Karnataka

Lucknow, Mar 9: A 15-year-old Muslim girl from Uttar Pradesh has been conferred with Rani Laxmi Bai Bravery Award for saving a 6-year-old Hindu girl from kidnappers in August last year. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav conferred the bravery award to Nazia and 89 other women achievers including Mountaineer-volleyball player Arunima Sinha, educationist Bharti Gandhi and four French citizens on the

Mangaluru, Mar 9: Registering their protest against alleged harassment of the Kerala-based international passengers, especially those hailing from Kasargod by the authorities at the Mangaluru International Airport, dozens of activists from Kerala staged a demonstration on Wednesday. The protest meet was organised by the Kasaragod district committee of the Muslim Youth League, the youth wing of the

Beijing, Mar 9: In a shocking incident, a Chinese couple allegedly sold their new born 18-day-old baby daughter for USD 3530 to buy an iPhone. A Duan, father of the child, from Fujian Province in country's southeast found a buyer for his 18-day-old child on the social media site QQ, who paid USD 3530 (23,000 Yuan) for the baby, state-run People's Daily online reported. The man allegedly intended

Bhopal, Mar 9: An Air India flight made an emergency landing today at the Bhopal airport moments after take-off, after a bird hit one of its engines. The Mumbai-bound Air India Flight 634 returned to the airport immediately because of an engine failure, an official said. "A bird was sucked into the right engine 5-6 minutes after take-off," said Vishrut Acharya, an Air India official. "The engine

Kasaragod, Mar 9: A 22-year-old migrant worker from Bengal won a Rs one crore Kerala government lottery just three days after coming to southern state looking for work. Mofijul Rahana Sheikh, hailing from Lakshmipur of Malda district in West Bengal, purchased the 'Karunya' lottery ticket on March 4, the day he arrived at Kozhikode, for Rs 50 from a vendor at nearby Vellimadakunnu, police said. He

Mumbai, Mar 9: Days after he warned of social divisions hurting development, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian today refused to answer a question on beef ban saying he did not want "to lose his job". "You know that if I answer this question I will lose my job. But thank you nevertheless for asking the question," he said while interacting with students of the Mumbai University here. He had

Mangaluru, Mar 9: Former MLC and one of the most respectable personalities in Mangaluru, Octavia Albuquerque, passed away at a private hospital here on Wednesday. She had celebrated her 92nd birthday on February 20, 2016. A daughter of a Deputy Collector and the daughter-in-law of late Felix Pai Albuquerque, the famous tile business magnate of the coastal city, she was known for her philanthropic

Mangaluru, Mar 9: The two day national level media fest – Beacons of Nitte Institute of Communication (NICO) was inaugurated by Director B.S. Lingadevaru, on Tuesday at its Paneer campus in Deralakatte, here.The fest which aims at being a platform for students in bringing out their talents began with the screening of award winning movie Naanu Avanalla Avalu', followed by a discussion and debate on

Bengaluru, Mar 8: Karnataka has become the first State to offer cashless trauma care to road traffic accident victims. The scheme which offers immediate trauma care services irrespective of their financial income, was launched by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Under the scheme, medical care will be provided for the first 48 hours, with the government assuring a payment of Rs

Doha, Mar 8: A tiger was spotted wandering through a traffic jam on one of Doha's busiest roads today, and government officials said they would investigate the incident after footage appeared online. Pictures and video showing the tiger roaming among cars on the Doha Expressway flooded social media in the tiny Gulf country. Footage including a 20-second video on YouTube and Twitter showed the big