Karnataka

Mumbai, Apr 24: JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar today claimed that a BJP supporter, who is also an employee of the IT firm Tata Consultancy Sservices, or TCS, tried to strangle him on a Jet Airways flight. A man was detained by the police later at Mumbai airport, reported news agency. The student leader was on way to Pune this morning to address an event in the city. His tweets read

Aligarh (UP), Apr 24: Violence erupted at the Aligarh Muslim University campus around midnight last night following a clash between two regional student groups in which a former student was killed, prompting authorities to step up security and deploy Rapid Action Force. Trouble started when a resident of Mumtaz hostel was assaulted and his room set afire, DIG Aligarh Range Govind Agarwal, who led

Riyadh, Apr 24: Saudi Arabia's strong man, Mohammed bin Salman who is also a Deputy Crown Prince of the country signalled out that he may support lifting the ban on women's right to drive. The revelation was made by Salman on Thursday during an interview with the Bloomberg news agency. Salman, a 30-year-old prince is making an effort to broaden the views of those who distort facts of the religious

Shivamogga, Apr 24: Health Minister U T Khader regretted that the state government's ambitious Jyothi Sanjeevini' scheme that provides cashless treatment to government staff has not been fully utilised by many departments. He told reporters on Saturday that only 56% of the state's employees had registered for the scheme so far after the government issued a second circular to raise the enrolment

Bengaluru, Apr 24: The Panama Papers expose includes names of 31 investors from Bengaluru in the tax haven of British Virgin Islands (BVI). The list, released by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), reveals the names of lesser known investors who have mentioned their city address. Some of the investors include Pradeep Ramanarasimha Setty Kare, director, Laxmi Vilas Bank

New Delhi, Apr 24: The AAP government on Saturday filed a criminal complaint at the Patiala House District Courts here seeking registration of a criminal case against three television news channels for allegedly airing doctored videos of the February 9 protests on the JNU campus. According to a source, the airing of the videos could have been detrimental to law and order and could have triggered a

Mangaluru: Apr 23: Any further delay in pre-monsoon rains in coastal Karnataka will surely push Mangaluru into deep water crisis as water at Thumbe vented dam, on which the city is dependent, will last only for next 18 days. The Thumbe dam, which had enough water during the same time last year, is now facing severe shortage of water and its level is decreasing with every passing day. On Saturday

Mangaluru, Apr 23: Nearly five years after the brutal murder of Sandeep Shetty, a rowdy-sheeter and former aide of underworld don Bannanje Raja, a local court has sentenced three accused to life imprisonment after finding them guilty. 26-year-old-Shetty, accused in five different cases, including one of murder, was hacked to death at his Someshwara residence under Ullal police station limits on

Mumbai, Apr 23: Bollywood actress and lawmaker Hema Malini has been alloted land worth Rs 70 crore for just Rs 1.75 lakh for a dance academy in upmarket Oshiwara here under a revised policy of Maharashtra government, an RTI query has revealed. Documents accessed by RTI activist Anil Galgali from the Suburban Collector's office shows the government has allotted a 2,000 square metre prime plot to

New Delhi, Apr 23: A Pakistani national and the husband of Chikku Robert, a nurse from south Indian state of Kerala who was found murdered at her residence in Oman, have been put under detention and are being investigated in the case, External Affairs Ministry said on Friday. "On 21st April in Salala Oman, a nurse from Kerala, Chikku Robert was found murdered. Our mission in Muscat has informed us