Karnataka

Bangalore, Oct 31:'Akshara Santha' Harekala Hajabba, well-known cartoonist P Mahammad, film-maker Sundarnath Suvarna, Yakshagana critic Dr Raghava Nambiar and K P Rao from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts are among the 58 persons selected for the 2013 Kannada Rajyotsava awards. The announcement was made by the State government on Wednesday. The government has decided to give away the awards to

Mangalore, Oct 30: Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP) has taken exception to'Bidaai', a scheme of the government specifically focusing at marriage for Muslim girls and has opined that the Congress which calls itself'secular' is bringing in scheme which is evidently anti-Hindu. Dr P Ananthakrishna of VHP has said that the scheme is nothing but an injustice meted out not just at the Hindus but also at

Mangalore, Oct 30: Unit of Backward Castes' Union, undivided Dakshina Kannada has sought CBI probe into rape and murder cases in Ujire. In a press meet here on Wednesday, Secretary of Backward Castes Union, undivided Dakshina Kannada, M Jayananda Devadiga said that the police have arrested an innocent in connection to rape and murder of a student of SDM Pre-University College in Ujire on October 9

Bangalore, Oct 30: Peer Mohideen, who was named the “prime accused” by the City police in the First Information Report (FIR) in the Malleswaram bomb blasts, walked out of the Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, a free man on Tuesday night, days after his name was omitted from the charge sheet. A native of Tamil Nadu, Mohideen (39) had to spend six months in jail before investigators decided they

Mangalore, Oct 30: Alleging cheating to the tune of Rs. 1.2 lakh, a few students backed by some activists staged a protest and stormed the premises of a “training institute” in Kulashekhar where heated verbal exchanges, threats of violence and stories of financial penury played out on Tuesday. According to a few students who had turned up from as far away as Hassan district, the Academy of Career

Hyderabad, Oct 30: Please note that this is not the complete list. This list has the names of people, who had booked the tickets on the Jabbar travels bus enroute to Hyderabad. The names of accompanying passengers are not known. Including the driver and the cleaner, there were reportedly 48 to 49 people on board. Of them 7 are alive. Mohammad Asif Amer Ruhia Mohsin Shoaib Azar Ahmatullah

Muscat, Oct 30: A woman from Kerala has been arrested in Oman for allegedly stabbing her alcoholic husband to death in a fit of rage. The Royal Oman Police (ROP) arrested Neena Varghese at the coastal town of Sur, about 200 km east of Muscat. The woman worked as a teacher at the Indian School in Sur. “The lady is under arrest and her husband's body is in the police mortuary in Muscat,” a spokesman

Mangalore, Oct 29: Philanthropist Eric Alfred Correa has been chosen for'Pingara Rajyothsava Award' for the year 2013, said editor of Pingara Weekly Raymond D'Cunha. Announcing this at a press conference here on Tuesday, he said that out of the 20 applicants that had applied for the ninth edition Pingara Rajyothsava award, Eric Correa had been chosen by the award selection committee for his

Mahbubnagar (AP), Oct 30: The ill-fated Hyderabad-bound bus, which erupted in flames after it crashed into a highway barrier, killing about 45 passengers. Forty-five passengers were charred to death as a private luxury bus burst into flames after its fuel tank caught fire in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh early today. "Charred bodies of 45 persons have been retrieved from the bus," Deputy

Ahmedabad, Oct 29: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday crossed swords over Sardar Patel as they shared dais in Ahmedabad at an event on India's first Home Minister. Mr. Modi said the country's “fate” and “face” would have been different if Patel had been the first Prime Minister. Dr. Singh immediately hit back by questioning Mr. Modi's claim over Patel