Karnataka

Mangalore, Sep 29: Several like-minded organisations came together on Sunday to debate and discuss the next course of action to prevent the Nethravati river diversion project from being implemented by the state government. In a discussion of several activists and like-minded citizen representatives with the motto of'Let's Save Nethravati', people were called on to bring in awareness among citizens

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 29: In a rare incident, the Home Minister of India received a rousing reception from a murder accused at a prominent temple here. It was RSS activist T Santhosh, a prime accused in the 2008 murder of DYFI activist V V Vishnu, who received Home Minister Rajnath Singh at the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple on Saturday. State police authorities said the OSD and National Security

Mangalore, Sep 29: A dead young whale shark has washed ashore at the Panambur beach, on the outskirts of the city, far from the endangered giant fish's traditional feeding grounds. The 10-foot corpse took locals by surprise on the beach on Sunday morning. œIt was near the shore, we thought it was some kind of a deadly shark. When we approached, we saw it was not moving anymore,  said a visitor

Vadodara, Sep 29: Communal tension continued to escalate in Vadodara, the third largest city of Gujarat as two more cases of clashes were reported from the city on Sunday. The pattern of the clashes suggested that the violence was spreading beyond the walled city areas. On Saturday, one stabbing incident was reported from the city even as the police suspended mobile data services till September 30

Dubai, Sep 29: Air India Express has elevated Melwin D'Silva to the post of its regional manager for Gulf, Middle East and Africa. Mr D'Silva, who hails from Kulshekhar in Mangalore, is said to be first from Karnataka to secure this coveted position in one of the major airlines in the world. With this he will be in charge of Air India stations in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Kuwait, Bahrain

Bangalore, Sep 29: Almost all ministers in the Siddaramaiah government are understood to have resigned from the various positions they are holding in the Congress party, following a recent direction from the party high command to the KPCC to follow the one-man-one-post norm strictly. As many as 13 ministers are said to have vacated the various party positions in the last few days. The move is

New York, Sep 29: Acclaimed Indian journalist and TV Today consulting editor Rajdeep Sardesai was on Sunday manhandled by a group of miscreants, who claimed themselves Narendra Modi supporters, outside Madison Square Garden in New York City. The incident took place shortly before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to address the Indian-American community. Immediately after the incident Sardesai

Puttur, Sep 28: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a teenage girl died after she was accidentally hit by a moving train near Vivekananda College in Puttur on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Varsha (19), a resident of Konchady, on the outskirts of Mangalore. The tragedy took place when she was taking photos along with her friend Ratna, a resident of Puttur. Ratna also sustained critically

Puttur, Sep 28: Sharp showers accompanied by thunder and lightning lashed various parts of Dakshina Kannada on Sunday. Meanwhile, in a tragic incident two labourers died when they were struck by lightning at Shantigodu village in Puttur taluk. The victims have been identified as Kariya and Guruwa, who were employed by the National Research Centre for Cashew was established at Puttur. The incident

Chennai, Sep 28: The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Sunday announced the name of O Paneerselvam as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after the party MLAs held a detailed discussion over the matter at party office here. The announcement came a day after party supremo and CM J Jayalalithaa was convicted by a Special court which sentenced her to 4-year jail and fined Rs 100