Karnataka

Puttur, Dec 19: A 65-year-old Sabarimala pilgrim from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district died when he was hit by a train in Kasaragod. Vidya Shankar Iyer was run over when he and two others were walking on a railway bridge at Thalangara, the police said. Mr. Iyer, a retired Karnataka Forest Department employee, had left home on foot a few days ago. His body was handed over to his family members

Ahmedabad, Dec 19: Adding fuel to fire in the recent conversion-row, working president of right-wing organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Pravin Togadia said ancestors of Indian Muslims and Christians were Hindus. œThe ancestors of Indian Muslims were Hindus. The ancestors of Christians were Hindu too. History says that many people converted to Islam due to atrocities and by the force of the

New Delhi, Dec 19: UGC has asked universities across the country to observe December 25 as'Good Governance Day' amid the controversy over organising events on the occasion which requires physical presence of students in campus on Christmas. However, in communication sent to all vice chancellors, UGC has made it clear the competition on oratory be organised before the universities and colleges go

Allahabad, Dec 19: Ruling that their conversions were not valid because it was done with œthe sole purpose of marriage , the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday refused to grant any relief to five couples who had got married after the girls who were Hindu converted to Islam. The couples had approached the court seeking relief against alleged harassment by relatives and police. A single-judge bench of

Belagavi, Dec 19: The Opposition on Thursday vehemently criticised Health Minister U T Khader over the acute shortage of doctors in primary health centres (PHCs), during the winter session of the Legislative Assembly. The anger against the minister was so intense that he was not even allowed to reply to all the questions raised by the members of the Opposition. Even Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa, as in

Mangaluru, Dec 18: The passengers of a Kuwait-bound Air India Express flight which took off from Mangaluru on Wednesday, December 17, were stranded for more than a day at Bahrain Airport after the aircraft developed a major technical fault half way through. A few Kuwait-bound passengers of the Mangaluru-Bahrain-Kuwait flight also resorted to agitation with AIE authorities at Bahrain Airport as

Mangaluru, Dec 18: As many as 25 families living in the forested area in Kuthlur in Belthangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada urged the district administration to provide them with basic facilities where they lived. Malekudiya families living in the Alamba and Panjalu areas of Kuthlur village on Wednesday requested the district administration that they should be provided with basic facilities such as

Hyderabad, Dec 18: The Hyderabad High Court today granted bail to the former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy in the bribe-for-bail case. The mining baron will however continue to be lodged in the jail as presently he is in a judicial custody at Bangalore in connection with the illegal mining case involving his Obulapuram Mining Company. Reddy was granted bail in the case registered by the

Peshawar, Dec 18: "We have killed all the children in the auditorium...What do we do now?" one of the Taliban attackers told his handler after shooting indiscriminately at the students in the main hall of the army-run school from where more than 100 bodies were recovered. "Wait for the army people, kill them before blowing yourself," his handler ordered, instructing the suicide attackers who were

Mangaluru, Dec 18: œWhen we come across accomplished persons, we look at the finished product and not the incessant effort and hard work behind it. We think that genius is in the genetics, but geniuses are not born but made,  said rector of St Aloysius Institutions Fr Denzil Lobo. Delivering the presidential address at the inaugural ceremony of the national level Aloysian Fest 2014-15 hosted by