Karnataka

Kumbla, Dec 14: Three shops, housed in a two-storey roof-tiled building at Kumbla town near here, suffered extensive damage in a fire that broke out in the early hours on Saturday. A vegetable outlet, an ice-cream shop, and a warehouse stocked with medicines belonging to Abdul Kareem, Shafi and K P Moideen Kutti respectively gutted in the fire. The loss is estimated at Rs 37 lakhs. The raging fire

Kasargod, Dec 14: A court in Kanhangad on Saturday declared Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia, who is evading arrest for several months in connection with the delivering highly venomous speech, as an a proclaimed absconder. The case was registered against him for making a'hate speech' in the town in 2011. Hosdurg Judicial First Class Magistrate Court (1) judge Rajeev Vachal made

Abu Dhabi, Dec 13: Calling the youth force the future of India and United Arab Emirates, Rajya Sabha MP Mani Shankar Aiyar said that quality education and advanced technical knowledge was the need of the hour. Delivering key note address at the 43rd UAE national day celebrations of Indian Islamic Centre at the IIC Main Hall, Abu Dhabi recently, Mr Aiyar said that he had worked towards

Mangaluru, Dec 13: Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT Khader said that a single-window system would be introduced within a month to provide housing facilities, monthly rations, nutritious food and healthcare facilities for BPL families affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to reduce discrimination towards such families. Mr Khader interacted with HIV infected persons and affected

Los Angeles, Dec 13: Double Oscar winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman is once again in the race for an Academy Award. Among the 114 scores in contention for a nomination in the Original Score category for the 87th Oscars, the Mozart of Madras stands a chance with three mentions. His work for "Million Dollar Arm", "The Hundred-Foot Journey" and Indian film "Kochadaiiyaan" are part of the long list

Belagavi: Dec 13: The Karnataka government has prepared an action plan to install closed-circuit television cameras (CCTVs) in government schools in the State at a cost of Rs 59.03 crore, in the wake of an increase in sexual assaults on schoolchildren. Replying to a question by Mahantesh Kavatgimath of the BJP, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar said a proposal was before

Udupi, Dec 13: A major fire erupted at an agro hardware store at G B Panth Road in the city on Saturday causing heavy losses. The inferno, which engulfed Agro Industrial Traders located on a commercial complex, destroyed and damaged agricultural equipments, rice mill machineries and other goods. Billows of smoke could be seen at the 1km periphery, while the fire fighters tried to douse the flames

Bengaluru, Dec 13: In a major breakthrough, the alleged handler of the most influential pro-ISIS Twitter account was arrested from an apartment here in the early hours today. Mehdi Masroor Biswas has "confessed" he was handling the pro-jihad tweeter "@ShamiWitness" and he was particularly close to English-speaking ISIS terrorists, Karnataka DGP L Pachau told reporters here. An engineer working as

Bengaluru, Dec 13: The alleged handler of the pro-ISIS Twitter account has been arrested, according to a senior police official in Bengaluru. "He is with us," the official said, confirming the arrest of the pro-jihad tweeter "@ShamiWitness" who had been anonymously operating the account as "Mehdi". The development comes after intelligence agencies in India rubbished a report by British media

Mangaluru, Dec 13: The foundation stone laying ceremony for the proposed Maulana Azad Bhavan in the city on Saturday was marred by the protest staged by the Sangh Parivar activists along with the students of a private English Media School, run by Kerala Samajam, which had planned to take over a government land. It is learnt that the school management had asked the students to stage protest and not