Karnataka

Bangalore, Sep 2: Police issued another notice to Karthik Gowda, son of railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda, to appear by Wednesday before the RT Nagar police, who are investigating a complaint of rape against him. The complaint was lodged by a 27-year-old Sandalwood star last week. She had alleged that Karthik had married her against her wishes and raped her. RT Nagar police had on Friday issued

Dubai, Sep 2: Over 2, 20,000 Indians, mostly domestic helpers and labourers, have been granted visas by Saudi Arabia in one month, officials said. "Since we resumed bringing in Indian workers at the end of Ramadan, the number of visas has reached 220,000," Ahmad Al Fuhaid, the labour ministry undersecretary for international affairs, was quoted as saying by the Gulf News. "Around 44,000 visas were

Udupi, Sep 2: S S Pattanashetty took charge as the Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district here on Monday. He took charge from the chief executive officer of zilla panchayat M Kanagavalli. Mr Pattanashetty was serving as the Commissioner for Cane Development and Director for Sugars. He had earlier served as the Deputy Commissioner of Davanagere and Bijapur districts. A Karnataka Administrative

New Delhi, Sep 1: Popular Front of India slammed the over the Human Resource and Development (HRD) Ministry's directive on the compulsory viewing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Teachers Day speech by school students across the country. In a press release, Popular Front of India General Secretary O M A Salam said that it was strange that Centre has even demanded the attendance report from

Abu Dhabi, Sep 1: An uninsured Indian man has run up more than $160,000 in medical bills after he suffered a brain haemorrhage and spent about six months in an Abu Dhabi hospital, a media report said. The hospital, however, says it is not demanding the money and he should just go home. Shariq Alvi, 26, was found unconscious on the bathroom floor by his family. He was admitted to the Lifeline

Kannur, Sep 1: In an apparent case of political vendetta and revenge killing, an RSS district leader was hacked to death and another seriously injured in an attack allegedly by a group of CPM activists at Ukkasmotta near Diamond Mukku, a politically sensitive locality in the suburb of Thalassery in Kannur district on Monday, even as BJP president Amit Shah is on a visit to Kerala. The victims are

Bangalore, Sep 1: Vajubhai Vala, former Gujarat Assembly Speaker and an old trusted aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was today sworn in as Governor of Karnataka. 76-year-old Vala was administered oath of office by Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court D H Waghela at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Union Ministers D V Sadananda Gowda and Ananth Kumar, state ministers

Mangalore, Sep 1: In a tragic incident, a 16-year-old girl ended her life by hanging herself in an apparent suicide at her residence at Neermarga here on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Akshatha, a student of Canara PU College studying in I PUC. She was the daughter of Umesh and Kamala, residents of Neermarga. It is said that Akshatha took the drastic step when she was alone at home in

New Delhi, Sep 1: State-run United Bank of India today became the first lender to declare debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines and its promoter Vijay Mallya as wilful defaulters. "We have declared Vijay Mallya and three other directors of Kingfisher Airlines as wilful defaulters," United Bank of India Executive Director Deepak Narang said. The Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC) of the bank has

Mangalore, Sep 1: It was a joyous occasion and a day of celebration when the entire village came together and hosted the marriage ceremony of a physically disabled girl from their village in Chelur. The groom Rajesh agreed to marry and stand by Bhavya, who is deaf and mute by birth. The wedding was held and solemnised at Shree Durga Parameshwari temple at Kateel. Elated by the proposal for Bhavya