Karnataka

Udupi, Sep 11: Noted writer and lyricist Jayanth Kaikini has been chosen for the annual Dr Kota Shivaram Karanth Huttura Prashasti – 2014 (Dr. Kota Shivaram Karanth Birthplace Award). The award instituted by the Kotathattu Gram Panchayat in Udupi district, in memory of the Jnanpith Award Winner late Dr. Kota Shivaram Karanth, is being given annually for the last 10 years since 2005. Addressing

Lucknow, Sep 11: In a major setback to Uttar Pradesh Police, a Muzaffaranagar court Thursday rejected and returned a charge sheet filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, officials said. The magistrate returned the charge sheet with directions to police that the case should be re-investigated as there were many lacuna in the sections slapped on Shah, they said. The rejection

Kannur, Sep 11: A suspected Hindutva terrorist was severely injured when a bomb was prematurely exploded at his house at Kooleri under the Mattannur police station limits in Kannur on Wednesday. The injured suspected terrorist has been identified as 21-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Nikhil, son of Kunnummal Pavithran. A large cache of explosives was found at his damaged house

Kasargod, Sep 11: A 32-year-old soldier of the Indian Army who was reported missing in Jammu and Kashmir is safe. Family members of Haridas, who belongs to the No.1 Rashtriya Rifles E Company, breathed a sigh of relief after he called up his wife, Jyothi Lakshmi, 23, on Wednesday to say that he and his team members, who were swept away in the floodwaters, were safe. Ms. Jyothi Lakshmi lives with

Mangalore, Sep 11: Bearys Global Research Triangle (BGRT), Whitefield, Bangalore has once again bagged the limelight by winning the prestigious “Emerson Cup 2014 -Excellence Award”. BGRT is India's first Platinum LEED certified R & D Park, globally recognized by both industry and academia as a benchmark project. Emerson Cup Excellence Award is an annual competition initiated by Emerson Climate

Belgaum, Sep 11: Groups of men clashed and threw stones at Khade Bazaar, Chavat Galli, Shetty Galli and other areas of the city late night on Wednesday after a youth from a particular community was beaten up hours earlier for courting a girl from another community. Tension gripped the city in the evening after rumours spread that a youth from a particular community was beaten up at Kelkar Bag

Bangalore, Sep 11: Congress MLC V?S?Ugrappa on Wednesday alleged that Opposition leader Jagadish Shettar had denotified 28 acres of land in Jakkur village, meant to be part of the Arkavathi Layout. Speaking to reporters, Ugrappa said that Shettar had let go of the land under the re-do' case and handed it over to the Karnataka Khadi Employees Co-operative House Building Society in 2013. His press

Manipal, Sep 11: The District and Sessions Court has adjourned the hearing in the Manipal gang-rape case till October 14. The development comes after the state government approached the Supreme Court with a Special Leave Petition against the order of the High Court to examine the remaining witnesses in the case. T.S. Jituri, Public Prosecutor, said that the Karnataka High Court had given an order

Mangalore, Sep 11: Lured by attractive offers, consumers repeatedly fall in the trap of fraud companies which cheat investors of their hard-earned money. Along the same lines, Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike, Mangalore has alleged that an investment agency called Vruksha Business Solutions Limited had been cheating consumers from the past one year without repaying their money. Addressing a press

Makkah, Sep 10: Five construction workers were killed on Wednesday when a retaining wall at the Jebel Kaaba project in the holy city of Makkah collapsed, the Civil Defense Department said. Civil Defense rescuers and other workers used heavy equipment to dig up the bodies of the victims from the under sand and concrete that were used as retaining wall. The nationalities of the workers have yet to