Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 2: Close to the heels of the arrest of an RSS activist for making derogatory remarks against a woman on Facebook, few like-minded organisations staged a demonstration in front of the deputy commissioner's office here on Saturday demanding strict action against offenders who posted similar derogatory comments against women or a particular community on social networking sites

Puttur, Aug 2: Nearly 20 to 30 percent of all the passport applications filed at Mangalore regional passport office in Dakshina Kannada come with fake birth certificates, according to sources. Out of the applications that were submitted at the regional passport office from the district, the maximum applications furbished with fake birth certificates came from Puttur taluk. During the verification

Gaza, Aug 2: Massive shelling by Israel today killed at least 160 people across the Hamas-ruled Gaza in past 24 hours following the collapse of a 72-hour truce shortly after it began, while two of its terrorist soldiers died. Israel bombarded the southern Gaza town of Rafah on Saturday after it was reported that an Israeli soldier had been captured by Palestinian resistance fighters. Hamas has

Kuwait, Aug 2: United Associations of Karnataka, Kuwait (UAKK) and its member associations have submitted a memorandum to Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi on Wednesday urging him to restore the direct flight services between Kuwait and Mangalore on a priority basis. The memorandum to the minister stated out that Air India Express had halted its Kuwait-Mangalore direct flight service

New York, Aug 2: If we believe a shocking in-flight pattern revealed by researchers, lap infants are at greater risk of dying on board owing to bad sleeping arrangements. Through a detailed analysis of over 7,000 reported medical emergencies involving children (from newborn up to 18 years of age) on flights worldwide between January 2010 and June 2013 and found 90 percent of deaths occurred in

Bangalore, Aug 2: Bangalore police arrested V R Bhat, a prominent member of the right wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), on Monday for posting a derogatory remark against a woman activist on Facebook. Chandra Layout police arrested him from Yashwanthpur in Bangalore after several complaints were filed against him for his threat. Bhat, freelance writer, said in a Facebook comment that “such

Mangalore, Aug 2: As a result of incessant rains lashing most parts of Dakshina Kannada on Thursday and Friday, life was thrown out of gear with water levels in Nethravati river rising considerably and several houses in parts of the district flooding with water. People in several areas in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi were stranded in their houses after rain inundated the areas. On Thursday, each

Bangalore, Aug 2: Prakash, a close aide of KPCC president G Parameshwara, has been appointed as deputy chairman of the NRI cell in the government. He has also been given the rank of minister of state. The cell's objective is to liaise with NRIs from Karnataka. Ganesh Karnik was heading the cell in previous BJP government.

Gaza City, Aug 2: The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has denied capturing a missing Israeli soldier after Barack Obama, the US president, called for his release as a precondition for further ceasefire talks. Obama made the comments at a White House news conference on Friday, after a UN and US-brokered 72-hour truce between Israel and Hamas broke down just hours after coming into

Bangalore, Aug 2: Retired IPS officer M Kempaiah, a close aide of chief minister Siddaramaiah, has finally made his entry into the government. He was appointed as adviser to home minister K J George on Friday. Kempaiah was initially slated to be appointed as security adviser to the CM. However, George reportedly told Siddaramaiah that the former IPS officer's services were more necessary to the