Karnataka

Mysuru, Oct 18: The cultural capital of Karnataka and the 'City of Palaces' is gearing up for the world famous Mysuru Dasara Procession (Jumbo Savari) to be held on October 19 with caparisoned elephants in the lead. This marks the culmination of the grand finale of the ten day festivities. All roads leads to the cultural capital of the state as countdown already began with the city gripped in the

Mumbai, Oct 18: NRI tycoon B R Shetty’s BR Life—the largest private healthcare company in the UAE—has won the sale bid of the debt-ridden Seven-Hills Hospital in Marol by virtue of being the sole bidder. The bidding amount has not be revealed by both the parties. With an estimated debt of Rs 1,270 crore, SevenHills went under the hammer this year after lenders led by Axis Bank and a State Bank of

Gokarna, Oct 18: A new dress code banning jeans, trousers and Bermuda shorts has been put in place at the Mahabaleshwar Temple in Gokarna, a popular pilgrimage centre in Uttara Kannada district, by its administration. "We have already implemented the dress code in temple. The restrictions were already there but we implemented them a month ago," the executive officer of Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple

Kannur/Udupi, Oct 18: Four members of a family were killed and four others injured when their car collided with a tanker truck early on Wednesday on the national highway near Payyannur in Kerala. Police said eight people were travelling in the car to Mookambika temple at Kollur in Karnataka’s coastal district of Udupi when the mishap happened around 4.30am at Kendriya Vidyalaya bus stop near Edat

Hassan, Oct 18: The second phase of Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water project, intended to carry water from Dakshina Kannada to dry land areas of Karnataka, has faced a fresh hurdle in Hassan district. Residents of many villages in Sakleshpur and Alur taluks of Hassan have raised objections to the manner in which work on the second phase of project is being carried out. Alleging that the

Bengaluru, Oct 18: UAE's Minister of State for Defence Affairs Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi Al Falacy Wednesday visited the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited here and evinced keen interest in the indigenously developed light combat aircraft Tejas. The UAE minister was quite impressed with the sophisticated level of manufacturing, a HAL release said. "I am happy to be here and proud to see the

Newsroom, Oct 18: The prolonged investigation by the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) into interfaith marriages in Kerala has ultimately debunked theory of ‘Love Jihad’ propagated by Muslim haters. The powerful investigation agency which is under the control of union government has admitted that there has been no evidence of a larger criminal design behind the conversion of Hindu and

Dubai, Oct 18: An Indian man in Saudi Arabia has been fired from his job for allegedly posting "derogatory comments" on women, amid the Sabarimala temple row, a media report said Wednesday. Deepak Pavithram, a Keralite working with Lulu Hypermarket in Riyadh, was fired on Tuesday for allegedly making misogynistic and insensitive remarks about women on social media. "We have a strict and zero

Bengaluru, Oct 18: Rain that lashed parts of Bengaluru yesterday threw life out of gear, flooding roads and triggering traffic chaos for hours. The city recorded a rainfall of 45.3mm by 9pm Wednesday. The BBMP received most waterlogging complaints from Sirsi Circle flyover, Mysuru Road, JC Road, Gandhinagar and Shantinagar. Hundreds of holiday-goers driving out of the city were stuck in traffic

Bengaluru, Oct 17: A man and his wife, who eked out a living as labourers, were killed in a blast reportedly caused by leaking LPG in their house at Panchasheelanagar near Vijaynagar on Wednesday evening. The police identified the deceased as Shivanna, 50, and Mangamma, 45, both long-time residents of the area. According to the police, the couple returned from work on Wednesday around 4 p.m., and