Karnataka

Kasaragod, Apr 23: Widespread damage to property and standing crop was reported in the summer rain accompanied by strong winds and lightning that lashed the district on Wednesday. Several houses and electronic equipment were damaged in strong lightning at Badiadukka, where two persons, including a housewife, suffered burns in the lightning late in the evening. A car parked on the Mulleria-Jalsoor

Riyadh, Apr 23: Saudi Arabia beheaded two people for murder today, one of whom was from India, the interior ministry said. Sajada Ansari, a shepherd, was convicted of robbing his Saudi boss as he slept and beating him to death with a hammer, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. The other convict, Saudi Mater al-Rowaeeli, was condemned for shooting dead his

Mangaluru, Apr 22: Minister for Sports and Youth Empowerment K Abhayachandra Jain on Wednesday released the invitation for the 19th Federation Cup - National Senior Athletics Championship 2015 to be hosted in Mangaluru from April 30 to May 4. The national championship is being jointly organised by Youth Empowerment and Sports Department, Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Amateur Athletics

New Delhi, Apr 22: International news channel Al Jazeera was today forced to go off air in the country for five days as the government penalised it for allegedly showing wrong maps of India. Al Jazeera today only showed a blank screen with a message saying that "as instructed by the ministry of Information and Broadcasting, this channel will not be available from 00.01 hours on 22nd April till 00

Bengaluru, April 22: The number of H1N1 cases reported in the State since January 2015 till date, is the highest in seven years. As many as 3032 cases of swine flu were reported in the first four months of the current year. Even during the 2010 outbreak, which had triggered a panic in the State, the number of cases reported then was just 2552. However, this time around, the cases have exceeded the

New Delhi, Apr 22: The net neutrality debate is a "trial balloon" floated by the Government to hand over Internet space to corporates, Rahul Gandhi today charged, vowing to oppose it tooth and nail. "I want to ask a question. If you (the government) have to protect net neutrality, why did you begin the consultation process. It was a trial balloon. First shoot the trial balloon, see the reaction

Mangaluru, Apr 20: Over 700 athletes from the country will compete for a total of 47 gold medals in the 19th Federation Cup – National Senior Athletics Championship 2015, which will be hosted for the first time in Mangaluru from April 30 to May 4. The event will see tough competition between athletes in 47 competitive events – 24 for men and 23 for women – over a period of five days at Mangala

Mangaluru, Apr 22: A city based “training institute” run by a Keralite has been accused of cheating several job aspirants of their money after promising them government jobs and employment in the Army. On Tuesday, the cheated aspirants lodged a complaint at Mangaluru East (Kadri) police station against a person hailing from Kerala named Santhosh Kumar S who had been giving training to youth from

Mangaluru, Apr 22: Media Alumni Association of Mangalagangothri (MAAM), on the occasion of completion of 25 years of Department of Mass Communication and Journalism in Mangalagangothri has organised a panel discussion on ‘The Contributions of Mangalore University in Regional Development’ on April 26 from 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at T.V.Raman Pai Memorial Hall, Mangaluru. Prof. B.M.Hegde, Former Vice

Mangaluru, Apr 22: Heavy rains coupled with thunder and lightning lashed Mangaluru and other parts of Dakshina Kannada district causing loss of life and property damage on Tuesday night. A woman from Bantwal taluk was gravely wounded and succumbed to death after being struck by lightning in Savanoor on Tuesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Rasheeda (29), wife of Basheer who is a