Karnataka

Mysuru, Jun 18: A professor of journalism at Mysore University was remanded in judicial custody on Friday, as he failed to get an arrest warrant issued against him withdrawn by the court. The police said, there was an arrest warrant against Prof. BP Mahesh Chandra Guru in connection with a case in which he allegedly made derogatory remarks against Rama. Earlier this year a complaint was registered

Mandya, Jun 18: Housing and district incharge Minister M?H?Ambarish on Friday said expanding and reshuffling the cabinet were left to the sole discretion of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the party high command. Speaking to mediapersons after visiting MySugar factory here, Ambarish said, he had neither lobbied for cabinet berth nor was against being dropped from the ministry. He said people of

Mysuru, Jun 18: It was a day to cherish for hundreds of students at Government Higher Primary and High?School at Vinayakanagar (Paduvarahalli) on Friday. For, they had the privilege to get a peek into the history of Mysuru, with none other than the scion of erstwhile royal family of Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar donning the role of a teacher for the day. The bespectacled Yaduveer

New Delhi, Jun 18: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and sought a free hand in inducting new faces to his council of ministers to speed up development as well as improve the party's prospects in the coming Assembly elections. Siddaramaiah, who met Sonia along with Karnataka Pradesh Congress (KPCC) president G Parameshwara and AICC?General Secretary incharge

Mangaluru, Jun 17: After revaluation of answer sheets of recently held second Pre-University examinations, Mysuru boy Ravish SB (597) has snatched the first rank in science stream from Bengaluru girl Rakshitha T (596), while Mangaluru girl Vaishnavi Ballal (596) shard second rank with the erstwhile topper. Ravish of Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala of Mysuru, and Vaishnavi of Expert PU College in

Mumbai, Jun 17: Union Road Minister Nitin Gadkari today said the government was working on a scheme under which highways in far-flung areas can be used for aircraft landings and take-offs, and airports can be made where none exist. "Along with Defence Ministry, we are thinking on a proposal. We are making our national highways of cement and concrete. We can use them as airports and are identifying

Mangaluru, Jun 17: Karnataka government is planning to make physical fitness a mandatory benchmark to raise the retirement age of government doctors to 65 years, according to UT Khader, the Health and family welfare minister. The development comes in the wake of the approval given by the union Cabinet to increase in the retirement age of central government doctors to 65 years from 62 years.

Mangaluru, Jun 17: The Rajasthana Grameen Mela, an exclusive exhibition-cum-sale of handloom, handicraft, jewellery and painting exhibition, opened on Friday at Hotel Woodlands in Mangaluru. Dr Ashajyothi Rai, Chairperson, Aasare Charitable Trust, Mangaluru, inaugurated the 10 day event. “We want to keep alive the karigari' of Indian handicraft which is dying down in recent years. It is a part of

Dubai, Jun 17: An Indian man who resisted a robbery attempt has been killed allegedly by six Omani nationals, according to Royal Oman Police. John Philip, a fuel station employee who hailed from Kerala, was found dead by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) on Wednesday. Philip had been missing since last Friday and police was searching for him since Saturday after a colleague reported him missing, the

Chitradurga, Jun 17: In a bizarre ritual, a boy was paraded naked at a drought-hit village in Chitradurga district to please the rain god. The incident happened in Pandarahalli on June 10 with the video of the incident going viral. The video shows water being poured upon the boy, after which villagers performed pooja. The naked boy is then made to carry the idol in the village amid some chanting