Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 4: As part of the ongoing œYuvaparivarthan the Change , a national level youth festival of Srinivas Group of Colleges,'Campus Princess' audition took place in the college's Valachil Campus on Saturday. The audition was judged by Shristi Rana, Miss Asia Pacific World 2013. Campus Princess is considered as a platform for young divas that helps them realize their dream of becoming

Hyderabad/Washington, Jan 4: The use of Mahatma Gandhi's image on beer cans and bottle by a US company has raised hackles with a petition being filed in a Hyderabad court alleging it had insulted the father of the nation following which the liquor company has apologised. The Connecticut-based New England Brewing Company even claimed that its intention was to pay homage and celebrate the apostle of

Kuwait City, Jan 4: Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister was given a warn felicitation by the Karnataka Branch of Kuwait Kerala Muslim Association (KKMA), a social service organization of Indian expatriates in Kuwait. The felicitation was in recognition of Mr Khader's outstanding contribution towards the society and successfully implementing various healthcare schemes for poor and

New Delhi, Jan 4: Union Minister for Minority Affairs Najma Heptullah, has drawn the ire of community leaders after she suggested that muslims should work towards empowering themselves with education and skills and stop looking for reservations. Heptullah, was in Mumbai to promote the programmes of the Minority Affairs ministry, namely the National Minority Development and Finance Corporation

Belthangady, Jan 4: Two ministers were caught up in the traffic jam on Charmadi Ghat road which connects Mangaluru and Chikkamagaluru district on Saturday. Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader and Youth services and Sports Minister K Abhyachandra Jain were returning to Mangaluru from an official function in Chikkamagalur when the incident took place. The traffic was disrupted for more

Somwarpet, Jan 4: Communal tension prevailed at Hosathota in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu district for some time on Saturday after two miscreants allegedly belonging to Sangh Parivar rode through an Eid Milad procession. However, police intervened to bring the situation under control and briefly detained a few persons to avert further untoward incidents. Hosathota is known for such incidents, where

Mangaluru, Jan 4: A tragedy was averted by grounding an Air India flight after it suffered a crack in the windshield of its cockpit recently at Mangaluru International Airport. However, the craft was repaired in a few hours and sent back to Delhi on Friday, official sources said. œThe pilot noticed the crack and grounded the aircraft immediately for repair. Engineers flown in from New Delhi

Raichur, Jan 4: In a tragic incident, the walls of a newly built water tank collapsed during urs at a Dargah on the outskirts of Yapaladinni village, around 25 km from here, on Saturday morning killing five persons and injuring two others. In a swift action, six persons, including gram panchayat officials, government engineers and the contractor were booked by the police for the incident. The

Stockholm, Jan 4: After the string of attacks on mosques in Sweden, locals are expressing solidarity with Muslims by staging rallies. Under the banner of "Don't touch my mosque", thousands gathered in major cities Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo to condemn the attacks. In the city of Uppsala, a mosque which had anti-Muslim rhetoric scribbled on the walls was "love-bombed" by locals who pasted

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Four tourist women were rescued from a certain watery grave on Saturday in two separate incidents by the Lifeguards at Someshwar beach on the outskirts of the city. One of the rescued woman hails from Bengaluru while the rest were tourists from Anekal in Haveri, who had come to the city on vacation and had gone to the beach. While the trio were sucked in by a rip current, the