Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 21: Medical officers in Karnataka have threatened to resign en masse on October 27 if the government did not concede to their long-standing demands, including hike in salaries. State Medical Officers Association president T A Veerabhadraiah said in a statement here that the government had turned a blind eye to the 14 demands submitted by the Association six years ago. He said the

Bangalore, Oct 21: Karnataka High Court today allowed the Lokayukta Police probe against BJP National Vice-President B S Yeddyurappa and others, on a petition challenging the Lokayukta Court order dismissing complaints against them in a land denotification case in Shimoga district. Justice Anand Byrareddy set aside the Shimoga Lokayukta Court order which had dismissed complaints against

Kannur, Oct 21: A 41-year-old woman, who suffered serious burns after she was allegedly set on fire by a man inside an empty train compartment here, has died and police today released the sketch of the suspect. Fathima, who suffered 40 per cent burns, succumbed to her injuries at Kozhikode Medical College last night, police said. Taking a serious note of the case, state Home Minister Ramesh

Mangalore, Oct 21: With sound levels, the enthusiasm also went up several decibels with local rock bands performing at the regional prelims of the annual cultural festival of IIT-Madras - Saarang 2015 - organised in Mangalore. For the first time in Mangalore, a regional preliminary round was organised at G6 Music Café in the city on Sunday as part of Decibels, Saarang's semi-professional Western

Chandigarh, Oct 21: Manohar Lal Khattar will be the next chief minister of Haryana, the BJP announced Tuesday. The former Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) 'Pracharak' was chosen by the newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party legislators as their leader at a meeting here. "I have been chosen by the party legislators and the BJP leadership for this responsibility. I can assure you that we will work

Chicago, Oct 21: Muhammad Ali, who has been suffering from Parkinson's disease for almost 30 years now, maybe counting his last days if sources in the boxing legend's family are to be believed. The 72-year-old American is critically ill. Rumours about Ali's poor health started circulating when he did not attend a Hollywood premiere of a new movie about his life, 'I am Ali', last week

Mangalore, Oct 21: Around 180 Air India Express passengers from Mangalore and Kerala who had stranded at Saudi Arabia's Dammam International Airport, following abrupt cancellation of an aircraft on Saturday, finally reached their destinations on Tuesday morning. Dozens of Mangalorean passengers on board the plane, who were supposed to land at Mangalore International Airport at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday

Mysore, Oct 21: Karnataka is the first State in the country that is inching towards completing the survey and validation of Wakf properties, claimed Minister for Municipal Administration and Wakf Qamarul Islam. Addressing media persons after presiding over a meeting of officers from the Mysore division here, the Minister said that out of 33,000 Wakf properties in the State, about 20,000 properties

Madikeri, Oct 21: A senior Congress leader and friend of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramiah has criticized AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi for lack of seriousness. H Vishwanath, former MP of Mysore addressing a press meet here on Monday, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has seriousness and hence people were believing him though he (Modi) had been promising a dream world through his

Mangalore, Oct 21: Bowing to pressure from Hindutva organisations, Police Commissioner has suspended Kavoor police sub inspector Umesh Kumar on Monday. The SI had allegedly assaulted a rowdy sheeter-cum-Hindutva activist Charan, a resident of Moodushedde a fortnight back. It was alleged that though Charan had obtained bail from the court pertaining to an incident, the SI had allegedly taken him to