Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 25: To promote motor sports in coastal Karnataka, Tribhuvan Automobile Sports Club (TASC) and Bedra Adventure Club (BAC), Moodbidri along with Indian Motor Sports Club (IMSC), Mangalore will organise'Autocross 2013', a two-day national-level Autocross event for two-wheelers and four-wheelers on Sunday at Pancharatna Grounds, near Mahaveer College, Moodbidri. Announcing this at a

Bangalore, Oct 25: Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) has filed a case against Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher airlines in a magisterial court for non-payment of user development and passenger service fees. "We have filed a case against Kingfisher Airlines on October 21 regarding non-payment of user development fee and passenger service fee," a Bengaluru Airport spokesperson said without

Bangalore, Oct 24: The next general elections would see a fight between Congress and RSS, not BJP, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday, calling the saffron party a “wholly-owned subsidiary” of the Sangh Parivar fountainhead. Ramesh also hit out at BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying the opposition party was only projecting Modi, whereas “we are asking people to

Mangalore, Oct 24: Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Kodikunnil Suresh on Wednesday said the enhancement of wage ceiling for coverage of employees under the Employees State Insurance (ESI) Act would be notified soon. The wage ceiling for availing benefits under ESI would be enhanced from salary range of Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 25,000, he said. He was speaking after inaugurating the sub

Mangalore, Oct 24: Several activists belonging to the district unit of Campus Front of India (CFI) were held outside Deputy Commissioner's office here on Thursday, while they attempted to gherao the office in protest of the justice denied in the sensational Soujanya rape and murder case. A tense situation prevailed for a few minutes as activists held a protest and tried to gherao the DC office at

Puttur, Oct 24: A team of the NIA?was in Kadaba of Uppinangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, looking for Jayaprakash alias Jayanna, an accused in the bomb blast case at Madgaon in Goa. The NIA officials told Jayanna's family members that a Madgaon court had given a deadline of November 29, the last one, for Jayanna to surrender. Two people had died and several injured in the blast. Six

Riyadh, Oct 24: The Ministry of Labor reiterated on Wednesday that there is no intention to extend the amnesty period for status correction of expatriates after its expiry on Nov. 3 (Dhul Hijja 29). Deputy Minister of Labor Mufarrej Al-Haqbani said that intensive inspection raids will be carried out across the Kingdom to catch the violators and punish them immediately after the end of the extended

Bangalore, Oct 24: Home Minister K?J?George on Wednesday said the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is facing no political pressure in its investigation into the rape and murder of Saujanya, a student of SDM?College in Ujire in Dakshina Kannada district. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, George said the government is not trying to'protect' anybody in the case and is ready to bring to

Mangalore, Oct 24: An'Eid get-together' was organised by the Mangalore Corporation Unit of Jamiyyatul Falah (JF) at Saanidhya Residential School and Training Centre for the mentally challenged situated in Shaktinagar in Mangalore on Wednesday. Imthiyaz Khatheeb, president, JF Mangalore Corporation unit presided over the function. Ishaq Puttur C A conveyed the message of Eid. He explained the need

Mangalore, Oct 24: 29 year old Raakesh Shetty(name changed) recently married, is a smoker with no previous history of heart condition. He was wheeled into emergency at A.J.Hospital and Research Centre when he complained of uneasiness and chest pain. He was immediately taken to Cathlab when doctors confirmed he had a heart attack and needed immediate surgery. Doctors decided to implant novel