Karnataka

Bangalore, Jul 17: Dismissing a petition by controversial Hindu seer Nithyananda, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday gave the green signal to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to interrogate him. The court also has allowed CID to subject him to medical tests to find out if he was capable of having sexual intercourse, and to collect his voice sample. Justice S.N. Satyanarayana passed

Jerusalem, Jul 17: The Israeli army said that it has agreed to a UN request to halt its attacks on the Gaza Strip for six hours on Thursday. "Between 10.00 and 16.00 (0700-1300 GMT), the Israel Defence Forces will cease operational activity within the Gaza Strip and hold its fire," it said in a statement. Israel's barbaric campaign, which entered its 10th day on Thursday, has killed 223

Mangalore, Jul 16: In a shocking incident, dozens of miscreant owing allegiance to Sangh Parivar surrounded a Muslim girl and her fiancé and ruthlessly manhandled them at Ujire in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday. Jurisdictional Belthangady police have reportedly booked several people and arrested at least three persons based on the complaint lodged by the victims –

Bangalore, July 16: Government will take stern action against the guilty, including a political leader if involved, in connection with the alleged abduction and rape of a 22-year-old student in a car in Bangalore, a senior minister said. "Government will take all measures to arrest and put them behind bars whoever were involved. We will also not spare a political leader if he is involved,"

Mangalore, Jul 16: The Second Additional Sessions Judge, Mangalore, has dismissed an anticipatory bail application filed by two priests of St Aloysius College, Mangalore–Fr Cyril D'Mello and Fr Francis D Almeida–both of whom are the principal accused in the case of illegally demolishing a house. It could be recalled here that on June 26, the above two priests, along with the Rector Fr Denzil Lobo

Mangalore, Jul 16: Mangalore International Airport (MIA) is ready to commission its new air traffic control (ATC) tower and is currently awaiting statutory clearances from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The new air traffic control, set up at a cost of Rs 20 crore, is presently functioning in shadow mode. Once commissioned, the tower will enable air traffic controllers assist pilots

Mangalore, Jul 16: Mangalore City Traffic Police on Wednesday began regulating the sound horns on public transport vehicles such as buses and auto-rickshaws in the city, in order to cut down the high-decibel honking on city roads. Soon after the crackdown began, over 50 buses were intercepted by the traffic police on Wednesday near Lalbagh and Nanthoor junctions and several buses found using high

Al-Ahsa, Jul 16: Eid Al-Fitr will probably fall on Monday, July 28 according to an Islamic astronomical organization in Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Shawkat Oudah, chairman of the Islamic Crescent Observation Project, told Arabic daily Al-Madinah on Tuesday that most of the Islamic countries are likely to sight the Shawwal moon on Sunday (July 27). He said the geocentric conjunction (birth of new moon)

Bangalore, July 16: The Israel consulate general Tuesday opened a visa application service centre in Bangalore. They have started issuing visas for Business/Tourism (B2) and Student (A2) categories from July 1. The new centre is located at No 604, A' Wing, 6th Floor, Mittal Tower on MG Road. The visa application centre was inaugurated by Ziv Shalvi, Deputy Chief of Mission, Israel consulate. "It

Mangalore, Jul 16: A high-profile gold smuggling racket was exposed by the team of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mangalore on Tuesday after suspicious activity was discovered at Mangalore International Airport. A gold bar and two gold biscuits worth Rs 31 lakhs was recovered by the team after noticing suspicious activity inside a washroom at the airport on Tuesday. The racket came to