Karnataka

New Delhi, Feb 29: Over two lakh investors are estimated to be stuck with shares of long-grounded Kingfisher Airlines even as its lenders are now eyeing the Rs 515-crore bounty sealed by main promoter Vijay Mallya as part of a sweetheart deal' to exit United Spirits. Diageo, the new owner of United Spirits Ltd (USL), has in return agreed to absolve Mr Mallya of all his personal liabilities' with

Bagalkot/Hubballi, Feb 29: The row over his diamond-studded watch has returned to haunt Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The BJP on Sunday accused Siddaramaiah of invoking his caste to bail himself out of the controversy. Speaking to reporters in Bagalkot, former chief minister B?S?Yeddyurappa said the chief minister has been claiming he belongs to the backward caste in order to save his skin in the

Palakkad, Feb 29: An elephant ran amok and destroyed several vehicles during a temple festival recently at Pulapatta, about 30 km from here, police said today. The elephant named Kalidasan turned restive during the Cherunalussery temple fest on February 25. Elephant squad personnel brought the pachyderm under control after about four hours, police said. No one was injured in the incident. The

Hyderabad, Feb 29: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury are among nine persons who have been booked on sedition charges in connection with the JNU row, police said today. An FIR has been registered against Rahul, Kejriwal, Yechury, Congress leaders Anand Sharma and Ajay Maken, CPI leader D Raja, JD(U) Spokesperson KC

Mangaluru, Feb 28: The Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy awards for last year have been announced. The awards have been announced in three categories, including honorary awards, book awards and 'Yuva Puraskar' (youth awards). Ramachandra M Shet (Konkani language and literature), Kasaragod Chinna (Konkani art) and Alu Peelu Marathi (Konkani folk) have been chosen for the honorary awards. Om Ganesh

Mangaluru, Feb 28: Pilikula Regional Science Centre Director Prof K V Rao said that Pilikula will be facilitated with an Innovation Hub by the next academic year. Speaking to media persons during the National Science Day observed by Pilikula Regional Science Centre in Mangaluru on Sunday, he said the objective of the project is to provide encouragement to students who have scientific temper. The

Mangaluru, Feb 28: He is young, will turn 24 this April 18, and full of beans. She is 40, mother of two, and her peers look up to this fitness diva. While his teammates look up to this wiry lad to weather the new ball so that those coming down can milk the bowling and make loads of runs, this diva who took the fitness world by storm just two years ago is presently much sought after celebrity in

Thane, Feb 28: A cameraman working with a news channel today died of heart attack while covering the incident gruesome murders of 14 members of a family in Thane, police said. The cameraman, identified as Ratan Radheshyam Bhowmik, went to Thane Civil Hospital in the morning to cover the incident. At the hospital, he complained of chest pain following which he collapsed and died of stroke, police

Mangaluru, Feb 28: Rubbishing former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy's stolen watch theory as a bundle of lies, Dr S Sudhakar Shetty, the physician from Kundapur has made it clear that he was not the owner of chief minister Siddaramaiah's Hublot. Even though Mr Siddaramaiah revealed that the watch was gifted by his old friend and Dubai based doctor Girish Chandra Varma, Mr Kumaraswamy had claimed

Moodbidri, Feb 28: Campus Front of India has urged the education department to take action against a school and its teacher for allegedly insulting non-Christian students and asking them to worship Jesus Christ to attain salvation. According to the Moodbidri unit of CFI, Reshma, a computer teacher at St Anthony English Medium School, near here on February 16, asked non-Christian students of Class