Karnataka

Agartala, Jan 17: A man was arrested on the charge of his attempt to bury alive his nine-year old daughter at Putia in Sipahijala district of Tripura, police today said. When Abul Hussain was forcibly trying to bury her daughter Rukshena in a pit in the backyard of his residence, a neighbour saw it and raised an alarm following which locals rescued the girl yesterday, SP (Control), Uttam Bhaumick

Moodbidri, Jan 17: The 75th All-India Inter-university Athletics Meet began on a colourful and feisty note, at the newly-laid synthetic track at Swaraj Maidan here on Friday, where as many as 3,390 athletes from 240 different universities took part in the meet. The athletics meet was organised by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) and Government of Karnataka, in joint association

Chennai, Jan 17: A Chennai-Delhi Air India flight was delayed by more than two hours after a pilot and an aircraft engineer had a difference of opinion which ended up in a fight inside the cockpit on Saturday. Sources said that the plane which had arrived from Mumbai was scheduled to take off at 9.45am to Delhi but developed a technical snag. Though an aircraft engineer rectified the snag, the

Mangaluru, Jan 17: With regard to the formation of Bharatiya Hindu Parishad by a Puttur-based Congress leader in Dakshina Kannada district, senior Congress leader and Health Minister U T Khader said that it was not wrong or illegal to form an organization in the name of religion. However, it is necessary to keep the activities of such organizations in check so that they do not become anti

New Delhi, Jan 17: Delhi High Court has chided the Narendra Modi-led NDA government for installing 15,000 CCTV cameras within weeks for US President Barack Obama's upcoming visit here, but failing to act fast when it comes to meet the needs of the citizens. So "let's get someone from outer space," a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva remarked. The bench was hearing an

Bengaluru, Jan 17: The Lokayukta police have registered eight FIRs in relation to the Rs 1,000 crore worth of irregularities in the execution of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme between 2008 and 2012. Based on the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report, the State government had handed over the investigation to the Lokayukta under section 7 (2) (a) of the

Bengaluru, Jan 17: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru police on Friday raided a house in BTM Layout here and detained a person for his alleged links with terror suspects. “We detained a person in the south (police) division of Bengaluru on Friday night in connection with the explosives seized in Bhatkal recently,” Bengaluru Police Commissioner M?N?Reddi said. Reddi clarified that the

Puttur, Jan 17: In spite warning by the Dakshina Kannada district administration and the presence of around 1,500 policemen and Rapid Action Force personnel at the venue, speakers at the ‘Virat Hindu Hrudaya Sangama’ crossed the limits and apparently mocked and abused non-Hindu Indians. Thousands of Sangh Parivar activists had gathered at the Mahalingeshwara Temple grounds in Puttur on Friday

Mangaluru, Jan 16: Provocative speeches delivered by the firebrand Hindutva leaders at a massive convention of Hindutva extremists held amidst tight security in Puttur town, yield immediate result on Friday night as self proclaimed saviours of ‘Hindu rashtra’ unleashed violence against innocent people in communally sensitive areas of Dakshina Kannada district while returning home from the venue

Mangaluru, Jan 16: Dismissing the speculations that a Dalit leader may replace him as Karnataka chief minister, Siddaramaiah has said that he would complete his term. Responding to questions of media persons on his arrival at Mangaluru International Airport here on Friday, he vehemently said: “I am the CM and would complete my term.” Asked on the recommendations of Kasturirangan report, he said