Karnataka

Bengaluru, Feb 5: An indigenously developed army helicopter ALH ‘Rudra’ Mk IV today made an emergency landing on a agriculture field at Tataguppe village near Kaggalipura in Ramanagara district of Karnataka on Tuesday afternoon, reportedly due to a technical snag, and both the pilots on board escaped unhurt. Sources said that the the army version of Advanced Light Helicopter, with combat

Mysuru, Feb 5: JDS T Narasipura MLA Ashwin Kumar clarified that he will remain in JDS and whatever the news about his joining BJP is baseless. Speaking to media here on Tuesday, he said that he will not quit JD(S) under any circumstances and will not fall prey to BJP's 'Operation Kamal'. “All the 37 MLAs of JD(S) are like soldiers. Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy gave me a political life and I will

New Delhi, Feb 5: Two days after one of its passengers found a cockroach in the food served aboard a Bhopal-Mumbai flight, Air India today apologised and said it has initiated "corrective action internally". "We sincerely apologise for the incident where our valued pax (passenger) had a disappointing experience with the meal served on board our Bhopal-Mumbai flight. Air India always endeavours to

Mangaluru, Feb 5: On its maiden voyage, Vessel MT Cielo Di Houston called at New Mangalore Port on Saturday. The Liberia flagged vessel came with ballast from Port of Singapore. The vessel was loaded with 65,000 tons of high speed diesel exported by Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited. The length of the vessel is 228 meters with a beam of 36 meters. She sailed on 3rd February 2019

Mangaluru, Feb 5: Mangalore Institute of Oncology (MIO), the city based superspeciality cancer hospital conducted a walkathon to commemorate the World Cancer Day. The program was planned and organized in accordance to the objectives of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) on raising awareness on cancer through the theme ‘I am, I will’ in the general public. The emphasis was on “we”

Bengaluru, Feb 5: Anil Francis, the 150th accused in the paper leak scam, who was ‘convinced’ to fly down from Sharjah to India, had allegedly sold the papers for ₹17 lakh to one of the accused, Ameer Ahmed. Ameer is from Davanagere and owns a travel agency. The two connected on Facebook through a common friend last year. As he was a security guard for the Udipi unit of Manipal Technologies, which

Bengaluru, Feb 5: Water resources minister DK Shivakumar has moved the high court, challenging the prosecution launched against him by the income tax department for wilfully attempting to evade tax and filling false I-T statement. In his petition, the minister claimed the May 28, 2018, sanction for prosecution granted by the principal director (investigation) of the I-T department to the deputy

Bengaluru, Feb 5: The Mandya Lok Sabha seat has become the centre of a tug-of-war between allies JD(S) and Congress, with strong opposition growing to the candidature of Sumalatha, widow of former minister and actor MH Ambareesh, from JD(S) workers. While chief minister HD Kumaraswamy questioned Sumalatha’s contribution to the Mandya Lok Sabha seat, once represented by Ambareesh, JD(S) MLC KT

Hubballi, Feb 5: A pair of astrologershas predicted state BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa will become the chief minister within a month. Vidwan Ganesh Hegde and Pavan Joshi claimed they have studied the horoscope of the BJP leader and insist Yeddyurappa will be installed as CM by March 5. They said if their prediction fails, they will quit personal consultations. On Monday, both claimed they’d been

Mangaluru, Feb 4: Alert Customs officials have arrested two passengers and seized Rs 15.81 lakhs worth gold from them on their arrival at the International Airport here recently. Sources said that while 358 gram gold was seized when a passenger, who arrived from Dubai by Spice Jet flight, when he tried to smuggle the yellow metal by converting it as foils and another passenger, also from Dubai