Karnataka

Chennai, Feb 1: Hitting out at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah who had held a business conclave in Coimbatore in the state recently, the Tamil Nadu government today said it was a 'drama' enacted by him to retain his post ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. "That meeting was a drama by that Chief Minister to retain his post ahead of elections," Industries Minister P Thangamani said today

Mangalore, Feb 1: Customs officials at Mangalore International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar near here on Friday seized 1-kg gold bar and eight silver coated metallic gold wires, totally weighing 1.350-kgs valued at Rs 40.48-lakh. This latest seizure is sixth case of smuggling detected at MIA in January involving seizure of 3.476-kgs of gold valued at Rs 1.06-crore. Interestingly, the modus operandi is

Puttur, Feb 1: Two persons were killed and seven others were injured after the mini-truck in which they were travelling overturned near Injara village on Mangalore-Bangalore Highway-75 on Saturday morning. The deceased are Naeem and Kaleem, both hailing from Bihar. The injured have been identified as Mujahid, Vinod, Raja, P Aruna, M Sharavana, R Sharavana and Aruna. They have been admitted to a

Mangalore, Feb 1: Applied for a passport recently? Expect a considerable delay before you get it. The Nashik-based Indian Security Press (ISP), the only place where passports are printed in the country, was shut for a couple of weeks due to the shortage of a special raw material. Though the printing of passports resumed last week, the shutdown and the resultant backlog means lakhs of applicants

Palakkad, Feb 1: Police patrolling has been intensified in the Ottappalam and Vaniamkulam areas in Palakkad district following the stabbing of SDPI district president Kaja Hussain at Vaniamkulam, near Ottappalam, on Friday. Mr Hussain was admitted to a private hospital in Thrissur with multiple stab injuries on his legs and right hand. He also suffered injuries on his neck and head. The police

Mangalore, Feb 1: Dr. Shabistan Gaffar, Chairperson, Committee on Girls' Education, National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions visited the campus of Bearys Institute of Technology and delivered a talk on employment of the girl child through education. The event was hosted by the Campus Director Dr Sainath and presided by the principal Dr S A Khan and Senior Advisor Dr S A Raikar. In

Bangalore, Feb 1: A five-year-old boy in the City on Friday entered the Guinness Book of World Records by skating under 39 Toyota Qualis cars in 28 seconds. Gagan S, a kindergarten student at Florence School in Basveshwaranagar, is the son of Satish, who works at a washing machine service centre. “Gagan was always passionate about skating. He started attending skating classes just one-and-a half

Dubai, Feb 1: An Indian man, described by his lawyer as the "most stupid" person he has encountered in 40 years, has been sentenced to death by a UAE court for murdering a maid. The man, who worked as a cook for a UAE government official, beat the maid, who he had been having a relationship with, to death after she told him she was pregnant and threatened to report him for rape, three years ago

Mumbai/New Delhi, Jan 31: A second round of fare war was unleashed by SpiceJet today, with Jet Airways and no-frill carriers IndiGo, GoAir and JetKonnect jumping into the race to offer limited period, low-priced air tickets to customers. With the peak travel season coming to an end, Indian carriers, barring Air India, triggered the second fare war offering low fares across several sectors within

Mangalore, Jan 31: Criticising the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre for failing to act on several promises during its tenure, MP and former BJP national president M Venkaiah Naidu said that the Congress was afraid to project the candidature of Rahul Gandhi as they feared rejection in the coming Lok Sabha elections. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference in the city on Friday, he