Karnataka

Mangaluru, Mar 6: Even though a majority of BJP leaders in Karnataka have supported Yettinahole river diversion project, the Dakshina Kannada unit of the saffron party has decided to continue agitation against it. Speaking at a function to felicitate newly elected BJP members of the zilla and taluk panchayats in the city on Saturday DK MP Nail Kumar Kateel said that that the Congress government of

Mangaluru, Mar 6 A local court has convicted a person of abetment to suicide based on the statement given by his wife before she died of burn injuries. The Principal District and Sessions Court Judge Uma M.G. on Friday found Sabanna Chalavadi guilty under Sections 306 (abetment to suicide) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code. She will pronounce the quantum of punishment on March

Agra, Mar 6: Union Minister Smriti Irani's convoy was caught in a car pile-up following an accident on the Yamuna Expressway on Saturday. A motorbike rider lost his life in the serial mishap. The tragedy occurred on Saturday when Ms Irani, along with other senior leaders of the BJP, was returning to Delhi from a meeting of the party's youth wing in Vrindavan. According to some unconfirmed reports

New Delhi, Mar 6: The issue of non-payment of salary to staff of the long-defunct Kingfisher Airlines came back to haunt its chairman Vijay Mallya again with the employees, in an open letter, accusing him of damaging the image of the country, particularly the aviation industry. The letter, which comes days after the beleaguered industrialist said that the "only regret" he has was that the carrier

Bengaluru, Mar 6: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday invoked social reformer Basavanna, Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar and D Devaraj Urs to counter the Opposition attack on his government and claimed that it was difficult for a backward classes leader such as him to remain in power. “Whether it is Basavanna or B R Ambedkar or D Devaraj Urs, efforts were made to suppress all those who stood for

Bengaluru, Mar 6: The State government has decided to launch a cashless treatment plan for road accident victims in the name of 23-year-old braveheart Harish Nanjappa. Harish made a wish that his organs be donated even as his body had been cut into two in an accident near Nelamangala recently. Health Minister U T Khader, on Saturday, told reporters that the new scheme - Mukhyamantrigala Santwana -

Bengaluru, Mar 5: The Karnataka government on Saturday seized five two-wheeler taxis belonging to app-based cab aggregators Uber and Ola for violating the Motor Vehicles Act and operating without requisite permissions. "They (uberMOTO and Ola Bike) did not make any application so it is a violation of the Motor Vehicles Act. That's why we have taken action against them. We have seized some vehicles

Mangaluru, Mar 5: With discrepancies in the results of the undergraduate examinations announced by Mangalore University hitting the headlines, the university announced on Saturday that it would sort them out in 10 days. Vice-Chancellor K. Byrappa, who did not appear before the media at a press conference called by the university on Saturday, issued a press release later in the evening after

Mangaluru, Mar 5: Don't miss this opportunity. A smiling selfie' can fetch u a prize at City Centre Mall and Forum Fiza Mall in the coastal city on Sunday, March 6. Thanks to Indian Dental Association, DK district branch's selfie your smile as part of International Dentist's Day, people across ages who have the smile may either mail it to the organisers on [email protected] or take their smile

Ajman, Mar 5: Thumbay Group's annual sports event for employees, Thumbay Group Olympics 2016 was held from 27th February to 3rd March 2016 at Thumbay Grounds and Body & Soul Health Club and Spa at the Gulf Medical University campus in Ajman. Over 1500 employees participated in the competitions held over six days which included badminton, basketball, table tennis, squash, volleyball, football