Karnataka

Mangalore, May 21: An elderly woman and a teenage boy were washed away by strong currents while three others were rescued at Mogaveerpatna beach in Ullal on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Mehrunnisa (60) and Mushtaq (14), natives of Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh. While Mehrunnisa died after being rescued from the tides, Mushtaq is still missing

Mangalore, May 21: President of Kerala Tulu Academy B Subbayya Rai advocated heads of other academies to work with unity with each together towards preservation of their respective language, culture and identity.He was felicitated along with president of Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy Janaki Brahmavar and president of Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy Roy S Castelino, at a literary meeting of

Manipal, May 21: A memorandum of understanding was signed between Manipal University and Bapuji Vidya Samsthe in Manipal to run Aradhya Manipal Hospital, which is to be opened shortly in Shimoga. Busloads of patients are brought to Kasturba Hospital, Manipal every day from Shimoga and Davangere. Located on Sowlanga road, about four kilometers from the City Centre and Bus station, Aradhya Manipal

New Delhi, May 21: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who exposed Narendra Modi's fake development model, has been sent to judicial custody for two days in connection with the defamation complaint filed against him by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari. He will be taken to Tihar jail.The action was taken after Kejriwal refused to pay the bail bond of Rs 10,000. He will be produced in court on May 23.Kejriwal told

Bangalore, May 21: Kannada film actress turned politician Ramya aka Divya Spandana, who failed in her attempt to be reelected to the Lok Sabha from the Mandya constituency on a Congress ticket by a narrow margin of 5,518 votes, could be politically rehabilitated by the party with a nomination next month to the state legislative council. 31-year-old Ramya, who won the Mandya parliament seat in

Mangalore, May 21: The lifestyle apartment Odyssey' located at Arya Samaj Road in the city was inaugurated recently. The owner of Srishti enterprises and Menorah Realities Pvt. Ltd, David Ashtamakar, Landowner of Property Infra-tech and Rohan Proprieties Pvt. Ltd, Rohan Monterio and also senior advocate Rajendra Rao were present among others at the inaugural ceremony. The programme started with

New Delhi, May 21: After the fliers' gave a thumbs down in the second half of 2013, the Mangalore airport has bounced back this year by improving its standing from a dismal 27 to 14 in an official survey of 51 small airports. According to the bi-annual Customer Satisfactory Survey conducted by Airports Authority of India (AAI) in small airports with less than 15 lakh passengers a year, the

New Delhi, May 21: One of the six men acquitted by the Supreme Court in a terror attack case has revealed the horror stories of Gujarat police, who gave him and other accused a choice of being implicated in any terror case. “Gujarat Police gave me the “choice” of being implicated in the Godhra train burning, Haren Pandya murder and Akshardham terror,” said Mohammed Saleem, who had been earlier

Mangalore, May 21: Paul Amrit has been appointed as the new Inspector General of Police (Western Range). Mr. Amrit was in the police headquarters at the IGP. The post was lying vacant following transfer of C.H. Prathap Reddy. Anit Naxal Force Commander Seemanth Kumar Singh had been given additional charge as the Inspector General of Police (Western Range). A few days later an order was issued

Belgaum, May 21: Nabeel Musthafa's beaming face said it all as he walked up to receive his haul of 12 gold medals at the 13th annual convocation of Visvesvaraya Technological University here on Tuesday. Mr Musthafa, a student of Anjuman Engineering College, Bhatkal, had good reason to be delighted. He bagged the most gold medals for securing 1st rank, the highest aggregate marks in all eight