Karnataka

Jeddah, Oct 11: Nearly 80 Indians have died during the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this year with most of the deaths due to illness or age-related ailments, a senior official said today. Of the 136,020 Indian pilgrims who performed Haj this year, 100,020 came through the Haj Committee of India. "Seventy-seven Indian pilgrims have died so far during their pilgrimage. All, apart from one person

Mangalore, Oct 12: Karnataka Urban Development department should take necessary measures to bring Moodushedde village that includes Pilikula Nisargadhama into the folds of Mangalore City Corporation, said MLC Ivan D'Souza. Speaking after accepting felicitation offered to him by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mangalore, in the city on Saturday, he lamented that the population as the

Dubai, Oct 12: An elderly Indian, who landed in Dubai about 40 years ago, and has not once visited his hometown, cannot remember his family or even his name correctly. Social workers are doing their best to ascertain his identity and help trace his family in Kerala. According to his passport details, his name is Abdullah Punathil Usman and he is 60 years old. His friends believe he landed in the

Bangalore, Oct 12: The newly elected chairman and vice-chairman of Karnataka State Bar Council P P Hegde and Anilkumar J M respectively, took charge on Saturday. They were felicitated by the leaders of the Bar Council. Both are the young members of the Bar Council and it is the first time that young team of the chairman and vice chairman has been unanimously elected in the history of the Council

Kolkata, Oct 12: A 13% increase in numbers of Shakhas or daily conventions of Hindu nationalist organisation, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is registered across the country between July 2012 and July 2014. During the period 4,635 Shakhas were started, the deputy-chief of the national publicity wing, J Nandakumar told the journalists in Kolkata. However, the growth in West Bengal is three

Bangalore, Oct 12: The Bangalore Urban district authorities went on an intensive anti-encroachment drive in the last two days reclaiming properties worth about Rs 100 crore. The Deputy Commissioner of Bangalore Urban District, V Shankar told Deccan Herald that the properties reclaimed include a lake in Attibele, estimated to be worth around Rs 60 crore in the prevailing market rate. As many as

Bangalore, Oct 12: An investigation team from the National Commission for Women (NCW)?on Saturday met the victim in the sexual harassment case registered against Raghaveshwara Bharati Swami of Ramachandrapur Mutt. The team collected details from the victim and her family at her house in Banashankari. However, the probe team refused to divulge the details. The members of the team later went to the

Ajman, Oct 11: The third annual conference on'New Horizons in Cardiology' was organised by Department of Cardiology, GMC Hospitals and Gulf Medical University on Friday at the university premises in Ajman. Over a 100 doctors and healthcare professionals attended the event. After inaugurating the conference, Dr Mohamed Fathi, cardiology specialist, GMC Hospital, Ajman, spoke on the health risks

Mangalore, Oct 11: As many as 66 married women from the Hindu community jointly took part in traditional rituals and ceremonies around 11'Yagna-kundas' in a mass Yaga held in Belthangady on Friday, seeking divine intervention to put an end to violence against women in the district. Incidentally, the Yaga took place on the second year anniversary of the rape and murder of Soujanya in Ujire. Six

Oslo, Oct 11: Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, who became the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, made a high-level peacemaking move after sharing the award with India's Kailash Satyarthi for championing children's rights. The 17-year-old girls' education activist -- who heard of her win during a chemistry lesson at her school in Birmingham, England -- invited the prime ministers