Karnataka

Mangalore, May 24: 'Rhythm', Father Muller's first musical event was held on Wednesday at the Father Muller stadium. The musical and dance programmes began at 5pm with an address from Fr. Patrick Rodriguez, Director of FMCI. The event picked up pace throughout the night and climaxed with a mind-blowing performance by bands: Sea Seven and Diversion Effect which drove the crowd into a frenzy. The

Mangalore, May 24: The complaint filed by ASI of Pandeshwar police station Srikala against Mangalore South division Assistant Commissioner of Police T R Jagannath took a new turn with the complainant raising the issue of mental and physical harassment with the Women's Commission. The complaint filed with the women's commission came as a surprise because couple of days ago, the Commissioner of

Bantwal, May 24: Two persons suffered severe injuries when a bus hit three other vehicles owing to negligence of the bus driver, on Thursday evening at Kodaje near Mani. Unaid and Kasturi Shankar are the two injured. Mahesh Bus, which was bound from Mangalore, collided with a car which was plying from Puttur, at Kodaje. Due to this collision, two cars, which were right behind this car too ran into

Bangalore, May 24: Karnataka with a population of over 6.10 crore occupies ninth position in population size among all states and union territories and accounts for 5.05 percent of country's population of 121 crore in 2011, as per the Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of 2011. Of the 6,10,95,297 persons enumerated in the state, 3,09,66,657 are males and 3,01,28,640 females, Director Census Operations

Mangalore, may 24: The first consignment of cargo of machinery spares was exported to Dubai from the Mangalore International Airport Air Cargo Complex on Thursday at 2 pm. The cargo was transported using Air India Express IX 383. J.T. Radhakrishna, Director, Mangalore International Airport and Custodian of Mangalore International Air Cargo Complex, said that the first consignment of around 500 kg

New Delhi, May 23: In the wake of National Investigation Agency filing charge sheet against four members of extremist Hindutva groups for the 2006 Malegaon blasts, the Union Government of India has promised to take necessary steps to stop harassment of innocent Muslims while tackling terror. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh on Thursday described "extremely unfortunate" the arrest of nine

New Delhi, May 23: As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia in the next one-and-half months and ten officials have been despatched to the kingdom to help the Indian mission prepare emergency certificates for their exit, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday. "As of now, 56,700 Indians have registered with the Indian mission for getting exit permits as they

Bangalore, May 23: A telephone call about a bomb being planted in the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) today created panic with the staff and the students being evacuated from the building but it turned out to be hoax. The call received at the IIMB reception at 12 noon sent the staff into a tizzy and in no time the building was evacuated as there was skeletal staff and very few

Bangalore, May 23: The Congress-led Karnataka government would construct a Rs 90 crore 'Aarogya Soudha' here to house all offices coming under the Health and Family Welfare Department. Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader said such an initiative would enhance efficiency of the department and promote teamwork. Officials said it would be a nine-storey "green" building for which four acres

Mumbai, May 23: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its charge sheet against four men, accused in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case, before a Special MCOCA court, officials said. The charge sheet, filed before Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court Judge Prithviraj Chavan has named Lokesh Sharma, Dhan Singh, Rajendra Choudhary and Manohar Narwaria, who were