Karnataka

Gandhinagar/Gujarat, Jan 12: A US company on Sunday signed a document with Karnataka government, expressing interest to set up a 1,000 MW solar power plant in the State. Representatives of Convalt Energy signed the document with officials of Department of Industries and Commerce of Government of Karnataka on the sidelines of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit at Mahatma Mandir in

Bhatkal, Jan 12: Khwja Sayeedi, the father of Riyaz Ahmed Sayeedi, who was picked up by the Central Crime Branch of the Bengaluru police from Mangaluru International Airport, said that the arrest of his son had shocked him. Ahmed had been arrested on Saturday night a few minutes before he was scheduled to board a flight to Dubai. Ahmed was working at a hardware shop there. Sayeedi said that he had

Bengaluru, Jan 11: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that practising yoga is essential for overall mental and physical well-being and has benefitted him ever since he has been doing it. Speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration of Karnataka Yoga Abhiyana programme organised by Karnataka Olympic Association and Shwasa Yoga Samsthe at Kanteerva Stadium, he said: œSaints and gurus have

Paris, Jan 11: A Muslim man was hailed as a hero by the French media for saving hostages during a hostage crisis in a Paris supermarket. Lassana Bathily, an employee at Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Vincennes, helped to guide a group of hostages into a downstairs walk-in freezer while the gunman was preparing to kill them, CNN reported. Bathily, a practicing Muslim, says he entered the

Mangaluru, Jan 11: Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) has received a green signal by the union government to the proposal for two additional aerobridges and an additional parking facility for flights at the airport. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had given its approval for the project with a cost of Rs 8 crore and work will begin on the project as soon as tender process is

Lucknow: Jan 11: After the Sangh Parivar's'Ghar Wapsi' flop show, a few Hindu communities in Uttar Pradesh, especially from lower castes, are now threatening the communal forces and authorities that they would convert en masse into Christianity and Islam if their demands were not fulfilled. At least two incidents had been reported from different places in the North Indian state, where some

Mangaluru, Jan 11: Vistara, the newbie in the Indian skies, may soon extend its flight service to Mangaluru International Airport besides other South Indian cities. The airline, the joint venture of Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, is close to finalising its schedule beyond February 15, its top executives said, after the launch of its Delhi-Ahmedabad flight on Saturday. Vistara began its

Bengaluru, Jan 11: Jnanpith Award-winning writer Girish Karnad has warned against picking out details and characters from ancient Indian mythology to argue that they are proof of scientific advance in ancient times. Participating in a discussion organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) here on Saturday, the writer said that those who attempt to find proof of scientific advance in

Mangaluru, Jan 11: A Dubai-bound passenger from Bhatkal town has been arrested by a team of Central Crime Branch police from Bengaluru at Mangaluru International Airport barely minutes before he was to board an international flight. Police sources claimed that based on inputs provided by the three men from Bhatkal arrested on Thursday for their suspected links with a banned outfit, CCB sleuths

Belagavi, Jan 11: Two stationary tankers at the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) depot at Desur on Belagavi-Goa NH4A, about 18 km from here, accidentally caught fire on Saturday causing panic among staff and village residents. Four fire fighting machines took more than four hours to extinguish the fire. Movement of trains between Belagavi-Londa section of South Western Railway division