Karnataka

Dubai, Jan 1: A dazzling show of New Year's eve gala using 70,000 LED bulbs around the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa here has broken the Guinness World Record of the 'Largest LED-Illuminated Facade'. The never-before-seen show of fireworks, Light Emitting Diode lights and laser beam displays became one of the world's most-watched New Year's Eve spectacle with residents and visitors from

Kollam, Jan 1: Tragedy struck as six engineering students returning after New Year revelry were killed when their car and an LPG tanker collided in the wee hours of the day at nearby Chathannur. The deceased were identified as Ajith Prakash, Syed Inzamam, Arun Babu, Shijo George John, Adirshah and Nixon. According to police, the victims, all men in third year of B.Tech, were heading to their

Udupi, Jan 1: A group of people who were travelling from Mangaluru to Goa allegedly vandalised a petrol bunk at Kota on NH 17 in Udupi district on Tuesday night over a minor scuffle with the staff working at the pump. The Kota police said that a group of 30 persons stopped at the petrol pump at Kota at around 8.30 p.m., alighted from their tourist bus and used the toilet maintained by the pump

Mysuru, Jan 1: Five persons from Karnataka, wanted in a cyber fraud case in Hyderabad were recently arrested in Mysuru by personnel from the Cyber Crime Wing of Hyderabad. Panniraj Gowda of Siddhartha Nagar, Puttaraj, Mahesh Chikkaiah, R?M?Chaman and Dadapeer are the accused. According to the police, Panniraj floated the Likka Group of Companies at Hyderabad, becoming the managing director, while

Mangaluru, Jan 1: The coastal city erupted in a blaze of colour and light at midnight as the world ushered in the New Year in style. Hundreds of people, most of them youngsters, thronged to main road in the last moments of 2014 to witness the celebrations amidst fireworks. Spirit of the crowd rose as midnight approached and crackers made the sky colourful as the clock struck 12 midnight. People

Bengaluru, Jan 1: MG Road and Church street, the City's preferred spots for New Year revelry, wore a dull look on Wednesday, with heightened security following Sunday's low-intensity blast. The explosion appears to have taken the sheen off the celebrations on the busy MG Road, which used to see the largest congregation of revellers all these years. The number of people who welcomed 2015 on the

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jan 1: Senior IPS officer S Murugan has been transferred from Karnataka State Industrial Security Force and posted as the new Commissioner of Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate. He will replace R Hithendra, who has been posted as Inspector-General of Police (Police Headquarters). Along with Mr. Hithendra, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) K.V. Jagadeesh also has

Bengaluru, Jan 1: On the last day of the year on Wednesday, the State government effected a major reshuffle of IAS and IPS?officers. Several officers were promoted but were asked to continue in their present postings. IAS postings Among the IAS?officers transferred and their new postings are as follows: Munish Moudgil: Commissioner, Survey Settlement and Land Records, Benguluru, and Director

New Delhi, Jan 1: The direct benefit transfer scheme for LPG (DBTL), under which the subsidy on cooking gas cylinders will be transferred directly to the bank account of the consumer, will come into effect across the country on Thursday. Consumers who wish to join the scheme will have to link their Aadhaar number with their bank account and their LPG consumer number. If they do not possess Aadhaar

Surat, Dec 31: A mock anti-terror exercise carried out in the city of Surat, has once again exposed the communal attitude of Gujarat police. Interestingly, Gujarat BJP's minority cell president has taken the cops to the task for making the œdummy terrorists  to don the skull caps that are generally identified with a minority community. The exercise was carried out by Surat police at Dabhari near