Karnataka

Bellary Sep 15: Archaeological Survey of India has mooted a plan to conduct a thorough survey of Hampi, capital of the erstwhile Vijayanagar empire and an UNESCO world heritage site, to prevent waterlogging of the monuments during the monsoon. Water gushes into a few religious and civil monuments in partially low lying areas, especially after incessant rains. Due to poor drainage system, water

Mangalore, Sep 15: Minister for health and family welfare UT Khader said that the state government had approved a list of programmes and schemes under the National Urban Health Mission to improve the health of the urban poor and a district-level programme would be organised towards the end of October to launch all NUHM-related schemes in the city. Briefing mediapersons at a press conference here

Mumbai, Sep 15: Further hardening his stand on seat- sharing with BJP, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray today said he has rejected the saffron ally's demand for contesting 135 seats in Maharashtra assembly polls and hinted at going it alone, saying "everything has an alternative". He, however, clarified that talks are still on to clinch a seat-sharing formula. "They (BJP) offered a proposal

Mangalore, Sep 15: The Air India Express is introducing seven new flights to the Gulf countries from Mangalore, Cochin, Calicut and Trivandrum airports. From October 26, the airline will introduce an additional weekly flight each from Trivandrum and Cochin to Muscat, two direct flights from Calicut to Doha and three weekly flights on the Mangalore-Bahrain-Kuwait route. Shyam Sundar, chief

Panaji, Sep 15: The right wing Hindu outfits under the banner of National Hindu Movement (NHM) on Sunday morning held protests in Ponda in central Goa asking the State government to immediately lift the unconstitutional ban imposed on Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik and his associates in Goa. They also asked that the Union and State governments to enact stringent laws to stop alleged Love Jihad

Jubail, Sep 15: In a gut-wrenching tragedy two Mangalorean expatriate workers lost their lives after their car met with an accident in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The deceased have been identified as Shah Rukh from Gurpur village near Mangalore and Shakir from Jokatte village in Mangalore taluk. It is learnt that both were working as coordinators in Arabian Clouds Company at Jubail, the industrial

Hubli, Sep 15: In ghastly incident, a minor girl and boy, who were reportedly in love, were hacked to death by the girl's relative at Shivalli village in Dharwad taluk on Sunday. Following the gruesome incident, tension prevailed in the village for some time before it was defused by the timely intervention of the police. The Class X girl was reportedly in love with the 19-year-old Dalit boy

Mangalore, Sep 15: A 26-year-old youth lost his right leg when a mighty lorry went over his leg within seconds after a speeding car knocked him down while riding a scooter. The incident occurred near the Surathakal bus stand on the outskirts of the city on Sunday morning. Unfortunately, Asif (26), a resident of Surathkal, was lying on road unable to move for several minutes after losing his leg in

Bangalore: Sep 15: A pall of gloom descended on Kanaswadi village in the Doddaballapur taluk of Bangalore Rural district where five young men were electrocuted while returning after immersing a Ganesha idol late on Saturday night. Around 20 people were returning to the village on a tractor trailer after immersing the idol at a nearby lake. Around 11:55 pm, two iron pillars, erected on the tractor

Udupi, Sep 15: Udupi Superintendent of Police P Rajendra Prasad said that the murder of notorious history-sheeter Pitty Nagesh that took place last week at Udyavar in Udupi was an act of revenge for the murder of rowdy-sheeter Vinod Shettigar. Briefing presspersons at a press conference here on Saturday, he said that associates of Vinod who was murdered in Hiriyadka sub-jail in 2011 were