Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 18: The recently-formed Retired Police Officers' Welfare Association in Dakshina Kannada district will now have an office of their own after it was inaugurated inside the premises of district police headquarters here on Wednesday. DK Superintendent of Police S D Sharanappa inaugurated the new office which will henceforth serve as the administrative centre of the association

Bengaluru, Dec 18: The High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of all the persons in the serial church blasts cases of June-July 2000. The court, however, commuted to life term the death penalty awarded to eight of the convicts by a special court in November 2008 on the charge of waging a war against India and creating religious disharmony. The special court had sentenced some of the

Mangaluru, Dec 17: A two-day-old girl abandoned at Kabaka village in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district was rescued after her cries alerted a woman on Wednesday morning. The infant, who was discarded within a day after being born, was found with no clothes on and had wounds on her neck and one of the hands. The girl weighing 2.3 kg was in a critical condition when she was found lying on a

Mangaluru, Dec 17: A two-day national seminar on'Nationalism as a Religion: Trends in India' will be jointly organised by Department of English, Political Science, History and Sociology at Pompei College, Aikala on December 19 and 20 at the college premises, said principal of the college Dr John C Miranda. Briefing mediapersons at a press conference here on Wednesday, he said that the two-day

New Delhi, Dec 17: It is said that the loss of hope is the greatest loss of all. As Pakistan grappled to come to terms with senseless carnage of yesterday, many vacant eyes betrayed this loss. The country stood up as one to condemn the tragedy and many others joined in. Images of sorrow filled television screens Pakistan, tears flowed in abundance. Not even news anchors and television hosts could

Udupi, Dec 17: An extra-marital affair between a married driver and a widow ended with the man stabbing her to death before committing suicide at Padubidri here. The deceased have been identified as Tara Devadiga (38) and Naveen Devadiga (40). Both had two children each from their first marriages. Police sources said that Naveen resorted to the extreme step after Tara's parents refused his

Udupi, Dec 17: The bandh call given by the Kasturirangan Varadi Virodhi Horata Samiti and other like-minded groups on Wednesday in Hebri town and surrounding villages of Udupi district to protest against the recommendations of the K Kasturirangan Panel Report on Conservation of Western Ghats evoked good response. Most of the business establishments remained closed in the area while buses remained

Aligarh, Dec 17: Ending days of stand-off, Dharam Jagaran Samiti, a western UP-based Hindutva group, today called off its controversial conversion programme scheduled for December 25. Satya Prakash Nauman, district president of the outfit, today said over phone,"The proposed 'ghar wapsi'(conversion ceremony) planned for December 25 has been called off". However, he did not elaborate the reason

New Delhi, Dec 17: Flight operations of cash-strapped SpiceJet were grounded on Wednesday due to non-supply of jet fuel by oil marketing companies. œNot even a single flight has taken off till this morning due to fuel supply issue with the oil companies,  sources said. State-run oil marketing firms have not yet taken a decision on the resumption of jet fuel supply to SpiceJet on a two-weeks

Bengaluru, Dec 17: Security has been beefed up at schools and colleges in the country's IT capital Bengaluru following terror attacks in Sydney and Peshwar. However, DCP Central (Bengaluru) Sandeep Patil said that there was no need for public to be scared or worried because of this threat. œWe have conducted anti-sabotage checks at some vital places," he said. He said, "We have also posted police