Karnataka

Patna, Jan 6: Muslim clerics in a Bihar district have said they won't conduct marriage ceremony of those who give or take dowry. Alarmed over the trend of dowry among Muslims, this decision was taken by a body of Imams of Bihar's Nalanda district at a meeting Saturday evening. "We have decided not to conduct nikah (marriage) for those who take and give dowry in the district," said Qazi Maulana

Mangalore, Jan 6: At the monthly SC/ST grievance meet held at the office of Superintendent of Police here on Sunday, a tribal activist grieved that the purpose of appointing Malekudiyas as Home Guards under the Naxal package was not fulfilled as the salaries of 15 recruited Malekudiyas were not being deposited regularly. President of Adivasi Malekudiya Seva Trust, Neriya K T Sudhakar said that out

Jeddah, Jan 6: Human body parts fell from the sky in the city of Jeddah on Sunday, with police saying they could be the remains of a person trapped in an airplane's wheel bay. "Police received a telephone call at 2:30 am from a witness reporting the fall of human remains at an intersection in Mushrefa neighbourhood" in the Red Sea city, spokesman Nawaf bin Naser al-Bouq said in a statement

Mangalore, Jan 5: Inclusion of Tulu in Eight Schedule of the constitution, separate Tulu state, rename of the Mangalore International Airport as Tulu Nadu Airport, rename Matsyaganda express train to “Tulu Nadu Express”, drop of proposed Netravati river diversion project and Niddodi thermal power plant, withdrawal of proposed ban on areca-nut, support to Tulu language and script in schools and

New Delhi, Jan 5: Bracing for the big exercise, the Election Commission is all set to hold Lok Sabha elections starting mid-April and spread it over at least five phases till early May. The much-awaited announcement for the polls is likely to be made by the end of February or early March, for which work has already begun, top Commission sources said. Along with the Lok Sabha polls, Andhra Pradesh

Mangalore, Jan 5: For the first time in Mangalore, a non-governmental women's organisation approached the court and decided to implead in a criminal case. . The applicants, Jagrathi Mahila Vedike, Mangalore appealed to the JMFC III court to treat the recent Deralakatte kidnap and forced sex case as a case of gang-rape by invoking Section 376 (d) of the Indian Penal Code and sought a directive to

Mangalore, Jan 5: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader had a surprise visitor on Saturday, during a closed-door meeting with top cops of the police department and local public representatives at Circuit House here. Shivaraj, a 17-year-old with an amputated leg, had come all the way from Chamarajanagar district to Mangalore in anticipation of a meeting with the health minister and

Bangalore, Jan 5: R. Roshan Baig, the Minister for Information, Infrastructure and Haj has ordered a third party inspection of the construction of Haj House near Yelahanka in Bangalore. The Minister, who inspected work on the building, expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of work and the quality of construction. The Haj House that is being constructed on a three-acre land at a cost of Rs

Bangalore, Jan 5: Train movement at the busy Bangalore City Station was affected badly after engines of two trains derailed during shunting operations around 4 a.m. on Sunday morning. Railway authorities said engines of train no 12028, Bangalore-Chennai Shatabdi Express and train no 12608, Bangalore - Chennai Lal Bagh Express derailed while shunting operations were being conducted. Both trains

Mangalore, Jan 5: Al-Badriya composite Pre-University College, Krishnapura, Surathkal will celebrate its 15 years of service 'Crystal Jubilee Week' from January 6 to January 11 in its premise. B M Mumtaz Ali, president of Al-Badriya educational association briefing press persons here said that crystal jubilee week along with health awareness seminar would be inaugurated by Minister for Health and