Karnataka

Kozhikode, Sep 17: Noted Mappilapattu singer and lyricist M Kunhimoosa died here early on Tuesday. He was 91. A popular singer of Mappila songs of the erstwhile Malabar region, the veteran artist came into the limelight of the music world with the support of the popular Malayalam music director K Raghavan Master. He was an artist of the All India Radio. One among his eight children, Thajudheen

Bengaluru, Sept 17: The winter session of the Karnataka legislature will be held here at 'Vidhana Soudha', the state secretariat and not in Belagavi, as is the practice, as most parts of the district have been ravaged by floods, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said here on Tuesday. He said the Belagavi Deputy Commissioner and the district administration had informed him that they were not in a

New Delhi, Sept 17: A Delhi court Tuesday sent Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar, arrested in a money laundering case by the ED, to judicial custody. The Delhi court has sent Shivakumar to judicial custody till October 1. Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar directed the Enforcement Directorate to take Shivakumar to hospital first and see whether the doctor suggests admitting him there. The probe

Bengaluru, Sept 17: Embarrassed over BJP sumpremo’s threat to impose Hindi language in South Indian states, Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa has resorted to damage control mode. The southern states have traditionally resisted the exclusive use of Hindi, seeing it as a cultural imposition by north Indians. This time, the opposition Congress and the Left have also joined the fray. "As far as

Kalaburagi, Sept 17: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday promised a separate Secretariat for the Kalyana-Karnataka region to focus on the development of the region. The Hyderabad-Karnataka region is being renamed as Kalyana-Karnataka after the Karnataka government gave its approval for the same on Friday. "Hyderabad-Karnataka region is being renamed as Kalyana-Karnataka today. It was a long

Chitradurga, Sept 17: One TAPAS Experimental Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) crashed 17 km from Chitradurga test range on Tuesday. The UAV was airborne for one of its initial development flights and was undergoing a test when it crashed. Further details are currently awaited.

Tumakuru, Sept 17: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) M P A Narayanaswamy was denied entry to a village temple in Tumakuru by members of Yadava community as he is a Dalit, according to eyewitnesses. The incident took place at Gollarahatti of Paramanahalli village in Tumkur district on Monday. "We have traditions. There is a history of incidents. So people said he should not be allowed," said a local

Vladivostok, Sept 17: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad today clarified that his Indian counterpart PM Narendra Modi did not ask for the extradition of self-exiled doctor-turned-preacher Dr Zakir Naik. "Zakir Naik isn't a national of this country. He was given permanent status by the previous government. A permanent resident is not supposed to make comments on the country's system or

Bengaluru, Sept 17: Dr Safwan Ahmed received the Doctor of Medicine (DM) degree in Neurology from National Institute of Mental health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru at its 24th convocation ceremony held in NIMHANS Convention Centre on Monday, September 16. Dr Safwan Ahmed also received the best Neurology Resident Doctor Gold Medal award from Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Ministry of Health and

Bengaluru, Sept 17: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Defence Research and Development Organisation crashed during a trial in an agriculture field in Chitradurga district on Tuesday, a video of which has gone viral. However, no casualties were reported. The incident created quite a scare at Jodi Chillenahalli village as a loud noise was heard after the drone crashed. Soon, a large