Karnataka

New Delhi, May 22: BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was today appointed as Lt Governor of Puducherry, a post which was under the additional charge of Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Island for nearly two years. A Rashtrapati Bhawan communique said "the President has been pleased to appoint Ms Kiran Bedi, to be the Lt. Governor of Puducherry with effect from the date she assumes

New York, May 22: A Sikh-American councilman was called a "terrorist" on Twitter by a Donald Trump supporter but the Indian-origin politician hit back at the troll, saying "you clearly don't know what it means to be an American". Ravinder Bhalla, city council member at large and council president of Hoboken, New Jersey, posted a message on Twitter about the Hoboken City Council approving a

Mangaluru, May 22: Mishal Queenie D'Costa, the only candidate from entire Dakshina Kannada district who cracked civil services examination-2015 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, was given a warm felicitation at Pandit Health Resort & Spa, Moodbidri, here. Mishal is the Daughter of Lazarus and Nancy D'Costa resident of Niddodi village near Moodbidri. Speaking on the occasion Mr

Mangaluru, May 22: The victims of the 2010 Mangaluru air crash were today remembered on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the tragedy with officials paying homage. One of the country's worst aviation disasters, Air India Express flight 812 coming here from Dubai overshot the runway and crashed while landing at the international airport in the early hours of May 22, 2010 killing 158

Mangaluru, May 22: A project exhibition of Ogival Shell structure constructed by Thariq Aziz, an M.Tech student of Srinivas School of Engineering Mukka, was recently inaugurated by local MLA BA Mohiuddin Bava at Dakshina Kannada Nirmithi Kendra, Surathkal, here. The eco friendly, low cost, bud' shaped pointed shell structure was constructed without using steel and concrete which can withstand all

Manjeshwar, May 22: The Sangh Parivar activists, who are indulging in violence across Kasaragod district after the announcement of Assembly poll results earlier this week, attacked a Muslim youth at Uppalla, near here on Saturday. Muneer (24), son of Abdullah, a resident of Uppala, was waylaid and stabbed when he was returning home from Cherugoli village, police sources said. The assailant has

New Delhi, May 22: Indian families are getting smaller and the decline is sharpest among Muslims, religious census data released on Friday said, in what could be signs of rising literacy levels in the community. The report of the census carried out in 2011 was released almost a year after the government revealed religion-wise population figures from the same year. The latest data said the country

Mangaluru, May 22: The Lourdes Central School has secured cent percent results in the Class 12 CBSE results. A total of 59 students had appeared for the examinations and 54 have passed with distinctions and five students passed with first class. Adithya Pai K has scored 94.8%, while Aishwarya A Mathew 94.6% while M Madhumitha has scored 94%. Adithya Pai K (94.8%), Aishwarya A Mathew (94.6%), M

Lucknow, May 22: A 70-yr-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district who fought off a tigress that attacked him is in a critical condition in hospital having had 100 stitches to the injuries he sustained. Madhuban Yadav, a resident of Baudhiya Kalan village, was visiting a temple when the tigress attacked him from behind. Reports said the tigress, which had two of her cubs, attacked

Mangaluru, May 22: The YouTube channel of Muzik247 Tulu, the most prominent music label in Tulu film industry, recently crossed 1 million views. Muzik247 Tulu was the first digital entertainment publisher to bring out a dedicated YouTube channel exclusively for Tulu content. It is the one stop destination for Tuluvas across the globe to access Tulu entertainment ranging from audio songs and video