Karnataka

Kuwait, Nov 6: The family members of nine Indian expatriate workers from coastal Karnataka, who were reportedly taken into custody on charge of indulging in superstitious activities, have appealed the government of India to intervene in the matter. According to sources nine expatriates, mostly hailing from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, said to be the members of an NRI group called Nava

Bengaluru, Nov 6: A 19-year-old nurse was allegedly raped in a moving bus by its driver at Hoskote on the city's eastern outskirts, police said on Friday. "We have arrested accused Ravi, 26, with bus cleaner Manjunath, 23, on a complaint by the victim that she was raped by the driver when she was alone in the bus on Thursday night," Bengaluru Rural Additional Superintendent of Police S.R. Ramesh

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 6: Elephants in Kerala will soon have the luxury of ‘ambulance’ service to transport sick and injured jumbos. For the first time, the state Forest Department has launched an animal ambulance, a specially designed vehicle for elephants at the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS), a paradise of wild jumbos in north Kerala. A modified lorry, the ‘ambulance’ vehicle will be used

Ajman, Nov 6: Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman, the leading private medical university in the UAE owned and operated by Thumbay Group celebrated the completion of its 17th glorious year of service, on Thursday, 5th November 2015. A cake-cutting ceremony was conducted at the University campus to mark the occasion, and was attended by Mr. B. Ramanath Rai, the Minister for Forest, Environment and

Mangaluru, Nov 6: The tollgate on National Highway-66 near National Institute of Technology-Karnataka, at Surathkal collapsed after being hit by a truck in the early hours of Friday. Traffic was disrupted on ever-busy Udupi-Mangaluru road for several hours after the accident that took place around 3: 30 a.m. According to sources, a heavy goods truck plying towards Mangaluru from Udupi hit the

Bengaluru, Nov 6: A Karnataka minister is in the centre of a controversy after a 'sting operation' by a TV channel on Thursday showed his wife allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 7 lakh. The video aired by a channel showed a man keeping currency notes on a table before Minister for Social Welfare Anjaneya's wife in the minister's house. The channel claims the money was a bribe for passing a tender

Mangaluru, Nov 6: The Department of Prisons has shifted 16 notorious inmates from the district prison in Mangaluru to five different prisons in Karnataka. The action comes a day after police sized knives, mobile phones and other tools from the prison, wherein two under-trials were brutally hacked to death by fellow inmates on earlier this week. Reliable sources said that four each under-trials

Ahmedabad, Nov 6: In a strongly-worded order, the Gujarat High Court Thursday said the Quran was being misinterpreted by Muslim men to have more than one wife and the provision of polygamy was being misused by them for "selfish reasons". The high court also stated that time has come for the country to embrace the uniform civil code as such provisions are in violation of the Constitution. Justice J

Kalburgi, Nov 6: The All India Imams’ Council has condemned the Vishva Hindu Parishad and other Sangh Parivar organisations for allegedly spreading falsehood and indulging in a misleading campaign about Tipu Sultan and portraying him as an anti-Hindu. District president of the council, Moulana Atiq-ur-Rehman, told presspersons here on Thursday that Tipu Sultan was being wrongly projected as a

Bengaluru, Nov 5: The Karnataka State Cabinet has approved a grant of Rs. 100 crore a year to Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad, Tumakuru and Davangere. These are the cities selected for development as smart cities by the Union government. The five-year project will have an equal fund-share from the Union government. Karnataka has already submitted a detailed project report for all