Karnataka

Amid the ongoing attack and counter attack between leaders during poll campaign in Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a debate in English. Accusing Modi of avoiding challenges, Lalu took to Twitter asking Modi to debate on 'burning issues' the country is facing. "If not in English he can have debate in Hindi also on all the

New Delhi, Nov 29: Shipping minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday announced that centre was keen on offering a scenic island with a lighthouse and yoga on the beach to yoga guru Baba Ramdev, reports an English daily. The island would be developed as a resort that would make an ideal tourist hub for short-duration stays along with yoga, for domestic and foreign visitors. The event was organised by

Bengaluru, Nov 29: Incidence of lung cancer among women in Bengaluru is on the rise, say doctors at the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology. Dr Ramesh C, professor and head of the Department of Epidemiology, Kidwai, said even about five years ago, lung cancer among women was not even on the list of top ten cancers. But now, it is the seventh most common kind of cancer. “Karnataka sees about 2

Kasaragod, Nov 29: Returning to his workplace after a one-and-half month vacation, an Indian expatriate worker from Kerala has now been lodged in a Kuwait jail on charges of drug trafficking. When 47-year-old Kabeer from Perumbavur landed at the Kuwait International Airport on November 21, security officials retrieved narcotics from his baggage. According to his relatives, Kabeer was tricked into

Kurnool, Nov 29: Police have seized a huge cache of explosives and arrested two persons at Atmakur in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Police have identified the arrested as Aithwa Srinivas and Boya Suresh, said to be local residents. According to local sources both were Sangh Parivar activists. However, police sources said that only a probe will reveal whether the accused were linked to any

Kasaragod, Nov 29: Two boys were found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a locked car on the premises of a rescue home attached to a church at Padannakkad, near here, on Saturday. The boys, identified as Abhishek, 7, son of Babu and Soumini, and Jeril Kishore, 6, son of Jisho, a resident of Kanni Vayal, near Chittarikkal, were found lying dead with blood oozing from their nostrils. The

Bengaluru, Nov 29: Hundreds of air passengers hoping to fly out of Bengaluru on Saturday morning had to wait for hours, as a blanket of fog descended on the international airport around 4 a.m. and reduced visibility. According to official estimates, there were no take offs or arrivals between 4.30 a.m. and 8 a.m. A total of 36 arrivals and 70 departures were affected on Saturday morning. “It was a

Chikkamagaluru, Nov 29: The seers of Sringeri Sharada Mutt have pardoned the youth who allegedly posted a derogatory statement against them. Seer Sri Bharati Tirtha and junior seer Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati said they were not disturbed by the comments made by the youth on social media. According to a press release, administrator V.R. Gowrishankar said he discussed the issue with the seers, who

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Pointing that most cases in connection with provocative speeches in the state in the past three years were registered in Dakshina Kannada, MLC Ivan D'Souza urged for a dialogue among religious communities and political parties in the presence of local elected representatives, religious leaders and representatives of social organisations in the district. Addressing a press

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 28: In a controversial remark, Sunni leader Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliar today described as "un-Islamic" the concept of gender equality and said that women could never equal men as "they are fit only to deliver children". Musliar, the chief of All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama, said women have no mental strength and the power to control the universe, "which lies in