Mangaluru: “There is irregularity in bill payments of five Indira canteens from the City Corporation and the Labour department. Though only 150 customers visit each Indira canteen every day, the contractors have been getting the payment for 500 customers”, alleged city corporation opposition leader Premananda Shetty.

Dubai: An Indian expatriate on Thursday won 15 million dirhams in the Big Ticket raffle at the Abu Dhabi airport.

New Delhi: Gujarat FortuneGiants gave a strong, dominating performance in the Qualifier 2 taking place in Mumbai on Thursday to defeat UP Yoddha 38-31. With the win, they booked their spot in the final of the sixth season of Pro Kabaddi.

Bengaluru: KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao said that some vested interests have been conspiring to finish former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi politically for which some people have been tarnishing his image.

Jaipur: International Hindu Parishad president Pravin Togadia Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "betraying" the people of country by making tall promises but failing to fulfil them.

Thiruvananthapuram: With media personnel being attacked at various districts during the 12 hour hartal by saffron outfits against entry of two women in their 40s into Sabarimala temple,the Kerala Union of Working Journalists Thursday decided to boycott BJP and Sabarimala Karma Samithi.

Mangaluru: Former minister B Ramanath Rai said that the day of erasing the board of the Vijaya Bank, the prestigious bank of the district, and its merger with the Bank of Baroda would be the black day for the Dakshina Kannada district.

Kasaragod: Two motor-bike-borne miscreants attacked a BJP leader with lethal weapons and fled the scene here on Thursday afternoon.