Karnataka

New York, Apr 2: A United Airlines pilot asked a Muslim family of five to leave a plane before it took off, citing "safety" issues. Eaman-Amy Saad Shebley, her husband and three young children were about to take off on a flight bound for Washington at a Chicago airport when the pilot asked them to get off the aircraft. The family had enquired earlier whether the air stewardess could provide five

Bengaluru, Apr 2: A techie was thrashed by a mob after being tied to an electric pole on West Of Chord Road on Friday morning after he allegedly stalked a 25-year-old woman and passed lewd remarks at her. The Basaveshwaranagar police said the techie, Sri Ramamurthy, working with a private IT firm and married with two children, is alleged to have repeatedly stalked the young woman when on his way

Mangaluru, Apr 2: A man escaped with minor injuries after his speeding car overturned and plunged off the road at Padavinangady in Mangaluru on Saturday morning. It is learnt that the accident took place when the driver of the car, plying towards the city from Mangaluru International Airport, was trying to negotiate a curve at Padavinangady. It is said that the driver, who was speaking on his

Uppinangady, Apr 2: Once again a bullet tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) overturned at Perne near Uppinangady on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway, 47 km from here, on Saturday. As part of precautionary measures police have temporarily blocked the NH 75 at Perne after a minor leakage from the ill-fated tanker triggered a fire. All vehicles are currently moving through

Mangaluru, Apr 2: As per the direction of Karnataka High Court, the administration of Mahalingehwara Temple at Puttur re-printed the invitation cards of its annual jatra mahotsava without the name of Deputy Commissioner AB Ibrahim and started distributing them. The festival of the temple will start on April 10. The new cards were printed in the name of Administrator, Executive Officer and priests

Bengaluru, Apr 2: The state government on Friday transferred Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) Director Pallavi Akurathi, a day after the II PU?Chemistry re-exam was cancelled due to question paper leak. The 2009-batch IAS officer had taken charge in February. Transport Commissioner Rame Gowda has been given the additional charge as DPUE director, the post which he had held a few years

Panchkula, Apr 2: In a setback to National Investigation Agency (NIA), three more witnesses on Friday turned hostile during the hearing of the Samjhauta Express blasts case in which Swami Aseemanad is an accused. Six witnesses were examined by the NIA court on Friday. In June 2011, the NIA had filed a chargesheet against Aseemanand and others, submitting that he was the mastermind of the Samjhauta

Hassan, Apr 2: Prohibitory orders were imposed at Sigaranahalli in Holenarsipur taluk of Hassan district on Friday after violence broke out over the entry of Dalits into a temple in the village. The upper castes' have been opposing Dalits entering the Basaveshwara Temple. An angry mob assaulted the Assistant Commissioner, two journalists, about 10 policemen, besides pelting stones at police

Mangaluru, Apr 2: In a tragic incident, a construction worker lost his life after he accidentally fell off the fifth floor of an under-construction building in Vyasanagar under Mangaluru East police station limits here on Friday. Police said, Devadas, a mason, was working on the fifth floor of the building that is being constructed by NJ Construction. He slipped and fell down, and died on the spot

Riyadh, Apr 2: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for a two-day visit, during which he will stay at the royal family's guest palace, all eyes will be on his meetings with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's son, Prince Mohammad bin Salman, who many diplomats and Saudis feel could be the future King. Across Riyadh, the 30-year-old Prince's pictures are on