Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 24: Train services between Bengaluru and Mysuru, the venue of the Dasara celebrations, were disrupted for around three hours owing to the derailment of the Bengaluru-Mysuru passenger train. All the passengers of the train with about 15 coaches escaped unhurt as the train was rolling down slowly near the junction and the loco pilot was able to stop the engine. The train, which left

Udupi, Oct 24: The incidents of intolerance and unrest have gone up in different parts of the country in the last 15 months, according to veteran Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes. Addressing media persons here on Friday, Mr Fernandes said that the burning of two Dalit children alive in Faridabad and the lynching of a Muslim youth in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, required a sensitive

Hubballi, Oct 24:An FIR has been registered here against Union Minister of State for External Affairs, V K Singh, for his remarks on the murder of Dalit children in Haryana. Nagaraj Gouri, president of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) Dharwad Lok Sabha Committee, filed the complaint at the suburban police station here on Friday, based on which an FIR was registered under the Scheduled Castes and the

Chitradurga, Oct 24: After the kin of slain scholar M M Kalburgi declined the Basavashri award, Shivamurthy Muruga Sharana of Bruhanmutt completed the formality of placing the award comprising a memento, a citation, a shawl and a cheque for Rs 5 lakh in front of the portrait of the researcher and rationalist. In a function held as part of Sharana Sanskriti Utsava-2015 on the premises of the mutt

Mangaluru: Oct 23: Spectacular processions of idols and tableaux along with dances by various folk artistes marked the end of the nine-day long Dasara celebrations at the Kudroli Gokarnanatheswara Temple and the Mangaladevi Temple here on Friday. The main roads of the city were decorated with electric bulbs and banners. Roadside vendors were busy selling Paanipuri, Churumuri, balloons and ice

Mysuru, Oct 23: Pomp and grandeur marked the finale of the 10-day Dasara festival on Friday, with a victory parade led by caparisoned elephants from the royal palace on the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashmi, signifying triumph of good over evil. Thousands of people from across the state and country lined up the 5km route to cheer the world famous "Jamboo Savari" (elephant procession) through the

Indore, Oct 23: An indefinite curfew has been clamped in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone city after overnight clashes between two communities during a religious procession injured over two dozen people including police personnel. Police lobbed tear gas shells and canned rioters after several houses and vehicles were set ablaze during the violence on Thursday night during the ‘vijay juloos’ (victory

Manipal, Oct 23: The former director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Dr. Y. V. Reddy interacted with the students of TAPMI on various economic and financial issues at the 20th Leadership Lecture of the institute. Answering questions framed by students of TAPMI, he said that countries like USA, UK, China, and Russia have spent a lot on research and development and the Indian government should

Mumbai, Oct 23: Bollywood playback singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya has been booked for allegedly misbehaving with a a woman at an event here, police said. The alleged incident took place last night during the programme at Lokhandwala in Mumbai's Andheri suburb where Abhijeet was present as one of the event organisers while the victim was an invitee, they said. "While the programme was going on, a

Strongly condemning the killing of writer MM Kalburgi, Sahitya Akademi today passed a unanimous resolution appealing to state and central governments to take steps to prevent such incidents and asked authors to take back the awards they had returned to protest against "rising intolerance". At an emergency meeting held in the wake of the writers' protest, the literary body also appealed to the