Karnataka

Bangalore, Aug 11: This is what happens when a woman fights back. A female jogger in the garden city of Bangalore got her revenge after she was targeted by an eve-teaser. Veena Ashiya Chindlur was on her daily jog in the neighbourhood park on Friday morning when a man started harassing her. Instead of letting it pass as the staple nuisance women face, Veena decided to take him on. She ran after

Bantwal, Aug 11: Unidentified culprits broke into seven shops including two jewellery stores at various places at Boliyar near Mudipu on Saturday night. Though the thefts were discovered on Sunday morning, the shop owners were yet to file a formal complaint, said the Konaje police. The police estimated that at least Rs. 2. lakh worth of gold ornaments were stolen from the two jewellery shops

Bangalore, Aug 11: Tension prevailed in the communally-sensitive Ramanagar town on Sunday morning after news spread that a miscreant—said to be a drug addict—had vandalised the Arakeshwara Swamy temple. Traffic was disrupted on the busy Bangalore-Mysore highway as people blocked the road in protest against the incident and demanded stern action against the youth who had damaged the temple. The

Jeddah, Aug 11: Several construction firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar are hiring expat workers who failed to legalize their work status in the Kingdom. Several cities in the UAE have benefited from the existence of these laborers-in-limbo thanks to huge, pending mega-infrastructural projects and a shortage in manpower. Many of the Kingdom's 8 million expats, especially those under

Cuttack, August 11: If inhabitants of England are English, Germany are Germans and USA are Americans then why aren't inhabitants of Hindustan not known as Hindus, came a poser from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday. “The cultural identity of all Indians is Hindutva and the present inhabitants of the country are descendants of this great culture,” Bhagwat said while speaking at the Golden Jubilee'

Mangalore, Aug 11: The fishermen of Mangalore offered Samudra Pooja (sea worship) by offering milk to at Thannirbhavi in Mangalore on Sunday. The puja is offered by fishermen before resuming fishing activities after the monsoon break. Fishermen consider the day as auspicious as a large number of them offer prayers, to safeguard their family members from all evil spirit when they venture into sea

Moodbidri, Aug 10: Members of Sunni Students' Federation took out a massive Azadi' march to commemorate 72nd anniversary and as part of its silver jubilee celebrations main streets of Moodbidri on Saturday August 9. The march that commenced from the Shalimar Auditorium culminated at the Swaraj Mandir where a huge number of people gathered. Speaking on the occasion SSF National Vice President

Mangalore, Aug 10: Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF), UAE hosted an educational scholarship meet and career guidance symposium at Loyola Hall, St Aloysius P.U. College, in the city on Sunday. Speaking after inaugurating the programme State Health Minister U T Khader highlighted the responsibility of parents making their children good citizens. He also stressed on the importance of education in rural

New Delhi, Aug 10: The controversy over Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani's educational qualifications has taken a new turn with her asserting that she holds a degree from Yale University in US. Ms Irani (38) made the remark when pressed by a questioner at a summit in Delhi. Soon after the Lok Sabha results were announced on May 16, Ms Irani was at the centre of a raging

New Delhi, Aug 10: The issue of alleged kidnap and gangrape of girls in Western Uttar Pradesh for forced conversion and trafficking came up in the Supreme Court which warned an NGO from giving a religious “colour” to it. The NGO withdrew the petition later with liberty to file an appropriate one. “This is a secular state. Don't try to bring religion into the court. We are also concerned with the