Bengaluru : In an early morning train accident near Bengaluru, 11 passengers have died and many injured after coaches of Ernakulam-bound Bengaluru City-Ernakulam Intercity express (Train no. 12677) derailed on the city’s outskirts. The accident has been reported at Belagondapalli near Anekal town on the city’s outskirts around 7.35 a.m. Railway sources said that nine […]
The death was reported on Monday and following investigations the Palike confirmed that it was a case of swine flu. The deceased was identified as Prema, a 51-year-old resident of Subbanna Gardens near Vijayanagar. She succumbed to the flu on February 9 at Apollo Hospitals where she was admitted for treatment, said a BBMP Official. […]
Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court on Friday upheld the state government’s decision to ban Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia’s entry in Bengaluru. “The Commissioner of Police has said that Praveen Togadia will not enter the city. We have challenged this order in the High Court. This is maintainable with petition. After listening […]
New Delhi : Narendra Modi honoured Barack Obama as his chief guest Monday at India’s Republic Day parade and then rolled out the welcome mat to US businesses in a further warming of ties between the world’s largest democracies. The rain which fell for much of the two-hour showcase of military might and cultural diversity […]
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world’s top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by state television. King Salman has named his half-brother Muqrin as his crown prince and heir. “His Highness Salman bin Abdulaziz […]
Paris: Masked gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar!” stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing 12 people including the editor and a cartoonist before escaping. It was France’s deadliest terror attack in at least two decades. With a manhunt on, French President Francois Hollande called the attack on the Charlie Hebdo weekly, whose caricatures […]
Hyderabad : An advocate has filed a petition in a local court against New England Brewing Company accusing it of insulting Indian Constitution and Mahatma Gandhi by printing his images on its beer bottles. In the petition before XI Metropolitan Magistrate, Cyberabad, Sunkari Janardhan Goud submitted that Gandhi’s image on the alcohol cans and description […]
New Delhi : In a mid-sea operation that probably averted a 26/11-like terror attack, a suspected Pakistani fishing boat carrying explosives was intercepted by the Coast Guards in the Arabian Sea but the four occupants on board set the vessel afire and exploded it before it sank with them. The incident, which resembled the operation […]
New Delhi : Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and educationist Madan Mohan Malviya were today chosen for the country’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna. The announcement came ahead of Vajpayee’s 90th birthday on 25 Dec. “The President has been pleased to award Bharat Ratna to Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya (posthumously) and to Atal Bihari […]
Mysuru: It is one of those freak surprises thrown by nature. A goat at the Solapur hamlet in H.D. Kote taluk in Karnataka has given birth to two stillborn kids on Monday with a striking resemblance to a human face. The goat gave birth to first human-like still-born kid at around 6.30 am. Five hours […]
