Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 29: An expatriate worker from Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district has lost his life in a ghastly road mishap that took place in Muscat, the capital city of Oman. The deceased is Muhammad Mustafa (28), son of Late Abdul Ghani, from Parliya village near BC Road, Bantwal taluk. Mustafa, who had been working in a hospital in Muscat, had come home nearly six months ago for a few days

Udupi, May 29: A mother who had left home years ago due to a mental illness, was reunited with her family and children in Kolkatta after 16 years once she was treated and cured of her condition. Resident of Kolkatta, Baby had become mentally ill and had taken to wandering and living on the street in Shankarapura in Udupi taluk for years owing to her illness. The locals, taking pity on her, got her

Chennai, May 29: In a controversial move, IIT Madras has banned a student association named Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC) after the group created awareness against anti-people policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Dean of Students, Sivakumar M. Srinivasan stated that the students didn't follow the protocol of the student association and circulated pamphlets criticizing the Modi

United Nations, May 29: India is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world, at 194 million, surpassing China, according to United Nations annual hunger report. At the global level, the corresponding figure dropped to 795 million in 2014-15, from 1 billion in 1990-92, with East Asia led by China accounting for most of the reductions, UN body Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Mangaluru, May 29: A student of a city-based college was killed and two others sustained injuries in a collision involving a car and a fish-laden truck at Chengala, near Kasaraog. The deceased is K.A. Muhammed Sadeed, son of Abbas residing at Alampady. He was final year BBM student of Srinivas College, Mangaluru. He succumbed to his injuries while being taken to a hospital in Magalore. Sadeed’s

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 29: Polling in the first phase of the two-stage Gram Panchayat election across Karnataka including coastal districts began on Saturday morning. The polling began at 7 a.m. on a peaceful note in Dakshina Kananda and Udupi, according to election officials. U T Khadar, minister for health and family welfare, cast his vote at Boliyar Rantadka Jaradagudde Government School, Mudipu

Udupi, May 29: In a heartrending tragedy a nine-year-old specially-abled child died after she fell into pond at Koteshwar near Kundapur on the outskirts of the city. Apoorva (9), daughter of Keshva and Malini Acharya couple accidentally fell into a pond while playing near her house on Thursday, police sources said. It is learnt that the parents and other family members of the victim was not

Davangere/Shivamogga, May 29: Lokayukta sleuths conducted simultaneous raids on the house and other premises of former State minister M P Renukacharya and his relatives at six places including Bengaluru, Davangere, Honnali, Shivamogga among others. The raids were carried out following a private complaint lodged by RTI activist and president of Honnali Anti-Corruption Forum Gurupadaiah Mathad

Mangaluru, May 28: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said that the Ministry of Environment and Forest which had been perceived as a ministry of road blocks and speed breaks - had been converted into a facilitating ministry for both effective environment protection and development, under the NDA government in the past one year after coming to power. Addressing a press

Panaji, May 28: BJP today ruled out a country-wide ban on beef, saying it is for the states to take a decision on it keeping in mind the "sentiments of the people". "Wherever there is BJP government, we will consider sentiments of the people before imposing ban on beef. We have not said that we will be banning beef across the country," BJP president Amit Shah told reporters here. BJP governments