Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 3: A youth riding pillion on his friend’s motorbike died on spot in a collision between the two-wheeler and a fish lorry on the national highway 66 at Adka near Ullal on the outskirts of the city. The deceased has been identified as Shashidhar Kinya (35), a carpenter by profession. His friend Gulshan, who was riding the motorbike, was critically injured and admitted to a hospital in

Manipal, Feb 3: In a tragic incident, a student of Manipal Institute of Technology lost his life after he fell from the fourth floor of an apartment, here. The deceased has been identified as T. Praneet Reddy (20), a second year student of computer science. On Sunday he had gone to meet other students in an apartment on the District Offices Complex Road here. At around 3.30 a.m., he fell from the

Kasaragod, Feb 3: Mechanical engineering students of the Vimal Jyothi College of Engineering at Chemperi have designed and manufactured a Formula-3 model racing car of international standards. The 26-member team named ‘Team Infinity’ made the car with a 500cc engine with 50 bhp and 70 Nm at a workshop on the college campus. Last week, the team participated in the JK Tyre Formula Design Challenge

Mangaluru, Feb 3: With the auto-rickshaw drivers in the city banking on the assurances of Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai, the auto-rickshaw union leaders have yet again refused to budge on the issue of revision of fares and collect revised fares from passengers in Mangaluru. Standing firm in his decision to implement revised fares in a clandestine meeting with the

Bengaluru, Feb 3: Legislative Assembly Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa has reiterated that his approval was not required for prosecuting any member of the House. In a detailed reply to the application filed by Shivamogga-based advocate Vinod Kumar B, seeking to prosecute Housing Minister M H Ambareesh for utilising public money for his treatment in Singapore, the Speaker stated, “No person, including the

Chennai, Feb 2: A two-year-old baby boy from Russia has got a new lease of life after successfully undergoing a heart transplant in a private hospital here, doctors said Monday. The transplanted heart, that is beating well now, belonged to a two-year-old boy from Bengaluru who was diagnosed as brain dead. "The challenge was getting the heart of right size in the case of a child," Suresh Rao K.G

New Delhi, Feb 2: Nearly one-and-a-half-year after Narendra Modi used puppy analogy while referring to the deaths of thousands of innocent Muslims in the 2002 Gujarat riots, a female leader of saffron party has delivered a similar hate speech against Muslims sparking off a fresh controversy. The saffron robe-wearing Sadhvi Prachi, in a bid to defend her recent controversial remarks, asserted that

Kolkata, Feb 2: A 20-year-old college student, who slipped into a coma after being assaulted for protesting against eve-teasing in West Bengal's Howrah district, succumbed to his injuries Monday. Arup Bhandari, who was comatose since being hospitalised Jan 29, died this morning, an official of the nursing home where he was admitted, said. The incident happened Jan 28 when several residents of

Udupi, Feb 2: Kanchinadka Nagarika Hitarakshana Vedike president and Dalit leader Lokesh K said that his organisation would not allow any kind of peace-disrupting activities attempting to spoil the communal harmony of Hindu, Muslim and Christian communities living in Kanchinadka Padubidri in Udupi taluk. Addressing a press conference at Padubidri on Sunday, he said that at times when the communal

Bantwal, Feb 2: A tense situation prevailed at Kalladka in Bantwal taluk on Sunday after activists of a Hindutva organisation chased a vehicle in which a girl was taken to visit her friend, who had delivered a baby in Kalladka. The activists also barged into the house she was visiting and attempted to assault the persons inside. On Sunday, after having travelled in bus from Kundapur to Kalladka