Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 2: Still fresh in the minds and hearts of people after his unexpected demise last week in Shillong, a motorcycle rally was held by biking enthusiasts in memory and tribute of former president late APJ Abdul Kalam, in Mangaluru on Sunday. The rally was organised by Mangalore Jawa Yezdi Motorcycle Club and United Bikers of Mangalore, in association with City Centre Mall, Mangaluru, to

Mumbai, Aug 2: Taking a dig at the inaccessibility of porn sites over various internet service providers in the country, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma said "depriving consenting adults" of watching porn is equivalent to what "Taliban and ISIS is doing to freedom". As per reports, most internet service providers -- including Vodafone, MTNL and BSNL -- are showing blank pages instead of porn sites. The

Kasaragod, Jul Aug 2: Police investigating into a decoity case in Karnataka have unearthed an international network of decoits. Nearly six months after a gang of dacoits robbed a Kerala-based merchant of his jeep along with a cash of Rs 6 lakh on the national highway near Bilikere in Hunsur taluk in the district, the Mysuru district police have succeeded in cracking the case. Interestingly, the

Mysuru, Aug 2: Tension prevailed for some time, on Saturday, as an anonymous person warned of exploding an educational institution on Dewan’s Road in the city. The classes were on at Lakshmi Hayagreeva Educational Institution, comprising PU and degree colleges, when the telephone at the office of Manager Shankar Narayan Rao rang at 1.20 pm. The office assistant?Dhanalakshmi, who received the call

Jodhpur, Aug 2: Rape accused self-styled godman Asaram features in a chapter on saints in a Class III textbook in the district, sharing space with Vivekananda, Mother Teresa and Ramakrishna Paramhans. Yoga guru Ramdev is also included in the list of saints in the moral education and GK textbook 'Naya Ujala' which is taught in many schools of the district. The chapter also has pictures of Guru

New Delhi, Aug 2: In response to an RTI query, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has said that Gajendra Chauhan - who was appointed by the government as the chief of the Film and Television Institute of India, was selected on the basis of a one-para CV. It also suggests that the only notable achievement Mr Chauhan mentioned on the document was that of playing the role of Yudhisthir in the

Washington, Aug 2: An Indian-American professor of media studies has set off a firestorm in the media and academic circles by declaring that the United States is more brutal than the so called “Islamic State” because it has killed more people in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. "Yes ISIS is brutal, but US is more so, 1.3 million killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan #NoToWar," Deepa Kumar, an

Udupi, Aug 2: Former union minister and Rajya Sabha member K Rahman Khan on Saturday formally inaugurated the newly constructed school building of Markaz Tha-aleemul Ihsan (MTI) at Mulur in Udupi district. Run by Dakshina Karnataka Sunni Centre (DKSC), an organisation of resident Kannadigas in United Arab Emirates, MTI is a prominent institution of religious cum secular education in the coastal

Mangaluru, Aug 2: Two notorious criminals were arrested by Mangaluru Central Crime Branch police on Saturday on charge of attempt to murder and robbery in the city. The arrested are Shashi Poojary (23), resident of K.S. Rao Nagar, Mulki, and Dhanraj Poojary (23), resident of Patrakodi, Vamanjoorin the city. The two, along with another, had allegedly attempted to murder Lathish Naik near Alake

Mangaluru, Aug 2: AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences organized the first ever, inter-dental collegiate exhibition competition on Saturday at City Centre Mall in the city. The event was part of Dazzle-30 Community Outreach Programmes to celebrate the 30 years of Clinical and Academic Excellence. Many colleges around the region even as far as Calicut participated in the competition