Udupi: In an incident reported on Monday evening near Kannarpadi-Kadekar in Udupi a car was swept off a flooded road, though all three passengers miraculously escaped without injuries.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday directed officials to cancel 'Below Poverty Line' ration cards held by those ineligible, pointing out that 80 per cent of the state's population have them.
Mumbai: The 'wagh nakh' or tiger claw shaped weapon of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that the Maharashtra government intends to bring from a museum in London is not "original", historian Indrajit Sawant said on Monday and asserted the one used by the legendary emperor remains in the state's Satara itself.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed condolences to Ullal Qazi, Koorath Thangal son of late Shaikhuna Tajul Ulama Assayed Abdurrahman Al Bukhari, who passed away on Monday morning, June 8.
Imphal: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Manipur to give solace to the ethnic violence-affected people of the state.
Mumbai: An 84-year-old Parkinson's disease-affected woman had to wait for over three hours for a wheelchair at the tarmac of Delhi airport after her arrival from Jaipur on an Alliance Air flight on Sunday, an incident which the airline said is being investigated.
Kasaragod: A school bus overturned and fell into a roadside ditch after the driver lost control while traveling from Seethangoli to Perla at Badoor in Kasaragod district on Monday morning. The bus, belonging to Kunil School in Shiriya, was en route to pick up students when the accident occurred.
Mangaluru: The Muslim community is mourning the unexpected demise of Assayed Fazal Koyamma Thangal Koorath, the spiritual leader of the Coastal Muslim Community and Ullal Khazi. Speaker U T Khadar expressed his shock and sorrow over the news while addressing the media after paying his last respects to Koorath Thangal at his residence in Ettikulam near Payyannur on Monday.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to frame a model policy on menstrual leave for women employees by holding consultations with states and other stakeholders.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Monday said the situation now doesn't call for declaring dengue as a "medical emergency" in the state, as he rejected the suggestion made by the opposition BJP.
