Karnataka

Bangalore, Apr 17: At least 16 people, including eight policemen, were injured when an "incendiary bomb" placed in a motorbike exploded near the Karnataka BJP city office buzzing with activity ahead of the May 5 Assembly polls. The policemen were on security duty as part of the bandobast arrangements for the BJP office in view of the polls when the explosion ripped through the crowded area

Mangalore, Apr 17: There was hectic activity at election offices across Dakshina Kannada Udupi districts, as dozens of candidates thronged to file their nominations on Wednesday, the last day to file nomination papers for the May 5 Karnataka Assembly polls. Key politicians of coastal Karnataka like former minister and five-time MLA B Ramanath Rai (Bantwal), two-time MLA U T Khader (Mangalore)

Mangalore, Apr 17: Despite losing its many leaders, the infighting in Dakshina Kaanda District Committee of Janata Dal (Secular) has continued, with its minority unit president D M Aslam threatening to support Congress candidates in looming assembly polls. The fresh turmoil erupted after the party decided to field advocate S P Chengappa from Mangalore South Constituency. Mr Chengappa filed his

Bangalore, Apr 17: JDS Karnataka unit president and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife Anita, contesting the May 5 Assembly elections, have together declared assets worth Rs 123 crore. With assets of Rs 150.58 crore, the list of rich candidates is topped by T N Javarayi Gowda, also from JDS headed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, who filed his nominations from Yeshvanthpur

Mangalore, Apr 17: Students passing out as nurses must carry out nursing of empathy and not sympathy, said Dr. P Chandramohan, Vice Chancellor, Yenepoya University. He was speaking at the Lamp Lighting and Graduation Ceremony held at the Unity Academy of Education campus at Ashoknagar, Mangalore, on Tuesday. Nursing is a profession which demands its practitioners to acquire humane qualities so

Bangalore, April 17: The Congress on Tuesday hit rough weather ahead of the State Assembly elections, with aspirants denied tickets raising a banner of revolt. Besides, senior party leader and former external affairs minister S M Krishna is understood to have decided to keep off election campaigns. Krishna is in Delhi now. Disgruntled party leaders are likely to contest the ensuing election as

Ahmedabad, Apr 17: Gujarat Government will seek death penalty for Maya Kodnani, a former minister in Narendra Modi government, Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi and eight others when it files an appeal in the High Court against the Special Court's judgement in 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case. "The legal department has formed a panel of three advocates who have been asked to prepare an appeal to be

Udupi, Apr 16: After days of speculations, AICC Secretary and former Udupi MP Vinay Kumar Sorake has finally bagged much delayed Congress ticket from Kaup Assembly Constituency. With the Congress has completed the process of finalizing candidates for all 224 assembly seats in Karnataka. The Kaup constituency in Udupi district had given the party much headache, as there were many aspirants for the

Tehran/Dubai/New Delhi, Apr 16: A powerful earthquake struck Iran on Tuesday, leaving scores of people dead and causing tremors across the Gulf region and South Asia.Iranian state TV said at least 40 people have been killed, but gave no further details on the extent of damage in the sparsely populated areas. However, a government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters he

Riyadh, Apr 16: There will be three options under a new plan by the Ministry of Labor to obtain information on companies that are violating labor laws, said Adel Fakeih, minister of labor, on an MBC show hosted by Dawood Al-Shirian. The first option is for the members of the public to report companies or individual violators by calling in the ministry through a toll free number. The second option