Karnataka

Indian-American model and chef Padma Lakshmi, in her yet to launch memoir Love, Loss And What We Ate, has exposed the misogynistic and terrible face of Booker Prize winner Sir Salman Rushdie. Ms Lakshmi accused the controversial writer of describing her as “a bad investment” after she refused his forceful sexual advances, and painted him as a cold and heartless husband. The book is rich with

Kasaragod, Mar 8: A young couple married for nearly two years was tragically killed when their motorbike was collided with a speeding car on national highway near Manjeshawar in Kasaragod district on Tuesday. Mohammad Zakir (32) and his wife Haseena (25), residents of Pavoor, near here, were travelling to Uppala on their motorbike along with their one-year-old daughter. The little girl who became

Mangaluru, Mar 8: The Air India Express on Tuesday operated its Mangaluru-Dammam flight with all-women crew to celebrate the International Women's Day. The flight took off at 5:05 p.m. Skippered by Commander Captain Tanya Anand and Captain Yuvika Sandhoo as her first officer, the flight had 159 passengers and 10 infants travelling in the flight of four-hour duration. Deepa Natrajan was the cabin

Mangaluru, Mar 8: A ghastly road mishap at Yedapadavu in Mangaluru taluk claimed the lives of three persons including a north Indian on Tuesday. Police have identified the deceased as Prakash Rao (33) from Mangaluru, Kallappa (37) from Hubballi and Sonu (35) from Jharkand. All three were occupants of a stationary Tata Ace, which was hit by a speeding goods tempo. The ill-fated Tata Ace was about

New Delhi, Mar 8: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a plea filed by a consortium of 17 PSU banks seeking a direction that industrialist Vijay Mallya be restrained from leaving India. "List it for hearing tomorrow," a bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit said, when Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for PSU banks, mentioned the matter for urgent

Kasaragod, Mar 8: Three persons were arrested in connection with the murder attempt on a 11-year-old boy at Edaneer in Kasaragod district. The arrested have been identified as Deepu, Shivaprasad and Dineshan, all in their thirties and BJP activists. They were arrested by the Vidyanagar police here charging them with trying to strangle Hariprasad on Sunday evening at his uncle's shop. The

Udupi, Mar 8: Protesting against the provocative remarks of Uttara Kannada MP and BJP leader Anant Kumar Hegde against Islam, the members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) staged a demonstration in front of the Clock Tower here on Monday. Riyaz Farangipete, member of the State committee of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), said that Mr. Hegde's statement that terrorism could not be

Bengaluru, Mar 8: A 36-year-old kindergarten teacher, Uma Ramanan, was run over by a speeding petrol tanker near Thubarahalli bus-stand in Whitefield on Monday afternoon. Her helmet offered little protection from the wheels of the tanker. According to witnesses, she was trying to manoeuvre around a pothole, but her two-wheeler skidded and she lost control. A driver, who witnessed the accident

Karwar, Mar 8: A 10-foot long cannon was found while a part of a hill in the western part of the historic Sadashivgad Fort in Karwar was being cleared to make way for a four-lane road. The work was taken up by ARB Company and on Monday they were using an earth-mover to dig up the area when they found the cannon. As soon as the local residents heard of the age-old cannon, they climbed up the hill

Mangaluru: March 7: Mangaluru City Corporation Commissioner Dr H N Gopalakrishna called upon the citizens to join hands with the corporation to make Mangaluru a kerosene-free city in the next one year. He was speaking at a programme where benefits worth Rs 68.30 lakh were distributed to 1,250 beneficiaries under various schemes of Urban Poverty Alleviation Cell of the MCC here on Monday