Karnataka

Mangalore, Nov 4: Considering the prevailing cases of dialysis existing in the country, Nitte University Chancellor N Vinay Hegde has said that organ donation must be made mandatory. “About 15 per cent of dialysis patients in India die every year while there are over 30 lac people suffering from organ dysfunction. “These patients succumb to their situation because of lack of donors. Idea of organ

Kollam (Kerala), Nov 3: Angry Youth Congress workers in Kollam district of Kerala burnt an effigy of Malayalam actress Swetha Menon after reports that police here had registered a case against MP Peethamabara Kurup for allegedly groping her. Angry Youth Congress workers in Kollam district of Kerala burnt an effigy of Malayalam actress Swetha Menon after reports that police here had registered a

Mysore, Nov 3: Tribal boy Rajesh, who was literally picked from the jungle and introduced to the outside world, which was in stark contrast to what he had been used to all his life, with a reality show and subsequently made it to Kannada cinema, died on Sunday, after falling off the third floor of the building he lived in. In the time since his rise to fame, after winning the reality show, Rajesh

Mangalore, Nov 3: As part of Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary celebrations, a state-wide grand ratha yatra is being organised in Karnataka. After touring several districts in the state, the ratha yatra has arrived in Dakshina Kannada district on Friday, and is set to reach Mangalore on Tuesday, said honorary president of Swami Vivekananda Ratha Yatra Swagatha Samiti, Dakshina Kannada

Bangalore, Nov 3: Noted Kannada film director and screenplay writer D Rajendra Babu died of heart attack here on Sunday, family sources said. He was 62. “My father suffered a heart attack in our residence and we rushed him to M S Ramaiah Hospital. The doctors there declared him brought dead,” Nakshatra, daughter of Babu, told reporters here. He is survived by wife and two daughters. Nakshatra said

New Delhi, Nov 3: The Intelligence Bureau (IB) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) have denied that they had shared with media any information on Popular Front of India of the media reports portraying Popular Front (PFI) of India as a terrorist organization. The agencies made it clear that they had nothing to do with some newspaper reports dubbing the PFI as a terrorist organization in

Riyadh, Nov 3: Thousands of illegal foreigners, mostly unskilled workers from Asia, are rushing to leave Saudi Arabia before an amnesty expires on Sunday as they risk being fined or even jailed. Nearly a million Bangladeshis, Filipinos, Indians, Nepalis, Pakistanis and Yemenis, among others, have taken advantage of the three-month amnesty — announced on April 3 and then extended for four months —

Mangalore, Nov 3: Two persons were injured in a lightning strike at Mangalore International Airport here on Saturday November 2, sources said. The injured persons have been identified as Yogish and Raghavendra, who work for Air India Express as loaders. The lightning struck them while they were loading the luggage into the Air India Express Goa flight, it is learnt. They were soon shifted to a

Tumkur, Nov 3: At a time when communal tolerance between different communities is on the decrease in the state, here is an example of religious leaders of the Muslim community who have come forward to maintain communal harmony. With miscreants having vandalized several idols of deities in a Hindu temple at Pavagada town near here, several members from the Muslim community staged a protest led by

Riyadh, Nov 3: The Ministry of Labor would only inspect companies and not private homes, it said in a statement issued on Saturday. This assurance comes in the wake of rumors that government ministries plan to raid the homes of citizens and expatriates looking for illegal workers on Monday, the day after the amnesty ends. "The ministry does not intend to organize campaigns to inspect homes with