Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sep 12: As many as 49 Haj pilgrims from the coastal city and surrounding districts, who were supposed to board a flight on Friday evening, were in for a rude shock at Mangaluru International Airport when they were told last minute that their tickets were cancelled and booked by others. A group of 54 Haj aspirants had opted to undertake Haj this year through private tour operators and

Kalaburai, Sep 12: Two women passengers were killed and eight others injured, when the Mumbai-bound Secunderabad Duronto Express derailed at Martur railway station about 15 km from here in the wee hours of Saturday. The accident occurred as soon as the weekly AC train entered the Martur station situated on the Mumbai-Secunderabad-Chennai route. As many as nine coaches of the train went off the

Bengaluru, Sep 12: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials on Friday arrested and released Ramachandrapura Mutt seer Raghaveshwara Bharathi in connection with the first rape case filed by a Ramakatha singer. A senior CID official said that a final report in the first case will be filed soon. The victim's daughter had filed the complaint against Raghaveshwara Bharathi with

Kasaragod, Sep 12: Two girls were attacked, and wounded, by stray dogs in the Kasaragod district on Friday. At Manjeswaram, a four-year-old girl suffered serious injuries after a dog attacked her while she was playing on the premises of her house on Friday. She was referred to a Mangaluru hospital. At Kanhangad, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl was bitten by a stray when she was waiting with her

New Delhi, Sep 12: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and the Maharashtra government over a plea made by bureaucrat-turned-activist Harsh Mander seeking its intervention to ensure fair trial in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case. A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Abhay Manohar Sapre also admitted a petition filed by victim Nisar Ahmed for hearing in the next week. Both Mander

Makkah, Sep 11: At least 107 people died and nearly 240 people were injured when a crane collapsed inside the Masjid al-Haram, the Grand Mosque of Makkah amid strong winds and heavy rains on Friday evening. The crane, being used for ongoing expansion work, fell while heavy storms were lashing the city, said eyewitnesses. Lightning struck the crane before it collapsed, one of the eyewitnesses said

Mangaluru, Sep 11: Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT Khader on Friday said that officials from the Major Irrigation Department will provide answers at an open public meeting on September 19 here to the 10 questions posed to elected representatives by Sahyadri Sanchaya on Yettinahole project. Speaking to reporters in the city, the minister said that the answers will aim at removing the

Bengaluru, Sep 11: Kannada actor Sudeep and his wife of 14 years, Priya Radhakrishnan, on Friday mutually consented to get divorced after the former is understood to have agreed to pay Rs 19 crore compensation. Theirs was a love marriage. Priya filed a petition for divorce in a family court in Bengaluru on Friday. Priya had sought appropriate compensation and Sudeep agreed to pay the whopping sum

New Delhi, Sep 11: Six Indians have been killed after their boat came under Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen, External Affairs Ministry said today. The six were among seven nationals who were initially reported missing when two boats, 'Mustafa' and 'Asmar', carrying a total of 21 Indian nationals, came under aerial attack on September 8. "It is now regrettably informed that late at night on 10

Bengaluru, Sep 11: B N Manjunath Reddy, the councillor from Madiwala was elected Mayor, after Congress won 131 votes in the mayoral polls. Hemalatha Gopalaiah of the JD(S) will be the Deputy Mayor. Hectic parleys on the eve of Bengaluru mayoral poll saw the Congress and JD(S) thrash out details of power sharing within the urban civic body. The BJP had won 100 wards out of 198 in the polls held on