Karnataka

Moodbidri, Nov 27: The 12th edition of Alva’s Nudusiri, the four-day literary-cultural extravaganza at Moodbidri, opened to a colourful start on Thursday evening with an attractive procession of different cultural troupes moving ahead of the dignitaries — Nudisiri Sarvadhyaksha and the inaugurator. Veteran scholar and President of Alva’s Nudisiri 2015 Dr T V Venkatachala Shastry said writers and

Mangaluru, Nov 26: For the exceptional service of State Health Ministry in Karnataka towards the good health and welfare of differently abled persons, Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT Khader will be bestowed with a special national award under the central government. Mr Khader will be conferred with the national award by President of India Pranab Mukherjee in presence of Prime Minister

Kozhikode, Nov 26: A woman journalist working with a Malayalam newspaper in Kerala has come under online attack following her disclosure about alleged sexual exploitation of children in Madrasas. The journalist, VP Rajeena, incurred wrath of “intolerant” people after she went public on Facebook on Sunday about the happenings in Madrasas which she claims to have witnessed during her childhood

Damascus, Nov 26: A teenage Austrian girl who fled to Syria is reportedly been beaten to death as she tried to flee the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa. 17 year old Samra Kesinovic and her friend Sabina Selimovic became 'poster girls' for ISIS after they arrived in Syria in April 2014. It is believed both Samra and Sabina married Jihadists soon after arriving in Syria, reports The Independent. David

Baltimore, Nov 26: Four passengers were removed from a Chicago-bound flight at Baltimore's international airport last week after a fellow passenger said she saw one of them receive a text with the word "dynamite" and the code for an airport in India, according to a police report. No such message was found by officers on the passenger's phone, First Sgt. Jonathan Green, spokesman for the Maryland

Chamarajanagar, Nov 26: Devotees have expressed their objection to the auctioning of the cows and calves donated to Male Mahadeshwara Betta near Kollegal in Chamarajanagar district by devotees as part of their vows, after it was came to light that they ended up in slaughterhouses. After reports over the auctioning spread in the region, devotees and residents living in the vicinity of the

Kasaragod, Nov 26: Kerala's richest NRI Ravi Pillai is reportedly spending Rs 55 crore for his daughter Arathi Pillai's high profile wedding with Kochi-based Adithya Vishnu in Kollam, Kerala today. Pillai is the chairman of the Bahrain-headquartered RP Group with a net worth of Rs 19, 300 crore. The wedding set, spread over eight acres, has cost more than Rs 23 crore. It has been designed by art

Udupi, Nov 26: The Udupi district administration has undertaken a survey of all wakf properties to identify if there was any encroachment, said Nakwa Yahya, President of District Wakf Advisory Committee. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Yahya said that District Wakf committee did not have proper information on about 194 acres of properties coming under it. There was also a Lokayukta probe going

Bengaluru, Nov 26: Depressed over poor performance in exams, a fourth year MBBS student of Kempegowda Institute of Medical Science committed suicide by injecting himself with poison at his residence in J.P. Nagar on Tuesday night. Nikshep (23), son of K.T. Nagaraj, BBMP Superintendent Engineer, went to his room following dinner, said the police. The death came to light on Wednesday morning when

Mysuru, Nov 26: A male nurse of a private hospital in Mysuru has been arrested by the city after an American student accused him of sexually assaulting her. The victim, a university student, visited Columbia Asia Hospital on November 6 for a medical check-up, after she took ill. The male nurse, Sumeet (24), who was on duty, was accused of sexually assaulting her under the pretext of examining her