Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 10: Dr Edmond Fernandes, CEO, Center for Health and Development [CHD-India] has written to Bhanu Pratap Sharma, Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Government of India urging to remove mandatory retirement' age for medical teachers in private and Government medical colleges and Universities. Considering the acute shortage of doctors in the country, which is way below the WHO

Bengaluru, Jun 10: JD(S) MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan's handsome son Zaid Khan is all set to make debut in Kannada film industry. Director Indrajit Lankesh has confirmed that that Zaid, the first prominent Khan of Sandalwood, will be the hero of the much awaited film which is slated to take off towards the end of the holy month of Ramadan. “This is going to be a young, trendy, contemporary story, with my

Louisville, Jun 10: Thousands have joined together shoulder to shoulder inside a Kentucky arena for a Muslim prayer service that begins two days of memorials for Muhammad Ali. The brief service, which is part of a plan designed by Ali himself years before he died, began with a message of inclusion from the imam leading it. "We welcome the Muslims, we welcome the members of other faith communities

Mangaluru, Jun 10: Amid growing fears of a possible outbreak of dengue epidemic in Dakshina Kannada, a 6-year-old boy from Puttur succumbed to the deadly fever at a hospital here on Thursday. Mumhammad Rizwan (6), son of Abdul Rahmand and Bi Fathima couple from Belandoor village in Puttur taluk is the fresh victim of suspected dengue fever. It is learnt that Rizwan had joined school in the current

New Delhi, Jun 10: India's student population in the 5-19 years age group has increased by 30% between 2001 and 2011 but the increases are unevenly distributed across religious communities, with lagging sections catching up. Among Muslims, the number of students zoomed by 44%, and within that, among girls by a staggering 53%. As a result, students now constitute 63% of this age group among Muslims

Riyadh, Jun 10: Saudi Arabia has revealed that its security forces have arrested a total of 823 foreign nationals on terror charges including 29 Pakistanis, 19 Indians and 8 US nationals. Also among the terror suspects are 3 Europeans, 2 Indonesians, 6 Filipinos and 18 Africans, mainly from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Nigeria, currently languishing in Saudi prisons together with 4,409 Saudi nationals. A

Karwar, Jun 10: In a daring operation braving sea winds, Navy and Coast Guard yesterday rescued a merchant ship, which was about to drown in Arabian Sea off the coast of Goa. The 83 m long vessel with 14 Indian crew (including Master) was transiting from Kandla port in Gujarat and proceeding to Karwar when it developed the crack in the hull and started taking in water. MV Infinity I from Panama

New Delhi, June 10: The Election Commission on Thursday decided not to defer or cancel the polling for the four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka. The poll panel, however, sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into alleged corrupt practices by some MLAs, as exposed by a “sting operation” by two television channels. “In the present case, neither is there evidence nor even an

Bengaluru, June 10: The state government on Thursday accepted Kudligi DySP Anupama Shenoy's resignation with immediate effect. The government took the decision after Anupama declared that there was no question of withdrawing her resignation. Anupama had resigned on June 4 after protests were staged against her over the construction of a godown of a liquor shop adjacent to Ambedkar Bhavan in

Udupi, Jun 9: Paryaya Pejawar Mutt chief Vishwesha Tirtha Swami has promised to intervene in Yettinahole project issue. The seer told the representatives of Netravati Samrakshana Samyukta Samiti, who called on him here on Thursday, that he would call a meeting of experts supporting and opposing the Yettinahole project here by the end of this month or in July. Later speaking to media persons, he