Karnataka

Riyadh, May 22: A video clip showing Saudi Arabia's King Salman teaching etiquette of eating and drinking to US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump has gone viral. The occasion was a get-together of Saudi and US officials in Riyadh. All were served sweets, coffee and some other halal beverages. Trump sipped the beverage using his left hand while Melania ate a piece of sweet with her

Mangaluru, May 22: Medical services in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi were affected on Monday as members of the medical fraternity in the twin districts resorted to a day-long protest against recent assault on a doctor. No services, except for emergency medical services, were available for 24 hours from Monday morning in the hospitals of two districts. However, the doctors exhibited humanity by taking

Mangaluru, May 22: Aditya Prakash, a city based math genius has been selected for the team of six Indian students to represent India in the 2017 International Mathematics Olympiad this summer. He will be the first student from Karnataka in the last 21 years to represent India at IMO. The 2017 International Mathematics Olympiad is being held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in this July. The team will

Chennai, May 22: BJP president Amit Shah has said that this party would welcome South Indian superstar Rajinikanth, but that the latter has to first decide to enter politics. Speaking at private TV event in New Delhi on Sunday, Shah responded to a query on the growing speculation surrounding the superstar's entry into politics. To a question on whether Rajinikanth will join the BJP, Shah said only

Bengaluru, May 22: A timber merchant from Karnataka, who went to Saudi Arabia last month along with a group of pilgrims to perform Umrah last month, is now languishing in a prison in Jeddah. It is said that mistaken identity led to the pilgrim’s arrest in the Arab Kingdom as he shares his name and date of birth with a fugitive. Nayaz Ahmed (41), hailing from Tumakuru district, was part of a 33

Bengaluru, May 22: Ruling out the possibility of pre-poll or post-poll alliance with the two national parties, the Congress or the BJP, in Karnataka, JD(S) state president and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday has said that his party will be the single largest after the 2018 Assembly elections. Interacting with the media persons here, he said that JD(S) is confident of forming the

Bengaluru, May 22: Calling Siddaramaiah led Congress government’s caste census ‘unscientific’, BJP leader and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has warned of state wide protests if the census data was formally made public. As per the leaked data of the caste census, Dalit community is the largest group in Karnataka followed by Muslims. Lingayats and Vokkaligas are in third and fourth position

Bengaluru, May 22: Rescue and search operations to trace Shantha Kumar (34), who was washed away in a stormwater drain during heavy rain on Saturday night, failed to yield any result. Personnel from Fire and Emergency Services and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) suspended the operations on Sunday evening. However, the search would resume on Monday. According to the BBMP officials, Kumar

Mysuru, May 22: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has decided to contest from the Chamundeshwari segment in the upcoming Assembly elections in 2018. Speaking to reporters here, he said he would contest from Chamundeshwari constituency and the candidate for Varuna Assembly segment, represented by him, will be decided in the days to come. When reporters asked if his son Dr Yathindra would be fielded from

Manipal, May 21: Excitement has filled the atmosphere since the selection of Manipal students’ project team to compete at Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), Utah, USA. Manipal Mars Rover (MRM) team comprises of 18 students both second and third year from different engineering streams of Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University. The team had made its debut last year and had secured