Karnataka

Bangalore, Sep 19: Congress Candidate, General Elections 2014 — that could soon be the new and unique identity of Nandan Nilekani, the boss of India's unique identification (UID) project. If the sources are to be believed talks with the Congress leadership are at an advanced stage and the ex-Infosys co-chairman is all but certain to get a party ticket. The constituency is likely to be from

Mangalore, Sep 19: A person was cheated of Rs 16 lac by two persons who had promised the victim of sanctioning him loan of huge amount. Samshuddin Babar, a businessman from Hyderabad is the victim who has filed a complaint with Bunder police against Radhakrishna and Sanjeeva Dathre accusing the latter of cheating him of Rs 16 lac. In his complaint Mr Babar has said that the duo had promised him of

Puttur, Sep 19: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has reached Kadaba in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in search of an accused in Margao blast case of 2009. The accused Jayaprakash alias Jayanna (42) from Noojibalthila village here, son of Kattathadka Somarajan has been missing and to trace his whereabouts the officials visited Kadaba and collected information about him on

Riyadh, Sep 19: Nearly 6,000 Indian workers have secured full-time employment in Saudi Arabia since an amnesty was announced on April 6 this year to enable workers staying illegally in the country regularise their residency. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, Indian consul general in Jeddah, said the diplomatic mission helped 10,000 Indians to correct their status, either by transferring sponsorship, renewing

Mangalore, Sep 19: Bequest 2013, a two-day national level inter-collegiate talent's competition, organized by Besant Women's College was inaugurated on its campus at M G Road here on September 18. Inaugurating the event Kadri Navaneeth Shetty, chief manager, RMD, The Times of India, Mangalore said Tulu has gained universal recognition now. The Tulu desi culture has inculcated certain humane values

Bangalore, Sept 19: A four-month-old baby boy, whose parents have not named him yet, was stolen from an autorickshaw even as his mother and maternal grandmother were buying medicines at a store at Uttarahalli Circle here on Wednesday. The boy's mother, Jyothi, hired an autorickshaw to reach her house after visiting a hospital. Her mother was with her. Jyothi asked the driver to halt at a store so

Bangalore, Sep 19: Amid efforts by the Congress to select potential candidates for the 2014 parliamentary elections, actor Sudeep on Wednesday reportedly held talks with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for nearly half an hour. Sudeep arrived at Krishna, the chief minister's home office, at around 9 am and straight away walked into the office where Siddaramaiah was present. The actor and the chief

Shimoga, Sept 19: Criticising Jnanapith awardee U?R?Ananthamurthy for his statement that he wouldn't be alive to see Narendra Modi becoming the prime minister, BJP member of the Rajya Sabha Ayanur Manjunath likened the writer to controversial model Poonam Pandey. Pandey had vowed to get photographed nude if India won the cricket World Cup in 2011. Though the Men in Blue lifted the coveted trophy

Bangalore, Sep 19: Six-year-old Anusha died an untimely death, in an unlikely way. On Wednesday, she succumbed to burns sustained after falling into a vessel of hot “sambar” at her school in Gauribidnur taluk a day before. The class I student of Darinayakanapalya Government Primary School barely knew that an attempt to overcome hunger could turn fatal. A group of around 20 children had come

Mangalore, Sep 18: A Nepali youth who had gone missing from the capital of India nine years ago, was reunited with his brother and would soon be back among his family members back in Nepal after a gap of nine years. The 27-year-old was found wandering on the road over a year ago in Talapady. Sanjeev, hailing from Sundarpur in Morang district in Nepal, had been missing since 2004 from Delhi, where