Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 1: In a surprise move, the United Breweries Limited Chairman Vijay Mallya has resigned from the Board of Directors of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (MCFL). The resignation comes at a time when MCFL is amidst a takeover battle between Deepak Petrochemicals and Fertilizers and Zuari Agro Chemicals and Fertilizers. Mr Mallya had sided with Zuari to ward off the takeover bid

Mumbai, Dec 1: Model and actress Gauhar Khan on Sunday was slapped by a youth from audience while she was hosting the final episode of 'India's Raw Star', a musical reality show, at Film City, Goregaon (East). The police have arrested accused Akil Malik, who reportedly said "being a Muslim woman, she should not have worn such a short dress." According to reports, Gauhar Khan got into an argument

Dubai, Dec 1: The Bearys Sports Festival – 2015 will be organized by the Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) –UAE at the Gulf Medical University Ground at Ajman on January 30, 2015. This was officially announced at the sports brochure launching ceremony of the BCF held here on November 29. Mumtaz Ali, BCF patron member, Dr B K Yusuf, the President of BCF, Dr Kaup, General Secretary , Latheef Mulky, Vice

Mangaluru, Dec 1: The news of outbreak of bird flu virus in Kerala has started showing its impact in coastal Karnataka with poultry prices dropping by at least Rs 15 per kg mainly due to influx of chicken from neighbouring areas. Though the outbreak has remained confined to Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts of Kerala, poultry traders in Dakshina Kananda fear that people might stop

Mangaluru, Dec 1: Manipal School, Mangaluru managed in association with Pearson Schools, a part of the world's leading learning company Pearson, hosted Kidathon' the first ever Kids Marathon in Mangalore today in the presence of Chief Guest Vikas Puthran, Popular Athlete and Fitness expert. In an attempt to educate students about the importance of sports and fitness, Puthran awestruck the children

Chandigarh, Dec 1: In a rare show of courage, two college-going sisters thrashed three molestors inside a bus in Haryana's Rohtak town, even as passengers chose to look the other way. Both sisters confronted the accused and mustered enough courage to thrash them, with one of the girls even hitting the youths with her belt, for allegedly outraging their modesty. The entire incident, recorded by a

Mangaluru, Dec 1: Passengers had a miraculous escape after a sleeper bus travelling from Bengaluru to Manipal caught fire in the wee hours of Monday in Uppinangady police station limits. Daskshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Sharanappa said that fire erupted in the Seabird private bus, when it reached Sannampady near Uppinangady. There were 26 passengers on board and three had alighted at

Udupi, Nov 30: Chaos erupted in the general body meeting of Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) leading to its adjournment in just 25 minutes here on Saturday, as the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors stormed into the well of the House alleging corruption in the expenditure of the Udupi Utsava fest held last year. Raising the issue, Opposition Party Leader M R Pai alleged forgery

Kasaragod, Dec 1: The carcass of a four-year-old leopard was found in a plot of rubber trees at Palchuram thattu, near the hilly hamlet of Balal, some 45 km east of Kanhangad in Kasaragod. The nearly three-day-old carcass of the male leopard was spotted late Saturday night after foul smell emanated from the spot, which is infrequently visited as rubber milk extraction is yet to begin, Forest

Mangaluru, Nov 30: The officers of customs at Mangaluru International Airport seized two kilo grams of gold worth nearly Rs 53 lakh on Saturday. The seized gold was in the form of two separate bars each weighing one kilo gram. They were concealed separately in two mobile phone pouches and kept together in a polythene Dubai Duty Free carry bag. The bag containing gold was kept on the floor beneath