Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 13: Several students trained at city based Centre For Advanced Learning(CFAL) have been selected in the JEE-advanced 2016. Kenrick Pinto is the first rank holder in Mangaluru and second topper in Karnataka with an All India Rank (AIR) of 203. Dhanush Krishna is the second rank holder in Mangaluru with an All India Rank (AIR) of 313. JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced are the two stages

Bengaluru, June 13: BJP Karnataka President B S Yeddyurappa has landed in a controversy after a video purportedly showing him telling a police official not to harass some Hindu youths in a murder case in Hassan district went viral. "You have already arrested 14-15 Hindu youths. A few more are being tortured. Please don't do such things in future. It won't be nice, situation in Arsikere may get

Kuala Lumpur, Jun 13: Malaysia's Rayani Air, the country's first Sharia-compliant airline owned by an ethnic Indian Hindu couple, was shut down today, months after it was suspended for failing to adhere to aviation rules. The Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) revoked Rayani Air's Air Service Licence (ASL) after finding Rayani Air had breached the conditions of its licence. It said the airline

Mangaluru, Jun 13: The Mangaluru City Corporation, which has nearly Rs 100 crore in its Premium FAR (Floor Area Ratio) fund in its kitty, has made a fresh appeal to the state government to allow the civic body to utilize the same for the construction of footpaths and drainages. In fact the MCC council had put up a proposal in May 2015 to utilise premium FAR fund for development works. However, the

Mandya, Jun 13: A tense atmosphere prevailed for a while at Hemavathi Layout, in K.R. Pet town in Mandya district, after hundreds of people staged protest outside the police station on Sunday demanding action against the construction of a madrasa. According to police and Revenue Department sources, a local resident is allegedly constructing a madrasa on a residential site allotted to him, without

Mangaluru, Jun 13: Three youths from Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka have lost their lives in a road accident at Mashem in Canacona Police Station limits of Goa. The deceased have been identified as Punit Chinnappa Gowda (22), Charan Kushalappa Gowda (22) and Shivaram Gowda (22), all residents of a Kalmakar village near Kukke Subramanya. According to Canacona Police, the three were among

Mumbai, Jun 13: The Mumbai Police have rescued as many as 28 Brahmin youngsters, including 12 minors, from the clutches of two self-styled god-men, who had confined them in a bungalow in Mumbai's Kandivali area. All 28 were being held hostage and forced into marathon sessions of praying by Devendra Dubey (35) and Bhagwan Tiwari (39). The duo from Benaras claimed to possess a hotline to the gods

Bengaluru, Jun 13: The JD(S)?has decided to portray the defeat of its Rajya Sabha candidate B?M?Farooq as a betrayal of the Muslims by the Congress and will launch a statewide campaign to prove its point. JD(S) national president H?D?Deve Gowda announced the decision at a well-attended convention of party office-bearers and leaders at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru on Sunday. The JD(S)' decision to

Bengaluru, Jun 13: JD(S)?leader H?D?Revanna dubbed the eight rebels as “Shanis” (considered inauspicious) and that it was a relief that they had distanced themselves from the party. “The Shani kaata has now been transferred to the Congress. It is now a matter of time that Karnataka becomes a Congress-free' state,”?Revanna said. JD(S) yesterday suspended its eight rebel MLAs who voted against its

Bengaluru, Jun 13: JD(S)?state president H?D?Kumaraswamy was not present at the party convention, held at Palace Grounds. He left for Bulgaria early on Sunday to be with his son Nikhil Gowda during the shooting of his film Jaguar. However, a four-page message to the workers was read out at the convention by party spokesperson Ramesh?Babu. Kumaraswamy stated that the developments in the last few