Karnataka

Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Jan 10: Though Chief Minister Siddaramaiah skipped the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held here to woo expatriate Indians to invest in Karnataka, his government on Friday signed five MoUs for Rs 1,650 crore worth of investments. The government signed an open-ended MoU with Poland India Business Council for bilateral co-operation for promoting investments in areas like energy

Bengaluru, Jan 10: Syed Ismail Afaq (34), one of the three terror suspects arrested by the Bengaluru police on Thursday, is a homeopathy doctor while four of his siblings are engineers. His parents, Syed Abdul Aleem (75) and Noorunnissa (62), have alleged that the police didn't inform them about his arrest. The parents have been living at a flat in Cox Town for the last eight months. Aleem ran a

New Delhi, Jan 10: The Karnataka State Board of Wakfs (KSBW) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the State government's proposed move to allot 15 acres of land to secretariat employees in Bengaluru. An SC bench of Justices J S Khehar and S A Bobde put the application for consideration on January 16 after the State government counsel sought time to respond to the plea made by senior

Mangaluru, Jan 10: Commuters in the coastal district will soon get the benefit of substantial reduction in petrol and LPG prices. Dakshina Kannada District Regional Transport Authority (RTA) has decided to revise the auto rickshaw fare from January 12. With this DK RTA has become the first RTA in the State to reduce auto-rickshaw fares after the fuel prices went down. The minimum charge for auto

Mangaluru, Jan 10: Bites Kati Zone, the first of its kind in the coastal city, has launched its second outlet. The new outlet located at Opera Tower, Balmatta Road, Mangaluru was inaugurated on Friday, January 9, by I P Abbas. Corporator Azeez Kudroli, Mohammed Ali and managing partners Ubaidullah, Asif, Shahid Akram and Mohammed Akram were present. Specialized in Kati Rolls, both veg and non-veg

Bengaluru, Jan 9: Hosaguddadahalli, the locality which witnessed mob violence on Wednesday after a class 2 girl alleged molestation by her teacher at a private school, remained incident-free on Thursday. The area limped back to near-normality on Thursday though there was palpable tension, what with a huge posse of policemen deployed there. At least three DCPs, five ACPs, 15 inspectors, over 80

Mangaluru, Jan 9: Indian spin legend Anil Kumble on Friday morning reached Nerhu Maidan hunting for the'spin stars' of this coastal city and give them a suitable platform to showcase their talent in spin bowling. Dozens of aspiring spin bowlers in the 10-19 age group, took part in the'Spin Stars, a unique talent search contest organized by TENVIC, a sports training and consulting company co

Bantwal, Jan 9: In a curiosity-evoking incident, few unknown people dug open an old anthill-cum-Naga Bana in Kavalapaduru village in Bantwal taluk following rumours of the existence of ancient treasure beneath it. The discovery of the incident at the anthill at Bengatthodi in Kavalapaduru village has caused shock and surprise among the local villagers. With the existing anthill in the grove of

Mangaluru, Jan 9: UR Rao, the former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), condemned the propagation of blind beliefs and urged the people to think and speak rationally. He was speaking on'Science in Action Role of Academicians and Industries' at the inauguration of a three-day workshop on'science in action' at St Agnes College, Mangaluru. He specifically exhorted the people to

Mangaluru, Jan 9: A 22-year-old man and his father were killed when the scooter in which they were travelling was hit by a mini-bus at Gwalimukha town on the Karnataka-Kerala border on Thursday. The accident occurred around 7 a.m. The victims have been identified as Siddiq, 22, and his father Abdul Rahiman,50. The victims were residents of Adukkam Kadama falling under the Adoor police station