Karnataka

Mangaluru, Mar 7: Thousands thronged to witness the religious rituals held as part of the crowning of Yogi Sri Nirmalnathji as the new Raja or Matadhipati of Kadali Sri Yogeshwar (Jogi) Mutt on Monday. Devotees, especially those belong to Jogi community from various parts of the nation, offered prayers on the occasion of Pattabhishekha rituals held for the new Matadhipati of the mutt. Yogi

Mangaluru, Mar 7: Expressing his reluctance over signing a long term agreement with Kasturba Medical College (KMC) to run the Government Wenlock Hospital in the city, Health and family welfare minister U T Khader said that such a development might delay setting up a government medical college in the coastal city. Replying to the queries of media persons in the city on Monday Mr Khader said that

Bengaluru, Mar 7: Hundreds of dead fish were washed ashore today at Ulsoor lake, a popular boating site here, raising concerns about water pollution in the city. Residents living in and around the lake were in for a shock as they found the fish heaped around, raising unbearable stink in the water body. Several residents, who complained about the stink, said sewage from the drain flowing into the

Mangaluru, Mar 7: An Indian expatriate worker from Vittla in Bantwal taluk died of cardiac arrest in the Sultanate of Oman. Ashraf Khan (45), son of Ismaeel Khan, former president of Central Juma Masjid, Vittla had been working in Muscat, the capital of Oman for past 17 years. It is learnt that he suffered massive cardiac arrest when he was taking rest in his room on Friday. He breathed his last

New Delhi, Mar 7: That football fanatics can love the game to death was proved last morning, when one Nigerian man killed his friend after an argument on who is the better footballer - Messi or Ronaldo. The two men and a group of friends had gathered at a friend's house in Nallasopara (E) to celebrate Obinna Michael Durumchukwu's 34th birthday on Saturday night. By Sunday morning, most of the

Abu Dhabi, Mar 7: A fire broke out at dawn at Abu Dhabi Marina Yacht Club breakwater, with the Ministry of Interior confirming the incident on its social media account. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, was personally at the site to oversee the emergency procedures. Details have yet to be determined on cause of blaze and whether anyone was injured in the

Bengaluru: Mar 7: The Karnataka government has rejected several recommendations made by the State Minorities Commission, including that of ordering a Lokayukta probe into irregularities in the State Wakf Board. Anwar Manippady, while he was chairman of the commission, had submitted a special report with recommendations to the BJP?government in March 2012. Minorities Welfare and Wakf Minister

New Delhi, Mar 7: Despite Smriti Irani's claims that she had helped the victims of a pile-up at Yamuna Expressway last week, the daughter of a doctor killed in the accident today contradicted the Union minister's version of the story. "Smriti Irani's convoy rammed into our car. She came out. I begged her for help but she left," Dr Ramesh Nagar's daughter Sandili said. Sandili's brother, Abhishek

Mumbai, Mar 7: In fresh trouble for liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against him and others in connection with the alleged default of over Rs 900 crore loan from IDBI bank. Official sources said the agency recently filed charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on an FIR registered last year by CBI in the same

Kalaburagi, Mar 7: The former Minister and BJP MP B. Sriramulu has said that the former Minister G. Janardhan Reddy was not his political mentor or guru as was being projected. He said that Mr. Reddy was a very good friend of him. Replying to questions at a press conference here on Sunday, Mr. Sriramulu said that he was senior to Mr. Reddy and was a four-time MLA and now, an MP. To another