Karnataka

New York, May 15: American actress, model, and singer Lindsay Lohan was photographed carrying a copy of the holy book Quran after her first day of community service in Brooklyn, New York. The internationally acclaimed actress - who is of Irish and Italian heritage and was raised as a Catholic - held a hard copy of the Quran in her arm as she finished a day of office work at a children's center on

Bengaluru, May 15: Passengers flying out of Kempegowda International Airport will no longer have to stand in long queues for check-in as the airport operator plans to implement a system that allows passengers to print their own boarding passes as well as baggage tags from June. Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has signed a seven-year contract with global aviation IT firm SITA to

Mangaluru, May 15: A heart surgery through a small opening in the right side of the chest was successfully performed on a 16-year-old girl from Alur at Fr Mullers Hospital in the city. She was suffering from a birth defect of the heart and the procedure was done under the Vajpai Arogya Shree Scheme. The Hospital authorities informed that this is the first time that such a surgery is being

Mangaluru, May 15: “Tasheel was not the kind of person the media has portrayed him to be – he would never willingly do anything wrong or over-speed while driving,” claims relative of the 23-year-old graduate who was killed in a heart-wrenching accident that occurred when the car he was driving plunged into the river at Tannirbavi earlier this week. The presence of a girl identified as Prineeta

Mangaluru, May 15: A two-month uniform ban on fishing will be to be imposed in all three coastal districts of Karnataka. The fishing ban for mechanised boats will come into effect from June 1 across the Karnataka coast, said a release issued by the Department of Fisheries. The ban, which will end on July 31, indents to facilitate the breeding of fish during the monsoon. The decision comes

Kasaragod, May 15: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on Thursday carried out simultaneous searches on the Central University of Kerala (CUK) campuses here and the residences of senior varsity officials in the wake of allegations of financial irregularities against them. The six-member CBI team, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy.SP) Ramadevan reached the CUK’s Periye campus in

Bengaluru, May 15: Provisions of Goonda Act will be invoked against habitual offenders including chain snatchers, Home Minister K?J?George said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters after holding a review meeting with senior police officers, George said as per the provisions of the Goonda Act one can be put in preventive detention for up to six months without a trial. The move, he hoped, would deter

Mangaluru, May 14: Dozens of passengers in three different Airports had a harrowing time after a Mangaluru-bound Jet Airways plane was grounded at Abu Dhabi international Airport due to a technical glitch. The Jet Airways flight 9W 501 which was supposed to take off at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday from Abu Dhabi was delayed for 12 hours. The airline sources said that it would depart at 8:30 p.m. local

Mangaluru, May 14: Demanding the withdrawal of the proposed golf course and resort project in Bengere in Mangaluru city corporation limits, locals residents led by DYFI city unit staged a sit-in protest in front of Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner’s office here on Wednesday. Addressing the protestors, CPI(M) leader Vasanth Achari alleged that the seashore in Bengere would be compromised by

Mumbai, May 14: Abortions among teenage girls below the age of 15 in Mumbai have recorded an alarming 67% spike in 2014-15. Civic data accessed through an RTI further shows that out of nearly 31,000 women who opted for medical termination of pregnancy, 1,600 were below the age of 19. Health experts have called the trend of unwanted pregnancies alarming, while harping on the need for better sex