Karnataka

Amsterdam, Feb 21: An easyJet flight was grounded for two hours after a security alert was sparked when schoolchildren reported seeing a man writing Arabic in a notebook. The students, who were aged 15 and 16, alerted cabin crew after spotting the man writing in what appeared to be Arabic script, while waiting for take off. The flight from Amsterdam to Newcastle was delayed to allow for 16 of the

Bangalore, Feb 20: UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani has created a new history in Congress by bagging the party ticket for Lok Sabha polls without even joining the party formally. Yes, Mr Nilekani has not yet obtained the primary membership of the party. But, he has secured the Congress high command nod to contest from Bangalore South. The high command's move has naturally caused heartburn among many

Karkala, Feb 20: In a tragic denouement to a love story, a 25-year-old woman was found dead at her in-laws' house at Hadiyangady near Shirlalu in Karkala on Thursday within five months of her marriage. The deceased has been identified as Malini, wife of Ashok Jain, a bus contractor at Shirlalu. She was the second wife of Mr Jain. Sources said that his first wife was also dead under mysterious

Mangalore, Feb 20: President of Dakshina Kannada Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Ltd (DKMUL) Raviraj Hegde said that the procurement price for a litre of cow's milk in the district would be raised from Rs 25.50 to Rs 27 with effect from tomorrow. Addressing reporters at a press conference at DKMUL office here on Thursday, he said that the current production of milk in Dakshina Kannada was 2.5

Kermit, Feb 20: A Pizza Hut outlet in United States was forced to shut down after one of its employees was caught on CCTV urinating into a sink apparently in the restaurant. The shameful incident took place at the Kermit branch of Pizza Hut in the state of West Virginia Mingo County health officials intervened and shut down the outlet after watching the video clippings of a man peeing into the

Nizamabad, Feb 20: In a shocking incident, three young girl children were brutally murdered by one of their close relatives near Nizamabad in Andhra Pradesh. The victims have been Siri (9), Akshaya (6) and Kushi (4), grandchildren of a Congress leader Shanigaram Raghupathi Reddy. They are children of Ganga Reddy, Sai Reddy and Raji Reddy respectively. The suspected assailant, Narendar Reddy, is

Udupi, Feb 20: An argument between a father and his son, who was in an inebriated state, turned violent with the son allegedly killing his father at Bidkal Katte in Kundapur. A 26-year-old Narasimha Naik, slashed the neck of Narayana Naik, 60, with a sharp-edged weapon around 12.30 a.m. Thursday after a heated argument over some issue and ran away. Later he surrendered at Kota police station

New Delhi, Feb 20: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the government today cleared a proposal for setting up the much- awaited Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), a statutory body to check discrimination of minority communities in jobs and education. The Justice Sachar Committee, which went into the socio-economic backwardness of Muslims, had recommended setting up of such a panel. The proposal got

Bangalore, Feb 20: Indian National Congress is projected to win 14 seats in the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka, Bharathiya Janata Party 12 seats and JDS to win two seats according to two surveys conducted by Centre for Forecasting and Research (Cfore). Interestingly, the Cfore survey conducted with Suvarna News channel and Kannada Prabha daily showed the same result. The survey was conducted

Mangalore, Feb 20: In a strange case, a youth was caught by the local youth while attempting to hijack a car with a large amount of cash in it, near Dharmasthala in Uppinangadi limits on Wednesday. While attempting to hijack a Toyota Innova belonging to Manohar from Tumkur, which had Rs 4 lakh in cash, one of the culprits was caught by the local youth and handed over to the police. The incident