Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 24: The assets of at least three union ministers have increased since they assumed office five months ago, a joint statement by the National Election Watch and Association of Democratic Reforms said Friday. The highest increase in assets in five months was shown by Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda. "His assets have shown an increase of Rs.10.46 crores, from Rs.9.88 crores as

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 24: Kerala Government has asked the Centre to take urgent steps to secure the release of 18 Malayalee nurses stranded in Libya and also five Indian fishermen, including one from Kerala, held captive in Iran. In a letter to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, while seeking help for the release of the stranded persons, also handed over the

Mangalore, Oct 24: The Mangalore International Airport has recorded nearly four per cent growth in passenger traffic during the first six months of the current fiscal. The airport handled 6,56,841 passengers from April to September of the current financial year against 6,32,261 passengers in the corresponding period of the previous financial year. In the first half of current fiscal, the growth in

Kochi, Oct 24: If you are boarding a flight from, Kochi, Mumbai or Ahmedabad airports on Friday or Saturday be prepared for increased security checks. The airports have been put on a high alert following an intelligence input which states that suicide bombers will try to board two Air India flights in the wee hours on Saturday. As per the letter from Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)

Mangalore, Oct 24: A one-and-a-half-month-old boy afflicted with hydrocephalus (abnormal growth of head), died on Thursday at his residence in Enmakaje village, an area with high density of endosulfan victims, in the Kasargod district. The deceased baby has been identified as Lohith, son of Sundara Naik and Thara of Pathaje, near Perla. He was born in a hospital in Mangalore on September 13 with

Beltangady, Oct 24: An expatriate worker from Dakshina Kananda district of Karnataka was allegedly shot dead by unidentified assailants in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia earlier this week. The deceased has been identified as Aboobakar (48), son of Abdul Khader Beary, a resident of Karappady in Puthila in Beltangady taluk. He had been working in the Kingdom for nearly one-and-a-half decade. The tragic

Bangalore, Oct 24: Orchids The International School, Jalahalli, where a three-year-old girl was sexually abused on Tuesday, has been running a pre-primary and higher primary section illegally ever since it started functioning in 2013. The school has also falsely claimed to be affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Commissioner for Public Instruction (DPI) Mohammed Mohsin said

Bangalore, Oct 24: Home Minister K J George said on Thursday that he had not interfered in the departmental probe initiated against any officer in any form. Reacting to a media report dated October 22 under the headline œHome Minister shielding errant cop: Probe report , he said neither he nor his family had pressured the then police commissioner or additional commissioner of police (law and

Bangalore, Oct 24: Shortage of doctors in government hospitals incurred the wrath of Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa on Thursday. Thimmappa summoned Health and Family Welfare Minister U?T?Khader and Principal?Secretary of the department N Sivasailam and took them to task for the delay in recruitment of doctors. Thimmappa has been quite vocal on the state of affairs in government hospitals and had pulled

Mangalore, Oct 23: Two Mangalorean achievers who won gold medals in the recently concluded international powerlifting championship were accorded grand reception on their arrival in the city on Thursday. Vijaya Kanchan and Akshata Poojarthi won two gold medals each in the World Bench press, Dead Lift, Powerlifting Championships 2014 held at Las Vegas, US. The championship was held from October 17