Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 6: A sub-inspector has been suspended by the Bengaluru City Police Commissionerate for permitting All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi to hold a public function in Shivaji Nagar, here on February 8. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad is organising its Virat Hindu Samavesha on the same day. As per procedure, permission for such public

Karwar, Feb 6: A moving passenger bus caught fire due to short circuit at Polem on the Goa-Karnataka border near Karwar on Thursday morning. Fortunately, all the 58 passengers travelling in the bus belonging to Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited, Goa, are safe. The bus departed Karwar at 9 am and was on its way to Goa. A fire broke out following short circuit, when the bus crossed Majali on the

Bengaluru, Feb 6: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told the Legislative Council on Thursday that the State government will not re-introduce lottery in Karnataka. The announcement came following criticism from his own party leaders that it will not be wise to bring back lottery which was earlier banned due to its ill effects on the lower middle-class and the poor people of the State. Janata Dal(S)

Mysuru, Feb 6: A youth suffered grievous burns and a part of his face was ripped apart when his cellphone exploded in the city. Seetharam (18), a daily wager from Bihar, worked along with his parents at an under-construction building near?Bannimantap on Mysuru-Bengaluru road.? The youth was resting in a makeshift tent near the construction site on Tuesday evening when he got a call on his Karbonn

Washington, Feb 6: US President Barack Obama on Thursday invoked India's example to make a plea for religious freedom and how faith leads people to do good and what's right but that faith also can be twisted to be used as a weapon. In a 25-minute address to the National Prayer Breakfast, Obama who last month visited India with First Lady Michelle called it "an incredible, beautiful country, full

Mumbai, Feb 5: In April 2012, at the height of summer, Mumbaikars were shocked to read about the death of a woman in a Thane village who trudged several kilometres to fetch drinking water and died from sunstroke. The incident prompted an IITian to build a device that can convert humidity in the atmosphere into water, right in our homes. Anit Asthana, a chemical engineer from the Indian Institute

Hyderabad, Feb 5: Condemning the deadly deeds of ISIS, an alleged Zionist backed terrorist outfit which poses as a Muslim organisation, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has called the ISIS terrorists as enemies of Islam and Muslims. "What they have done so far, all the Islamic scholars of various schools of thought have condemned it. They have raped people, killed people. Not only killed, in a

Mangaluru, Feb 5: The flagship event of the Post Graduate Department of Business Administration of St Aloysius Institute of Management & Information Technology (AIMIT), St Aloysius College (Autonomous) took off on vibrant note at the star-studded inaugural in Aurthur Shenoi Memorial Auditorium at AIMIT, Beeri on Wednesday B A Ibrahim, the District Commission of Dakshina Kannada District graced the

Ahmedabad, Feb 5: Suspended IPS officer PP Pandey was today granted bail by a special CBI court here in the 2004 case of fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others after remaining in jail for 18 months. Special Judge K R Upadhyaya granted bail to Additional Director General of Police Pandey on executing a personal bond of Rs one lakh with two surety bonds. He was in jail since July 2013 when

Mangaluru, Feb 5: The officers of customs at Mangalore international airport seized gold in the form of foil totally weighing 570 gms valued at Rs.15,90,300. The gold was concealed in the inner top cover of two trolley suitcases, carried by the passenger Muhammed Shamseer P A from Kasaragod, Kerala. He arrived at Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday morning by Jet Airways flight 9W531 from