Karnataka

Mumbai, Sep 5: Jet Airways on Wednesday followed its smaller rival SpiceJet and hiked fares steeply, by 25 per cent, to mitigate the impact of the sharp fall in the rupee value and a near 15 per cent spike in oil prices of late. “The airline has hiked its fares by 25 per cent with immediate effect,” a Jet Airways source told PTI here. Asked whether the hike is on fuel surcharge or base fare, the

Bangalore, Sep 4: Gali Janardhana Reddy, who rode to riches on booming iron ore exports in the last decade and virtually lorded over the BJP in Karnataka for over five years, completes two years behind bars Sep 5 on charges of illegal mining. The former Karnataka minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party has spent most of the two years in Hyderabad's Chanchalaguda Central Jail. Of and on, he has

Mangalore, Sep 4: Customs officials at Mangalore International Airport seized 'Badiee' brand of Iranian saffron weighing 10kgs from a passenger who arrived from Dubai on Wednesday. The value of the contraband is approximately Rs10 lakh and was recovered from Abdul Shukkur Pallipuzha, a resident of Pallikere in Kasargod. A departmental communique here stated that the saffron was concealed along

Mangalore, Sep 4: In an unfortunate incident, a woman died soon after delivering a baby boy at a government hospital here on Tuesday. However, the exact cause of death has not been ascertained. The woman is Vishala (27), resident of Vamanapadavu in Siddakatte in Bantwal taluk. Vishala was admitted to a government hospital in Mangalore on Saturday where she gave birth to a healthy male baby through

Mangalore, Sep 4: In a rather shocking incident, saffron activists allegedly cut off the fingers of a person, near Perlapu of Kadeshwalya village, on Tuesday night. The incident tracks its root to a fight that broke out between two saffron groups during 'Mosaru kudike utsava' in Kalladka recently. The victim is Prakash Kumar, a resident of Perlapu. On Tuesday night when Prakash was on his way home

New Delhi, Sep 4: The issue of disputed Cauvery waters today led to a war of words between members from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in the Lok Sabha. M Thambidurai (AIADMK) raised the issue of reported construction of projects on Cauvery river by Karnataka. He said since there was dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on the issue, there should be no fresh project without consulting the lower

Mangalore, Sep 4: Acclaimed theatre artist, actress and Rajya Sabha member Dr B Jayashree inaugurated the Inter-Collegiate Cultural Festival – 2013 organised by Mangalore University in a programme held at Mangala Auditorium, Mangalore University on Wednesday. Speaking after inaugurating the three-day festival, she said that song, music and dance bring cheerfulness and gaiety to mind. Theatre also

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 4: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Wednesday assured friends of Muslim leader Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, in jail in Karnataka over the 2008 Bangalore blasts, that he will take up with Karnataka the issue of Ma'adani being kept in prison without any trial. Chandy said he will seek justice for the jailed Muslim leader. "There can be no rationale for keeping a person in jail

Mangalore, Sep 4: City-based private sector bank-Karnataka Bank Ltd has promoted P Jairam Hande as its new senior general manger. Hande, 58, who joined the bank in 1976, has experience of over 37-years both at administrative and operational level. As a Branch Head, he served at Bangalore - Jayanagar IV Block, Bangalore - Nehrunagar and Bangalore - Kasturba Road Branches. As chief manager and later

Mangalore, Sep 4: Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake said in Mangalore on Tuesday that the government will give special grant of Rs. 100 crore to Mangalore City Corporation for infrastructure development. Speaking to mediapersons after his visit to the corporation here on Tuesday, he said that the government has released Rs 15 crore out of the second installment of Rs 100 crore