama Shenoy, who had earlier made it clear that she would not entre politics, now started issuing political statements. Besides, she also met Vishwesha Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of Pejawar Mutt. Ms Shenoy, who recently resigned as Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kudligi Sub-division, Ballari district, slammed the state government for dropping V

Mangaluru, Jun 26: Agnel Rodrigues, a senior city based journalist and cine actor, died after a massive cardiac arrest, here on Sunday. He was 55. He was the Managing Director of city based Agnel's Ad-venture and Coastal Times TV. He has acted in several Tulu and Konkani movies. He was also a social activist and member of Lions Club. Family sources said that he breathed his last a private hospital

Udupi, Jun 26: One of the injured schoolchildren in last Tuesday's road mishap at Trasi still battling for life at a private hospital in Manipal, here. Sources of KMC Hospital said that 5-year-old Lizel Crasta, whose condition is critical, is still under observation. However, she has been taken off the ventilator and is breathing on her own, they said. Three of the injured children who were

Bengaluru, Jun 26: Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi has alleged that secularism as practiced by Congress and Left parties was "nothing but an euphemism for hating Hindutva". "Secularism being practiced by Congress and Leftists is nothing but an euphemism for hating Hindutva. People of India have seen through this devious game of Congress as well as the Leftists and

Bengaluru, Jun 26: Former ministers Kimmane Ratnakar and P T Parameshwara Naik on Saturday urged disgruntled party MLAs not to air grievances in public. Addressing reporters at the KPCC office, they said the BJP had lost badly in the 2013 Assembly elections in the state because of confusion and scams. Congress legislators should draw lessons from the saffron party's debacle. The recent ministry

Bengaluru, Jun 26: The appointment of new party office bearers and district unit presidents by state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa has not gone down well with state party leaders. Senior party leader and opposition leader in the Legislative Council K S Eshwarappa openly expressed reservations on the appointments and charged Yeddyurappa with taking unilateral decisions. “The appointments were made