Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 30: In last two years, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his ministerial colleagues have spent a total of Rs 7.89 crore on travel allowance. According to information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by an activist from the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), the State government has spent Rs 13.8 crore on salary and allowances of the 30

Nagpur, Jul 30: Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon, “convicted” in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, was hanged till death at the Nagpur Central Jail on Thursday morning, officials said. He was sent to the gallows -- on his 54th birthday on Thursday -- after several of his court appeals and clemency petitions were rejected by various courts, including the Bombay High Court, the Supreme Court, the

Udupi, Jul 29: In a tragic incident a 22-year-old tourist from Bengaluru was washed away by high currents at Malpe beach in Udupi district on Wednesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Shivakumar (22), a native of Herikeroor of Haveri District, who was currently working in Bengaluru city. He had come to Udupi along with a group of over a dozen friends from Bengaluru. The tragedy took

Mangaluru, Jul 29: A youth was feared drown while four of this family members were rescued after a sand-laden boat capsized in the Netravati River near Pavoor Kadavu village on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. Fire personnel and local fishermen are searching in the waters for Lukman (21), a resident of Harekala Rajagudde, who was feared drowned in the tragedy. Four others, identified as

New Delhi, Jul 29: Ramon Magsaysay award winner Sanjiv Chaturvedi on Wednesday accused the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) of not backing his campaign against corruption in Haryana and the AIIMS. "PMO didn't support (my) fight against corruption," bureaucrat Chaturvedi told NDTV, soon after the Magsaysay Foundation announced that he and social activist and fellow Indian Anshu Gupta were among the

Mangaluru, Jul 29: The first Career Excellence Centre (CEC) Round Table in the state was formally launched by Institutional Excellence Forum (IEF), a Noida-based non-profit organisation, in collaboration with Yenepoya University, Mangaluru and All India Confederate for Women’s Empowerment Through Education (AICWETE) at the Indoor Auditorium at Yenepoya University, Deralakatte on the outskirts of

Rameswaram, Jul 29: Thousands of people gathered here on Wednesday awaiting the body of former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, emotions running high that a humble boy from this coastal town who rose to great heights had passed away. Crowds massed at Kalam's family house to pay their last respects, some unable to hold back their tears. Officials said Kalam's body would land in Madurai and then be

Mangaluru, Jul 29: City based KMC Hospital, part of Manipal Health Enterprises, completed a rare and complicated surgery called Right Hemihepatectomy (Removal of the right half of the liver). Reputed to have one of the best oncology departments in the region this supreme medical challenge was met with finesse and perfection under the leadership of Dr. Sathya Narayan, Gastrointestinal &

Mangaluru, Jul 29: Kadri police have arrested two accused in connection with the murder attempt on two youths of their rival gang near Alake Market in the city. On Monday, Latheesh Naik and Indrajith were brutally attacked with swords by a gang of rowdy-sheeters including Shashi Poojary, Ravichandran alias Vicky Poojary, Mokshith, Rajesh and Ganesh. It is said that the gang rammed into their car

Mangaluru: Jul 29: Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai said that chief minister Siddaramaiah would chair a high level meeting in Bengaluru to discuss runway expansion of Mangalore International Airport. Mr Rai, who chaired the tri-monthly KDP meeting here on Tuesday, said there was a need to discuss whether land acquisition will be carried out by the State government or to