Karnataka

Bangalore, Dec 15: Bengaluru International Airport on Saturday formally became Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). The renaming, in honour of the city's legendary founder, also marked the launch of the airport's expanded, feature-packed terminal-1A with a capacity to cater to 20 million passengers annually by 2017. The terminal 1A, inaugurated by Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, has a

Mangalore, Dec 15: Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Business Management, Post Graduate Centre for Management Studies and Research is all set for transforming management education through digitisation of curriculum in the academic year 2014-15. The platform to transform classrooms has been abstracted and created by a Bangalore based firm Digital Future of Education Pvt. Ltd. (DFoE)

Mangalore, Dec 14: Entrepreneur and former mayor of Mangalore City Corporation B Abdul Khader Haji breathed his last on Saturday night here. He was 70. Younger brother of well-known industrialist B Ahmed Haji Thumbey, Khader Haji was survived by his wife, four daughters, three sons and a large number of relatives, friends and fans. The end came at around 8 p.m. following a massive heart attack. He

Mangalore, Dec 14: It is a declaration of war on all oppressed groups, if a political party portrays as its prime ministerial candidate a man who was responsible for communal riots in the state of Gujarat. It is an effort to find a final solution to put an end to the oppressed classes in the country, said Director of School of Languages, Literature and Fine Arts in Kuvempu University, Shimoga Dr

Mangalore, Dec 14: The death of Dinesh Kumar (23) after his motorcycle was run over by a vehicle, at Ujire has taken several twists and turns. The death, which is now billed as murder by the family members of Dinesh have pointed at Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari's supporters of murdering him. Though the police had booked the case as an accident, they had to later consider it as a murder case following

Bangalore, Dec 14: The confederation of Indian Industry organized a CEO Conclave Vision 2020: a way forward with captains of industry and top level representation from the government of Karnataka to highlight and discuss all outstanding issues pertaining to industrial development, manufacturing, investment and development of Bangalore city. Ease of doing business and more transparency in processes

Mangalore, Dec 14: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner N Prakash has been transferred to Bangalore and since the new DC is yet to be appointed Zilla Panchayat CEO Tulasi Maddineni will take over the administration of the district temporarily. Mr Prakash will take charge as the Labour Commissioner. The outgoing DC was given a warm farewell in the DC's office on Friday. Accepting the farewell Mr

Kundapur, Dec 14: A priest from Bantwal died in a road mishap at Thrasi-Maravanthe, on Thursday night when a lorry collided against a Qualis car. Person who was driving the car has been injured in the mishap. It is said that a group was returning to Mangalore after dropping a seer to Gokarna when the qualis in which they were travelling hit a lorry at about 12.10 am near Maravanthe beach. Due to

Mangalore, Dec 14: Minister for Health U T Khader on Friday held a surprise visit to District Wenlock Hospital and pointed at several shortcomings in the hospital. The Minister has asked the hospital authorities to maintain hygiene, to develop better communication with the patients and to improve the system of administering medicines to the patients. He has also ordered the hospital authorities to

Jeddah, Dec 14: Indian prisoners serving their sentences in Saudi jails account for the largest number of inmates abroad. Around 1,400 Indian prisoners are being lodged in prisons across the Kingdom, according to Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid, who made the statement at the country's Parliament, Indian media sources said. “There are about 6,101 Indian prisoners in foreign jails for crimes