Karnataka

Mumbai, Mar 16: An Air India plane with 161 people suffered a tyre burst while landing at Mumbai airport on Tuesday, as per a media report. AI630 arrived from Nagpur when one of the tyres burst during taxiing. However, all the passengers on board the Airbus-A320 were said to be safe, though some received minor injures, Mid Day reported. The report also said that the passengers took the emergency

Mysuru/Bengaluru, Mar 16: Monday's violence in Mysuru was “orchestrated” by the opposition BJP for political mileage, Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Tuesday, after visiting the family of the man whose murder on Sunday triggered mob frenzy in the City of Palaces. The minister also made a veiled attack on the BJP's Chikkamagaluru MLA, C T Ravi. “An MLA?from?Chikkamagaluru came to Mysuru and

Mangaluru, Mar 15: Karnataka's coastal city of Mangaluru has been ranked the third cleanest city in the country in a sanitation survey conducted by the Union Ministry of Urban Development during 2013-15 in line with the National Urban Sanitation Policy, 2008. The latest ranking was announced by the ministry which sent a detailed email to Mangaluru City Corporation, State Urban Development

Bengaluru, Mar 15: The Vice-Chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University, who was under a cloud over allegations of irregularities, has been placed under suspension by Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala. The action against H Maheshappa came after his reply was sought on the findings of a one-man committee headed by former High Court judge Keshavanarayana which looked into the allegations

Bantwal, Mar 15: A speeding lorry rammed into a bus stop and then hit an electric pole before it overturned and rolled off the road near BC Road on Tuesday afternoon. Satish Shetty (38), who was waiting for a bus at the bus stand sustained critical injuries and fell unconscious when the lorry ran amok. However, the lorry driver and cleaner fled the scene without helping the injured. The local

Vatican City, Mar 15: Mother Teresa, the nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor of Calcutta (now Kolkata), will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on September 4. Pope Francis on Tuesday made the announcement at a meeting of Cardinals to give final approval to several sainthood causes. The announcement was expected after the Pope, in December, approved a second

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 15: Early this morning, Sunil Kumar, 28, a leader of the Youth Congress, was hacked to death in Alappuzha, 160 kms from the state capital of Thiruvananthapuram. Mr Kumar was attacked with knives in his own home, said the police, which has detained four supporters of the CPM. Ahead of the elections that are to be held on May 16 in Kerala, one BJP activist has been killed in

New Delhi, Mar 15: FMCG firm Procter and Gamble (P&G) has discontinued manufacture and sale of its popular brand 'Vicks Action 500 Extra' with immediate effect after the government banned fixed dose combination drugs. "The Government of India has prohibited the manufacture for sale, sale and distribution of fixed dose combination drugs (Paracetamol + Phenylephrine + Caffeine) with immediate effect

Bengaluru, Mar 15: Income Tax Department has conducted raids on the residences of three Legislative Council Members, including the residence of Political Secretary to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, on Tuesday morning in Bengaluru, according to TV reports. Income tax sleuths have raided the house of Political secretary to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah MLC Govindaraju and an Independent MLC D U?Mallikarjun

Udupi, Mar 15: An elderly man lost his life after being attacked by a swarm of wild honey bees at Belinje village near Hebri in Karkala taluk of Udupi district. The deceased has been identified as Joseph alias Pachappan (64), who working as a clerk in a plantation belonging to Jose Tarpel for the last three years at Belinje village. At around 7.30 a.m. on Sunday, he went to switch on the water