Karnataka

Kolkata, Dec 19: Pope Francis has cleared the second miracle of Mother Teresa, paving the path for her canonisation. Several newspapers and news agencies worldwide claim the date for her canonisation has been set for September 4, 2016. Besides the Vatican News Service, official news agency of the Roman Catholic Church, leading Catholic newspaper from Italy, Avvenire, also reported that Pope

Bengaluru, Dec 19: The regional high powered committee of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on Friday had a comprehensive look at the request of the forest department to permit diversion of 13.93 ha of forest land near Sakaleshpur for the Yettinahole project. The members of the committee held a meeting in Bengaluru where Yettinahole project chief engineer R Cheluvaraju, Sakaleshpur

Bengaluru, Dec 19: The Bengaluru Development Department is partnering with the Embassy Group, which is under the scanner for tax evasion, to carry out infrastructure projects in and around the IT Parks developed and being managed by the group. Bengaluru Development Minister K J George on Friday said the Embassy Group had come forward to fund the proposed flyover project (between Nagavara and

Mangaluru, Dec 18: Lower order batsman Mohammed Asif turned the game on its head plundering two authoritative consecutive sixes in the 18th over as Khushi Super Kings snatched a sensational three-wicket victory in the penultimate ball against coastaldigest.com in a dramatic match on Friday. With this coastaldigest.com lost two consecutive matches after its inaugural massive victory in the Amaco

Mangaluru, Dec 18: In a shocking incident, a married woman, who had gone missing under suspicious circumstances, was found dead near Yekkar on the outskirts of the city. The police have identified the victim as Usha Shetty, wife of Ashwin Shetty from Jeppinamogaru, Mangaluru. Her body was found in a charred stated at an isolated spot at Guddestana in Yekkar, police sources said on Friday. It is

Mangaluru, Dec 18: Uber announced on Thursday that it has expanded its reach to four more cities, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Mangalore and Udaipur. The company is now present in a total of up to 26 cities in India. The launch in the three cities in Rajasthan comes soon after Uber signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Rajasthan early in November, to provide 35,000 new

Kasaragod, Dec 18: Four people from Karnataka were killed as the SUV they were travelling by collided with a lorry near the Kerala-Karnataka border on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Jayanth, Bharath, Ullas and Prithviraj, all natives of Tumakuru district in Karnataka. They were part of a nine-member group returning home after a pilgrimage to the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in

Udupi, Dec 18: A depressed Hindu priest attempted to kill his wife and daughter by pushing them into a well before committing suicide at Ananthashayana in Karkala of Udupi district on Friday. Both the women who were pushed into the well were rescued while the priest lost his life in the well. The victim has been identified as Ganapathy Bhat, who was leading puja rituals at a temple in

Udupi, Dec 18: Despite a stay order, the controversial ritual of ‘made snana’ was performed at the Krishna Mutt as well as at temples in Sagri, Tangodu and Harithodu on Thursday on the occasion of Champa Shashti. As many as 19 devotees performed the ‘Made Snana’ around the Subrahmanya shrine in the Sri Krishna Mutt complex. However, 11 devotees performed ‘Ede Snana’ ritual in the Subrahmanya

Mangaluru, Dec 18: The number of devotees performing ‘Ede Snana’ — a ritual of rolling over the ‘prasadam’ offered to the presiding deity — at Kukke Subrahmanya temple saw an increase on the second day of the Champa Shashti festivities. Nearly 440 devotees performed ‘Ede Snana’, a ritual of rolling over the prasada offered to the presiding deity, in the Kukke Subrahmanya temple on Thursday. As