Karnataka

Bangalore, Aug 22: Jnanpith awardee and renowned Kannada writer U R Anantha Murthy passed away on Friday. He had been hospitalised for infection and fever, and was in a critical condition, a senior doctor said today. The condition of 82-year old Murthy, admitted 10 days ago, had deteriorated further and it was being closely monitored with multiple support system including dialysis, support for

Mangalore, Aug 22: The foundation stone laying ceremony for Westgate Eternia residential apartment, a new project of SMR group was held at Marnamikatta, here on Friday. Thwaka Ahmed Mausliar, the Khazi of Mangalore, led the foundation laying ceremony and offered dua. The apartment featured with many amenities for modern day living. The key highlights of the Base plus ground plus five floor

Panaji, Aug 22: Sriram Sena chief Pramod Mutalik on Thursday said that chief minister Manohar Parrikar was pressured by the drug mafia and the pub and prostitution lobbies to ban the sena in the state. He also accused the BJP of practicing 'pseudo Hindutva'. "Parrikar should have banned the drug mafia, Nigerian mafia, pub and prostitution lobbies. Instead of that he has banned the Sriram Sena,"

Belthangady, Aug 22: After a complaint was lodged accusing the partners of Varidhi Charitable Trust of cheating and duping the investors of lakhs of rupees, Belthangady police on Thursday seized the office where the Trust was based. Several investors who fell prey to the lucky draw scheme' floated by the charitable trust and were duped by the ones running the enterprise lodged a complaint with

Mangalore, Aug 22: Billawas Dubai and Northern Emirates (BDNE) Charitable Trust, Mangalore in association with Shri Gokarnanatha Kshetra, Kudroli, will organise their annual scholarship programme at Adhyaksha Koragappa Memorial Hall at Kudroli here on Sunday. Announcing this at a press conference here on Friday, president of the trust Jithendra Suvarna said that the organisation had selected 201

New Delhi, Aug 22: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today termed rapes as disastrous and said such incidents have cost billions of dollars to the tourism industry. While addressing a conference of state tourism ministers, Jaitley said that due to several reasons, including rapes and law and order situation, the tourism sector is not booming as much as it should. "As a part of the red carpet

Mangalore, Aug 22: In the ghastly road accident involving a lorry that occurred in Pune on Wednesday evening, two of the four persons that were killed hailed from Kunthoor in Puttur taluk. The two have been identified as Santhosh (30), resident of Perabe village near Kunthoor and Siddik (26), resident of Nellajalu in Kunthoor village. Both were drivers by profession and were returning to their

New Delhi, Aug 22: It is raining trouble for Air India's Dreamliner fleet as one of the aircraft was forced to return here on Thursday after developing a windshield crack mid-air on its way to Kolkata. The incident comes a day after a Boeing 787 was grounded in Seoul as a "precautionary" measure for suspected engine trouble and two days after another aircraft was grounded at Dubai following a snag

Lucknow, Aug 22: UP minister Azam Khan is back in news because of his buffaloes. Earlier, it was the theft of his pet bovines that sent the cops into a tizzy. This time the men in khaki in Saharanpur left no stoned unturned in according a royal treatment to the five buffaloes belonging to the minister when they were being transported from Punjab to Rampur. Sources said the trucks carrying the

Bangalore, Aug 22: She ran down a dark road, covering at least 1km, and stopped only when she saw a car. Semi-nude and breathless, she flagged it down and reached a police station in Tavarekere, 27km west of Bangalore. It was 5am Thursday, and she had been raped through the night by three men who had offered to drop her home when she was waiting in Majestic on Wednesday night. Instead, they had