Karnataka

Mumbai, May 13: Where there's a will, there's a way and 26-year-old Pranjal Patil, a visually-impaired Ulhasnagar resident, has proved it right by clearing the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams and getting an All-India ranking of 773. Born with a weak eyesight, Patil lost her vision completely when she was just six, but till then she had made up her mind to be an Indian Administrative

Udupi, May 13: The newly built St Francis Assisi Church was inaugurated at Tallur near Kundapura in Udupi district on Thursday. The star-shaped church is said to be the first of its kind in the State. Most Rev. Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo, Bishop of Udupi Diocese, inaugurated the church by cutting the ribbon and unveiling the plaque. Later speaking at a public function organized to mark the inauguration

Mangaluru, May 13: The south-west monsoon is likely to hit Karnataka's coastal districts including Dakshina Kannada and Udupi by May 31 as a private weather forecasting agency has predicted its entry into neighbouring Kerala between May 28 and 30. The monsoon will make landfall almost 10 days after it arrives in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. “It is likely to reach over Andaman and Nicobar

Bengaluru, May 13: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who will completed three years in office on Friday is confident of continuing as chief minister for the next two years. Not just completing his five-year term, Siddaramaiah is also sure that he would lead the Congress party in the next assembly election in 2018. In an interaction with the media in Delhi on the eve of completing three years in the hot

Mangaluru, May 12: Moderate to heavy rains coupled with lighting and thunders continued to lash Mangaluru and other parts of Dakashina Kannada district for the second consecutive day on Thursday. The pre-monsoon showers have brought a great relief to the people in coastal Karnataka. The rains accompanied with lightning and thunder lashed Belthangady, Sullia and Puttur taluks too. Though power

Mangaluru, May 12: The severe water crisis in this coastal city is in fact an artificial creation by the Mangaluru City Corporation to help the mafia engaged in sand extraction in the Netravathi, according to BJP leader and former district-in-charge minister Krishna J Palemar. Addressing media persons here on Thursday the minister said: “Usually the MCC officials fix gates at the Thumbe vented dam

New Delhi, May 12: Making flying easier, state-run Air India has made available self check-in facility to its fliers at 26 domestic airports, including in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad, which allows passengers to skip check-in queues and head to a dedicated baggage drop counter. The introduction of the self check-in kiosks also known as 'Common Use Self Service' (CUSS) from May 1, reduces

New Delhi/Geneva, May 12: New Delhi, ranked worst in in 2014, is no longer the world's most polluted city but four other Indian cities were among the top seven most polluted cities, the WHO said today warning that over 80 per cent of the world's city dwellers breathe poor quality air. According to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report based on data collected between 2008 and 2013, New Delhi

Dhaka, May 12: A teenage cricketer in Bangladesh was allegedly killed by a stump-wielding batsman after he taunted the umpire over a no-ball delivery, police said on Thursday. Babul Shikdar (16) was wicket-keeping during a neighbourhood match with friends in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday when the batsman was given out, local police chief Bhuiyan Mahboob Hasan said. Taunts umpire Shikdar suggested

New Delhi, May 12: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today suggested that Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan be removed from the post as he was responsible for "unemployment and collapse" of industrial activity. "In my opinion, RBI Governor is not appropriate for the country. I don't want to speak much about him. He has hiked interest rates in the garb of controlling inflation that has damaged the