Karnataka

Mysuru, Aug 12: A copy of the Qur’an said to belong to early 17th century has been seized by the police from suspected antique peddlers in Mysuru district. The text of the Qur’an is in golden ink and the pages are decorated with floral designs. Police seized the Qur’an after seeing a video being circulated by the suspects to a prospective buyer a week ago. The suspects had sourced the Qur’an from

Mangaluru, Aug 12: Expressing happiness at the recommendation for the coveted Arjuna Award, ace quartermiler MR Poovamma on Tuesday described it as a "dream come true". "I am not being able to describe how happy I am right now. Every athlete wants to get awards and recognition from the government. It is a dream come true for me. It is my best moment in life," Poovamma told a news agency from NIS

New Delhi: Aug 11: World No 1 women’s doubles tennis player Sania Mirza has been chosen for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award after she was recommended for the country’s highest sporting honour by the awards committee led by retired Chief Justice of Kerala V K Bali. The committee also recommended 17 names for the Arjuna award, including athlete M R Poovamma, cricketer Rohit Sharma, shuttler

Udupi, Aug 11: A 28-year-old man climbed a mobile phone tower and threatened to commit suicide if his owner did not pay him the remaining salary at Vandse village near Kollur in Kundapur taluk on Tuesday. Three personnel from the Fire and Emergency Services finally managed to bring him down after about four hours. According to the Kollur police, the man, Biju, hailed from Kollam in Kerala. He was

New Delhi, Aug 11: Accusing the NDA government of trying to interfere with the functioning of the prosecutor in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case by exerting "pressure" on her to "go soft" on the accused, an activist today moved the Supreme Court seeking a fair trial "as the executive is attempting to influence the judicial system". The PIL filed by Harsh Mander alleged that National Investigation

Mangaluru, Aug 11: District Surgeon and Medical Superintendent of Wenlock Hospital Dr H R Rajeshwari Devi said that a separate 12-bedded haemodialysis centre would be formally inaugurated at the hospital by Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly Kagodu Thimmappa on Wednesday. Addressing reporters here on Tuesday, she said that the inauguration of the haemodialysis centre was a step towards

Mangaluru, Aug 11: Senior journalist and activist Ronald Anil Fernandes has been elected president of Mangaluru Press Club for the term 2015-18. A recipient of prestigious Sarojini Naidu Award-2009, Dr Fernandes has been working as the Mangaluru bureau chief of Deccan Herald daily newspaper for several years. Senior photojournalist Annu Mangaluru was elected vice president of the club while senior

Dubai, Aug 11: The mandatory insurance scheme linking application for a visa in Dubai to medical insurance is now in place, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has confirmed. Residents applying for a new visa or visa renewal must be able to demonstrate that they are covered by medical insurance, unless they are part of the last phase of the rollout of the scheme, which looks at a deadline of June

New Delhi, Aug 11: After being harassed in broad daylight at the Connaught Place, the heart of the city, when the victim approached the police to file a molestation complaint, cops refused to lodge her complaint and said that kissing isn't molestation. Radhika P Singh, a friend of the victim, posted about the incident on Facebook and it went viral. According to the post, when the victim was

Puttur, Aug 11: In an unfortunate incident, a male passenger travelling in a bus from BC Road to Puttur is learnt to have died from cardiac arrest on Monday. At B C Road, a man in his mid-forties had boarded the bus travelling to Mysuru and purchased a ticket for Puttur. However, even after the bus crossed Puttur and reached Sampya, the man had not alighted from the bus. When the conductor went to