Karnataka

Ajman, Nov 21: Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the Supreme Council, UAE and Ruler of Ajman conferred the degrees on 90 graduates including 6 students from master's programs during the 11th convocation of Gulf Medical University held on Wednesday at Ajman Kempinski Hotel and Resort. Sheikh congratulated the graduates for their academic achievement. “This event signifies that each of

Chikkamagaluru, Nov 21: Within a couple of days after a ferocious tiger which had been terrorizing people in Chikkamagaluru was captured by the Forest Department in Bababudangiri range, another tiger was sighted in a village in the district. Residents of Kaimara in Chikkamagaluru taluk were a worried lot as many of them had sighted a tiger in a coffee plantation nearby. They have urged the Forest

Tumakuru, Nov 21: At least two women were killed on the spot and 15 others suffered severe injuries in a ghastly serial accident at Batawadi in the city on Thursday. Three vehicles – a bus, a lorry and an auto rickshaw – were completely destroyed in the accident. The deceased were identified as Fathima Bi (40) and Azmathunnissa (45), residents of Nazarabad. The condition of auto driver Ahmed (31)

Bengaluru, Nov 21: An electrician, who raped a four-year-old daughter of an engineer at the latter's apartment at Sarjapura here has been arrested by police. The accused has been identified as Arvind Reddy (40), who lived with his wife and two children in Dommasandra, here and his wife had been bedridden after a cardiac arrest. The sexual assault which took place on November 10, came to light on

Belagavi, Nov 21: Two country-made bombs were found near the railway track at Kirwala village in Khanapur taluk between Gunji and Londa railway stations on Thursday. A vigilant railway keyman immediately alerted his superiors, and a tragedy was averted with the police defusing one of the bombs and taking the other for ballistic examination. Railway keyman Hanmantgouda Patil, who had been checking

Bengaluru, Nov 21: Expressing serious reservations against holding the “Kiss of Love” campaign in the City, Kannada & Culture Minister Umashree said that such public display of affection is “against our culture”. In a letter to Home Minister K?J George on Thursday, Umashree said the organisers have given a call to hold the campaign on November 29 to protest against moral policing. “But young men

Mangaluru, Nov 21: Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik has now been booked by police in Mangaluru for his inciting remarks on rapists. Addressing the media here last Sunday, he had said the relatives of rape victims should take the law into their hands and cut off the hands of rapists. Rapists are not scared of law and the court and the police have failed to punish them. The Sene will bear the

Jeddah, Nov 20: The Indian community of Karnataka state residing in Jeddah, KSA recently felicitated the Hajj, information and infrastructure development minister Roshan Baig at the inauguration ceremony of Karnataka Noble Trophy Cricket Tournament in Jeddah under the banner of Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah and Jamiyyatul Falah Jeddah. The tournament is scheduled to begin from November 27 and

Jeddah, Nov 20: The family members of a Dakshina Kannada based man, who was killed in a road accident in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia nearly five years ago, have finally won a huge amount of compensation thanks to the hard work of the activists of India Fraternity Forum. A Saudi court has ordered a Saudi national, whose reckless driving had resulted in the death of Abdul Hameed, an expatriate worker

Abu Dhabi, Nov 20: The UAE's commercial capital and its most cosmopolitan city, Dubai, has been identified as the most attractive city in the world to live in in terms of professional and private life, according to an Insead Alumni survey. Among 15 of the world's prominent cities, Dubai topped the list for the best place to work, ahead of others such as New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and