Karnataka

Kasaragod, Sep 30: The Congress appears to have kicked off its electioneering for the ensuing local body polls with top leaders of the party addressing a special party convention at the Municipal Town Hall here. They called upon party activists to shy away from petty political differences to help the United Democratic Front (UDF) showcase impressive performance. The Congress-led UDF would

New Delhi, Sep 30: Three children below two years of age on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court with a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking ban on firecrackers before the onset of the festive season. They urged the court to immediately intervene in view of Delhi’s rising pollution levels. Every year hundreds of people, especially kids lose their eyes due to firecrackers during Diwali. Arjun

Kolar, Sep 30: Health Minister U?T?Khader has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has utterly failed in finding a solution to the vexed Mahadayi issue. Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday, Khader said that Modi was unfit to continue as prime minister if he can’t solve the issue by calling a meeting of chief ministers of Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka. “It does not behove Modi to ask

Udupi, Sep 29: The district police on Tuesday arrested a person on the charge of murdering a woman at Kumbhashi village coming under Kundapur police station limits on September 28. Superintendent of Police K. Annamalai told The Hindu on Tuesday that the accused Pappana was arrested near the bus- stand at Saligrama. He had confessed to the crime. He had been produced before a court in Kundapur, he

Mangaluru, Sep 29: In view of the growing incidents of immoral rowdyism in coastal Karnataka, over two hundred participants took part in a peaceful protest rally ‘Shantiyuta Nadige’ organised by the district unit of Youth Congress from Lalbagh to Kankanady here on Tuesday, in order to spread awareness among people in the district in this regard. After garlanding the bust of Mahatma Gandhi at

Udupi, Sep 29: When it comes to swimming, covering over 50 laps in a 25-metre long pool is no small feat, especially when it is a small boy. By achieving a feat of swimming a distance of nearly one-and-a-half kilometre without interruption, 8-year-old Ronnan Louis has caught the eye of locals and outsiders alike. In a recent event, Ronan, who has been training through a swimming training camp

Mumbai, Sep 29: The Mumbai domestic and international airports and the iconic Taj Hotel nearby received a terror threat, following which security agencies went on an alert, official sources said here on Tuesday. The airport manager on duty late Monday night received a call that the airport and the Taj Hotel outside the airport may be attacked. Described as a "specific threat", the agencies

Mumbai, Sep 29: The Shiv Sena today sought to play down the "praise" lavished on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over attracting foreign investments, saying the contributions of P V Narsimha Rao and Manmohan Singh towards bolstering India's economy can't be forgotten. "Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi is immensely popular in foreign countries, people like Narsimha Rao and Manmohan Singh laid the

Sharjah, Sep 29: A college student who went camping in the desert has died in Sharjah following a heart attack. Mohammad Jawad, aged 21, along with nine friends went desert-duning on Thursday night and camped somewhere in the Al Madam area near Sharjah. “On Friday morning at 8.30am, his friends rushed him to hospital, but he died on his way,” said a relative. Jawad, a student of Skyline College

Mangaluru, Sep 29: Nalin Kumar Kateel, the Dakshina Kannada MP, has said that a fisheries jetty would come up at Kulai on the outskirts of the city, as the union government has approved the project. Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a function at Krishi Vigyan Kendra in the city, Mr Kateel said that a government order to this effect was expected soon. He said, the jetty would be