Karnataka

Belgaum: Oct 10: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara has reiterated that he aspired for deputy chief minister post. œI nurture many ambitions and to become deputy chief minister is one among them,  said Mr Parameshwara replying to a query of media persons on his arrival at Sambra airport here on Thursday. But the decision was left to the party high command, he clarified

Mysore, Oct 10: Janata Dal (Secular) and Bharatiya Janata Party have managed to keep Congress at bay in Mysore Mayoral polls. On Thursday R Lingappa of JD(S) and Mahadevamma of BJP were elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively. Mr. Lingappa secured 40 votes to defeat his opponent R. Ananth (Congress) who bagged 27 votes, while Ms. Mahadevamma secured 39 votes to defeat Sameena (Congress) who

New Delhi, Oct 10: The final post-mortem report on Sunanda Pushkar's death has revealed that the wife of Congress leader and former Union minister Shashi Tharoor died due to œpoison  in her body, ruling out an overdose of Alprax as the cause of death, police sources said. Police said they are likely to register an FIR soon and investigate as per the new findings. So far an FIR has not been filed

Bangalore, Oct 10: A 37-year-old man and his son were killed when a two-storey building next to their house collapsed on Wednesday night in Jogupalya, amid heavy rain. The deceased ” M. Sumbramani and his 10-year-old son ” ran out of the house to safety when they heard the neighbouring building collapse, but went in again to take out a bike and a bicycle when the wall collapsed on them. Two

Bangalore, Oct 10: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U?T?Khader said on Thursday that strict action will be taken against authorities and medical superintendents of government hospitals if essential drugs necessary to treat mentally ill patients are out of stock at any time in the year. Speaking at an event organised by the department of health and family welfare on the occasion of World

Bangalore, Oct 10: The High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition by Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swami, the pontiff of Ramachandrapura Math, who had sought the quashing of a rape case filed against him based on a woman devotee's complaint. Justice K M Phaneendra also vacated the interim stay given earlier, as per which the police were directed not to arrest the seer in the rape case. The court, while

New Delhi, Oct 9: At a time when the central government is mulling a universal health insurance policy for the poor, a study shows that a similar programme in Karnataka to provide health insurance to households below the poverty line has lowered both mortality rates and out-of pocket expenses for beneficiaries. The Karnataka government's Vajpayee Arogyashree Scheme (VAS), supported by the World

Mangalore, Oct 9: Making headway in the murder case of a man who was brutally stabbed near a temple in Shaktinagar here earlier this week, police have found the apparent motive of the murder of Hameed alias'Don Ammi'. It has been discovered that Hameed was murdered over rivalry related to monetary disputes and was found with 32 stab wounds on his body. Mangalore rural inspector Cheluvaraj said

Hyderabad, Oct 9: In a shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy today died of burn injuries after he was apparently set on fire in a high security military area at Mehdipatnam here. The boy, identified as Sheikh Mustafa, a madrasa student, was admitted to a private here hospital yesterday and died of the burns at 8.15 AM, Deputy Commissioner of Police (west zone) V Satyanarayana said today. Before

Mangalore, Oct 9: The average rainfall received in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts this year has been comparatively lesser than last year. However, so far the rainfall has been higher than expected at the beginning of the year. With the average annual rainfall of Dakshina Kannada being 3,912.2 mm, the district receives an average of 3,573 mm rainfall till the end of September. While the total