Karnataka

New Delhi, Jan 20: Arvind Kejriwal has reportedly been informed by the Delhi Police that alleged terror outfit Indian Mujahideen plans to abduct him to negotiate for the release of their top operative Yasin Bhatkal, who was arrested last year. The Delhi chief minister, who has been at loggerheads with the city's police, posted a series of irate tweets this evening. He confirmed that he had been

Sirsi (Uttara Kannada district): Jan 20: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday made it clear that there was no question of dropping D K Shivakumar from the Cabinet in the wake of allegations levelled against him by S R Hiremath of Samaja Parivarthana Samudaya. “They are just charges, not based on facts. If he provides proper documents to prove the charges, we will consider them,” he replied to a

Mangalore, Jan 19: Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily inaugurated the Rachana World Convention office and released the brochure of 'Magnet 2014' – a convention and exhibition of Mangalorean businessmen and entrepreneurs at a programme organised by Rachana Catholic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCCI) at the Bishop's House in the city on Sunday. Speaking on the

Mangalore, Jan 19: The district-level certificate distribution ceremony of the Bharath Scouts and Guides, Karnataka was held at the Deputy Commissioner's residence in the city on Sunday. As many as 128 Cubs from 17 schools, 155 Bulbuls from 21 schools, 143 Scouts from 27 schools, 159 Guides from 29 schools, 31 Rovers from six colleges and 77 Rangers from eight colleges were handed certificates by

Mangalore, Jan 19: Activists of NaMo Brigade staged a 'tea-selling' demonstration at Kadri Park here on Saturday. Volunteers led by Irfan Iqbal Ghetta, a Gujarati distributed tea freely to morning walkers at the park and to autorickshaw drivers, tender coconut vendors and students at Mahavir (Pumpwell) Circle. Manishankar Aiyar, Rajya Sabha MP said had said, “There is no way he can be Prime

Mangalore, Jan 19: The first phase of pulse polio drive in Mangalore commenced on Sunday. As many as 921 pulse polio booths have been set up in Dakshina Kannada district to administer polio drops to children below five years of age. Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim administered pulse polio at Wenlock Hospital in the city. The National Pulse Polio Programme, 2014, whose aim is eradication of polio

Johannesburg, Jan 19: Singing legend S P Balasubrahmanyam fell ill shortly after receiving the inaugural Lifetime Achievement award at a function here last night. Balasubrahmanyam, 67, who was last heard in 'Chennai Express', sang a line each in 15 languages receiving the award at the International Indian Film Festival of South Africa (IIFFSA). Although the nature of his illness was not disclosed

New Delhi, Jan 19: Cyber security sleuths have detected a "black" private information stealing virus in the Indian online banking transactions space and have alerted consumers who swipe debit or credit cards at shopping counters to make payments. The "severely" spreading virus of the Trojan family has been detected conducting its clandestine operations at the Point of Sale (POS) counters placed at

New Delhi, Jan 19: Air India is doling out free air tickets to its 24,000 employees, even as it expects to incur a loss of Rs 3,900 crore this financial year and has a debt burden of Rs 35,000 crore. While its top officers like functional directors and joint managing directors are entitled to get 24 free tickets each year, deputy general managers and above get 20 passages under a scheme called

Mangalore, Jan 19: The formal inauguration of the auditions for 'Bale Thelipaale Season 2' Tulu comedy competition was held on Sunday noon at Shasthavu Sri Bhoothanatheshwara Temple, Badaga Yedapadavu, Mijar, on the outskirts of the city. First audition will commence subsequently on the same day and on 20th January at 10:30 a.m., to continue thereafter on every Sunday and Monday respectively. His