Karnataka

Bhopal, Apr 12: Veenu Paliwal, one of the top woman bikers in the country, died in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district on Monday evening. The 44-year-old Jaipur resident was on a nationwide tour on her Harley Davidson motorcycle along with fellow biker Dipesh Tanwar, who was on another vehicle. Paliwal died after her bike skid off a road near Gyaraspur, 100 km from state capital

Kollam, Apr 12: A day after the fireworks tragedy at the Puttingal Devi temple in Paravur, the death toll rose to 109, even as the police seized three cars laden with explosives about 500 metres from the shrine on Monday. City Police Commissioner P. Prakash said the cars, found parked near the temple, came to the notice of the local people late on Sunday. They alerted the police. On Monday morning

Bengaluru, Apr 12: The High Court on Monday directed Joseph Chacko, who is accused of duping NRIs of over Rs 500 crore by promising them sites in Bengaluru, to return the amount at the present guidance value. The NRIs had expressed uncertainty over alternative sites as they were not sure they would be allotted sites which had proper approvals. They sought directions for repayment of their amount

Kollam, Apr 12: Five absconding members of the managing committee of the Puttingal Devi temple, where 109 persons were killed in one of the worst temple tragedies in Kerala, surrendered early this morning. Temple Trust President, Jayalal, Secretary, J Krishnankutty, Shivaprasad, Surendran Pillai and Ravindran Pillai informed police that they wanted to surrender and reached in front of a temple at

Mangaluru, Apr 12: In the wake of fireworks tragedy at a Kerala temple, which claimed scores of human lives, Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner AB Ibrahim has set up a committee of inspectors to inspect all manufacturing units in the coastal district. The committee has been directed to submit a report on the safety measures in place at all the fireworks manufacture units. There are seven

Udupi, Apr 11: An attempt was made to enter the Guinness World Record by a student of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) by creating the world's longest selfie stick here on Monday. Armaan, a student of sixth semester (B.Tech.) of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at MIT, created the longest selfie stick measuring 10.39 metres, which he demonstrated on the MIT grounds here. A selfie of the

Dubai, Apr 11: Emaar Properties on Sunday unveiled 'The Tower' worth $1 billion in its Dubai Creek Harbour development and the tower will be taller than Burj Khalifa. Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world and its height goes up to 828 metres. Emaar Properties Chairman Mohamed Alabbar said that the new observation tower would be "a notch" taller than the Burj Khalifa. It is due to open

Hyderabad, Apr 11: The desire to do stunts for a television reality show claimed the life of a youth, police said. Mohammed Jalaluddin (19) died of severe burns he sustained while practicing fire stunts in Falaknuma area in the old city of Hyderabad on April 7. He sustained 60 percent burns as he could not take off the T-shirt which he had set on fire after pouring kerosene. His friends were

Haridwar, Apr 11: Dwaraka-Sharda Peeth Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati has held the worship of the "unworthy" Shirdi Sai Baba by his followers responsible for a drought-like situation in Maharashtra. The seer, who is known for his bitter opposition to Hindus worshipping Shirdi's Sai Baba, has made this remark on Sunday during a fortnight-long visit to Haridwar. According to the Dwaraka

Bengaluru, Apr 11: Defending the government's decision to reject the report of the former Minority Commission Chairman Anwar Manippady on encroachment of Wakf property in the State, Congress MLA and member of the Karnataka State Wakf Board Tanveer Sait has described the report as politically motivated. Addressing presspersons in Vijayapura, he said that the report was aimed at defaming the