Karnataka

Kasargod, Oct 21: A woman suffered critical burns inside the compartment of a halted train at the Kannur railway station here on Monday morning in a suspected attack by an unidentified person. She succumbed to the burns at the Government Medical College, Kozhikode, at 8.30 p.m. The police identified the victim as Pathutti alias Khadeeja, 45, wife of Hassan, Velliyil House at Kondotti in Malappuram

Dharwad, Oct 20: State Lokayukta (ombudsman) sleuths Monday arrested Karnataka University vice-chancellor H.B. Walikar and three other university officials on charges of financial irregularities and abuse of power in recruitments, a senior official said here. "Walikar, 62, university's examination registrar H.D. Pothe, 49, financial officer S. Rajashri, 48, and vice-chancellor's personal secretary

Mangalore, Oct 20: The officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport seized 384 grams of gold valued at Rs.10.46 lakh on Monday. The gold was in the form of cut pieces of ten tolas gold bar concealed in the motor of a toy jeep and a toy dog, and in the form of silver colour paint coated cylindrical objects concealed in the wheels of a stroller suitcase. The contraband was carried by the

Bangalore, Oct 20: A 17-month-old boy was attacked by a pack of dogs in Anjananagar area on Monday and was seriously injured. According to eye-witnesses, Kumaraswamy was mauled by a pack of four to six dogs when he stepped out of his house at 6 am. His parents rushed him to KIMS hospital for the treatment, where the hospital authorities reportedly refused to treat the boy. Later, the child was

Mangalore, Oct 20: A controversial Hindu seer, who had attempted suicide by pouring kerosene on himself earlier this year in protest against a Christian preacher, now œordered  Supreme Court of India to immediately cancel the bail granted to an ailing Muslim political leader. Pranavananda Swami, he chief of a lesser-known outfit called Bharat Kranti Sena, addressing a press meet in the city on

Kakinada, Oct 20: 14 women and three men have died in the fire that broke out at a firecracker factory in Andhra Pradesh on Monday, three days before the Diwali festival. Six people died of severe burn injuries in hospital this morning. The police say two more women are missing since the fire, which started after an explosion so big that many workers were thrown off to nearby fields. There were 30

Mangalore, Oct 20: The unexpected delay of a Mangalore-bound Air India Express flight from Dammam International Airport provoked its passengers to quarrel with officials of airlines in Saudi Arabia. The Dammam-Calicut-Mangalore flight, which was supposed to take off at Dammam International Airport at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday with around 160 passengers on board and reach Mangalore at 3:30 a.m. Sunday

New Delhi, Oct 20: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has expressed disappointment at the upsurge of communalists once again in the Indian polity following the verdict of Maharashtra and Haryana legislative assemblies' results which were declared on Sunday. It however asserted that there is no communal polarization in the country, but dreams on development and trade brought out the

Mangalore, Oct 20: It was in the year 1998 that Catholic businessmen, agriculturists and professionals formed Rachana, with an objective of encouraging youth to take up entrepreneurship, for training them in investment and for supporting them with technical backup. In the last 16 years Rachana has worked to achieve its goals and has trained over 50 youth through Rachana Entrepreneur Development

Bangalore, Oct 20: The Kannada version of Malala Yousufzai's memoirs'I am Malala: the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban', was released by prominent Kannada writer Bolwar Mohammed Kunhi on Saturday at a function. The book was translated by journalist Jayaprakash Narayan and published by Akruthi Books. Journalist G.B. Harish, who spoke about the book, said that there was an