Mangaluru: A new express train between Bengaluru and Mangaluru has been flagged off on Thursday.

Mangaluru: Heavy smoke filled at 'City Center' shopping mall when fire broke out at its fourth floor today afternoon.  

The category of people that claims to pay ‘taxes’ is always somewhat averse to the aspect of loan waiver of the farmers. They force the farmers to stand in the position of criminals by saying they squander the resources of the country by way of misusing the loan waiver facility, hence forcing the banks to wallow in bad debts. The central government that has given entire control of banks to corporate sector, has maintained stoic and cruel silence in the case of farmer loan waiver. If we begin to find answers to the question of whether we are really in bad debts owing to farmer loans, the answer lies in the fact that corporates are misusing the banks by looting them and shifting the whole blame on farmers.

The Supreme Court Thursday said that it would consider listing of a plea seeking review of its verdict in the Rafale case.

The apex court on December 14 last year dismissed a clutch of PILs, including the one filed by former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and lawyer Prashant Bhushan, saying there was "no occasion to doubt" the decision-making process of the Centre in the procurement of 36 Rafale jets from France.

Udupi district SP Laxman Nimbargi has been transferred with immediate effect. Laxman Nimbargi, who was recognized as an strict police officer, has been transferred as Bengaluru Police Wireless SP.

In a tragic incident, four persons of a family charred to death when a car they were traveling in caught fire after it rammed into a roadside building at Channarayanapattana near Hassan.

 A six-year-old boy trapped in a 200 feet deep borewell in Pune district was rescued Thursday after a 16-hour-long operation involving police and disaster response personnel.

The farmers' long march from Nashik to Mumbai will continue after their leaders' late night parleys with Maharashtra government to address their demands remained inconclusive, the march organisers said Thursday.