Karnataka

Kottayam, Jun 11: In an effort to save his pregnant wife and their child, a man walked through forest for about 40km in heavy rains carrying the ailing woman on his shoulders to get her to a hospital, but failed to save the baby. The tribal youth, Ayyappan, carrying his seven-month pregnant wife, Sudha set off for the hospital from the Konni forests on Tuesday last by about 6am in heavy rains

Mangalore, Jun 10: A woman died after being washed away by gushing water in a drain, at Kattepuni near Morgan Gate in Mangalore on Monday. The deceased is Vimala (50), wife of Shivappa. She fell into water at about 2.30 pm and her dead body was recovered at Bunder area at about 5 pm. This is the fourth death occurrence in Mangalore taluk due to rains. Last Thursday Santhosh Poojary died after

Mangalore, Jun 10: Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund set up by World Konkani Centre, Mangalore, has invited applications for merit-cum-means scholarships-2013 from Konkani speaking students belonging to any caste and religion, seeking professional education in the stream of Engineering and MBBS. The applicant must be seeking admission to the first year of the Engineering or MBBS course in

Mangalore, Jun 10: 'QuEST Ingenium 2013', India's largest platform for budding engineers, in its 3rd milestone edition saw team from Manipal Institute of Technology in Manipal, qualifying to the final round. Presented by QuEST Global, a global leader in engineering services, this annual inter-collegiate engineering design competition has received a tremendous response from all over India with1

Bangalore, Jun 10: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced an inquiry into alleged irregularities in selection of candidates by the state public Service Commission for gazetted probationer posts. He also said government would withhold the candidates' list selected by the Commission till the probe was completed. Replying to a debate on the issue in the Assembly, raised by opposition

Puttur, Jun 10: Dengue has claimed several lives in Sullia taluk. Though from an outset this incident may show that the disease is prevalent only in Sullia, the fact is that the fatal tentacles of Dengue has held Puttur, Bantwal and Belthangady taluks of Dakshina Kannada district too as captives. Guthigaru, Nalkuru, Balpa, Murulya regions of Sullia showed signs of dengue evidently and after loss

New Delhi, Jun 10: A day after Narendra Modi became the BJP's campaign committee chief, senior party leader L K Advani resigned from all top party posts - the national executive, parliamentary board and the election committee. The senior leader sent a letter to BJP president Rajnath Singh informing him of his resignation. "No longer do I have the feeling that this is the same idealistic party

Bangalore, Jun 10: B?T?Kumuda Nayak, younger sister of former minister and Welfare Party of India leader B?T?Lalitha Nayak's was killed in a freak accident in Peenya traffic police station limits on Sunday afternoon. 52-year-old Kumuda Nayak, a resident of Chitradurga, was actively associated with Nehru Yuva Kendra. Around 3 pm, when Kumuda was riding pillion with her son Prithviraj on his

Udupi, Jun 10: Tension prevailed at Udyavar in Udupi district on Sunday night after a group of miscreants led by a local leader of Bharatiya Janata Party assaulted two private bus drivers and damaged three buses. The incident took place at around 8:30 p.m. when the miscreants who came in a Ritz car bearing registration number KA 20 P 8328 waylaid a bus belonging to Vishal Travels near Udyavar. BJP

Jeddah, Jun 10: Expatriate families who recently visited the Passport Department to obtain their exit/re-entry visas were turned back and requested to have them issued online. The move is ostensibly aimed at reducing pressure at Passport Department offices. The departments are witnessing an unprecedented surge of expatriates clamoring to meet the July 3 deadline. Officials at the Passport