Karnataka

New Delhi, Dec 23: Arvind Kejriwal, set to be the youngest chief minister of Delhi, will face immediate challenge of fulfilling three key promises he made during the poll campaign -- passage of Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, cutting power tariff by 50 per cent and supplying 700 litres of free water to each household across the city. The 45-year-old Magsaysay award winner will be facing enormous public

Mangalore, Dec 23: Bishop of Mangalore Diocese Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza stressed on the need to extend a helping hand to the underprivileged sections of the society in accordance with the call given by Pope Francis that a church must be poor and for the poor. Delivering his Christmas message at a press meet at Bishop's House here on Monday, he conveyed his Christmas wishes and blessings to people

Jeddah, Dec 23: Amidst the ongoing efforts to bring home back stranded Mangaloreans from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, another similar case has come to light wherein over a dozen Indian expatriates hired to work in a leading transport company are facing starvation after their employer refused to pay them wages for over six months. As many as 13 Indian nationals hailing from various districts of Uttar

Mangalore, Dec 23: Statutory approval required for laying additional pipeline for transportation of LPG for Mangalore-Bangalore via Hasan LPG pipeline project of HPCL has been received. With the clearances, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily said that the work in this regard will begin in two months. Speaking to reporters on his visit to the first transport hub of South India

Mangalore, Dec 23: Educated Muslim women with religious knowledge should strive to establish a God-fearing society, said Shameera Jahan, deputy-coordinator, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Karnataka state unit. Delivering the valedictory address at elite Muslim women's meet organized by the women's wing of JIH as part of its state level campaign 'women, the epitome of humility', at Talent Conference Hall in

Bangalore, Dec 23: Renowned poet, writer and researcher G S Shivarudrappa, who left his own indelible imprint in the Kannada literary world, died at his residence here today. Shivarudrappa (87) had been ailing for some time and the end came this afternoon, his family said. He is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter. He was a recipient of the Central Sahitya Akademi award, Karnataka Sahitya

Davanagere, Dec 23: Walking home after her dance rehearsal at 9.30pm on Saturday, 19-year-old Kavitha (name changed) heard a bike behind her. It was a friend, Prithvi. He offered her a ride home, and Kavitha hopped on. It's a ride she wants to forget, but can't. Instead of going straight home, Prithvi (22) took Kavitha to a desolate place behind Bapuji Auditorium and attempted to rape her. Kavitha

Bangalore, Dec 23: JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda on Sunday said his party will not have pre-poll tie-up with the Congress and the BJP for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and that it will fight the elections on its own. Speaking at a meeting with Muslim intellectuals, he said the JD(S) is not against Muslims. It is the Congress which is anti-Muslim. The JD(S) is committed to implement schemes and programmes

Bangalore, Dec 23: A lab technician with a private hospital in Rajajinagar was killed on the spot in a head-on collision between a bus and a two-wheeler, near Binny Mills on Mysore Road on Sunday morning. The accident occurred at 7 am when Yashaswini, 27, was on her way to meet a friend. A Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation bus, coming from the opposite direction, collided with Yashaswini's

London, Dec 22: For the first time, an artificial heart that may give patients up to five years of extra life has been successfully implanted in a 75-year-old French man. The artificial heart, designed by French biomedical firm Carmat, is powered by Lithium-ion batteries that can be worn externally. The heart that was put into the patient at Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris uses a range of "bio