Karnataka

Mangalore, Jan 28: The state unit of BJP on Tuesday announced that Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would arrive in the city and address a mass convention at Nehru Maidan on February 18. Announcing this at a press conference here, BJP state unit vice-president M B Bhanuprakash said that the party had begun making preparations and was gearing up for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The

Bangalore, Jan 28: Former Director-General of Police Shankar M Bidari, who had stints with the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) post- retirement, on Thursday announced floating of a new political party, the Janashakti Paksha. Mr Bidari told presspersons here that he has great visions about developing the State and that is why he had formed his own party on the birth anniversary of Netaji

Mangalore, Jan 28: A Malaysian student was allegedly molested in a Mangalore bound flight on Tuesday morning. In her complaint to Jet Airways authorities, the student said that a man from Punjab had sexually harassed while she was travelling from Bangalore to Mangalore. It is leant that she is a student at a private college in the city. Officials at Mangalore International Airport have taken the

Bangalore, Jan 28: Activities in the Kannada film industry were paralysed today as it observed a bandh led by cine artistes opposing dubbing of other language films and television serials to Kannada. Top Kannada film artistes including Shivarajkumar, Puneetrajkumar, Sudeep, Darshan and others took part in a rally that choked traffic in parts of the city's central business district. The bandh was

Kasaragod, Jan 28: Four labourers were killed and nine others injured, some critically, when a borewell-digging truck slipped into a gorge in the hilly Kattankavala village near Chittarikkal, some 40km from Kanhangad. The mishap occurred around 6pm as the Tamil Nadu registered truck equipped with heavy borewell-digging equipment fell down into the gorge as the vehicle's braking system failed while

Hyderabad, Jan 28: In a daring heist, a jewellery shop was looted in Panjagutta, a busy road in the heart of Hyderabad on Saturday. The police say a hole was made in the rear wall of the Tanishq showroom. The showroom reported that 30 kg of gold jewellery worth Rs. 23 crore were stolen. Police however subsequently estimated that a little less than Rs. 6 crore of jewellery was stolen. A day later

Bangalore, Jan 28: A class X?student allegedly jumped off a three-storey building and killed herself at Chikkajala on Monday evening. Harika Raj, 16, a student of Oxford English School in Shakti Nagar, Chikkajala, was the eldest daughter of Rajkumar, a second division assistant working at the Vidhana Soudha. The family hailing from Kolar settled in the City several years ago. They were living in a

New Delhi, Jan 28: The Central government on Monday allowed airlines to operate the spacious Airbus A-380 from four metropolitan cities, including Delhi and Bangalore, lifting a five-year-old ban imposed fearing that foreign airlines would take away passenger-load from Indian carriers. Besides Delhi and Bangalore, the government has also allowed the operation of these aircraft from Hyderabad and

New Delhi, Jan 27: Tipu Sultan has become a hotly debated topic on social media after Karnataka's tableau for Sunday's Republic Day parade glorified the 18th century ruler with a complex legacy. Moments after a giant bust of Tipu Sultan brandishing a sword glided down Rajpath on Sunday, with the commentary describing him as a hero who died fighting the British, a war of words erupted on Twitter

Mangalore, Jan 27: Dakshina Kannada Youth Congress committee president Mithun Rai said that the committee members would undertake 'Vidya Sahaya Hasta' for a period of 13 days from January 27 to February 8, with the intention of providing information about the Right to Education (RTE) Act to poor children in the district. Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, he said that there were a