Karnataka

Dharwad, Feb 23: A 26 year-old Russian woman tourist was killed and five others, including her husband, were injured when the Mahindra Xylo in which they were travelling was hit by a lorry coming from the opposite direction near Mugad village on Dharwad-Goa road on Saturday. Besides the driver, there were six occupants in the car, all of them Russian tourists and belonging to one family. They were

Mangalore, Feb 23: The Congress has begun the process to conduct primaries (internal polling) for selecting the party candidates for Mangalore and Bangalore North parliamentary constituencies. Election for Mangalore will be held on March 9 and for Bangalore North on March 13, informed Congress Lok Sabha Returning Officer (LRO) Preniel Nair. Addressing the media persons on Saturday Mr Nair said

Los Angeles, Feb 23: WhatsApp is starting to work again after the messaging app that Facebook is buying for $19 billion had some technical trouble. Reporters noticed that the app wasn't functioning on Saturday starting at about noon PST, but by 2:30pm, Twitter users around the world began saying WhatsApp is working again. WhatsApp and Facebook didn't respond to emails seeking comment, but the

Bangalore, Feb 23: Bangalore City police on Saturday evening detained three persons from Tamil Nadu at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) and confiscated 54 kg gold worth Rs 16.5 crore. The detained men were identified as Balasubramanya, Ravi Varma R and Ishwar Murthy, all aged around 30 and residents of Coimbatore. “They did not have documents to justify the reason for transporting such a

Mangalore, Feb 23: Officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport seized gold totally weighing 1399.650 grams in three separate cases valued at Rs 43,38,915. One of the accused arrested in these cases involved a woman, the first such instance from January this year where a woman has been caught trying to bring in gold illegally. She followed an oft adopted modus operandi by gold smugglers

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 22: A memoir written by a former disciple of Mata Amritanandamayi has sparked a controversy over its allegedly explosive content. Amritanandamayi, also known as 'Amma' or the 'Hugging Saint' is a Hindu spiritual guru and has followers worldwide. Australia-born Gail 'Gayatri' Tredwell in her book "Holy hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion and Pure Madness" claims that she was a

Bhopal, Feb 22: Vishwa Hindu Parishad convenor Ashok Singhal said on Saturday that unless conversions were stopped immediately, the day would not be far off when Hindus would be reduced to a minority in this country. Addressing a press conference, he said it has become "imperative" for each Hindu couple to have five children. The VHP convenor heaped praise on BJP's prime ministerial nominee

Mangalore, Feb 23: Student power took over the city streets on Saturday as several hundred students staged a protest march from Dr Ambedkar circle to Deputy Commissioner's office, urging the withdrawal of Nethravati diversion project at Yettinahole. People of Mangalore cutting across party lines also joined the protest. Addressing the protestors, former MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty termed the project as

Mangalore, Feb 22: The members of Dakshina Kannada district unit of Youth Congress staged a dharna in front of Deputy Commissioner's office here on Saturday in protest of the Tamil Nadu government's decision of releasing the seven convicts involved in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Youth Congress leader Mithun Rai said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's decision

Bangalore, Feb 22: The condition of actor-turned- politician and Karnataka Housing Minister Ambareesh is now stable following his hospitalisation after he complained of breathlessness, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said here today. "There is no need for Ambareesh fans to worry. His condition is stable and (doctors told me) he will be all right in the next two days," Siddaramaiah said after a visit