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Modi woos investors in Karnataka, markets brand Gujarat

Wooing investors in Karnataka Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi showcased the state as an ideal investment destination, offering enormous opportunities in various sectors, including textiles and cement, while addressing business houses, institutions and organisations today.

Yeddyurappa may get kin to surrender lands to retain chair

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, facing charges of land allotments to his family members, Thursday asserted he will complete his term amid mounting speculation that he may get the lands surrendered to retain the chair. The speculation followed reports that senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders met in Delhi to discuss the fallout of the growing evidence of favoured land allotments by Yeddyurappa to his sons, daughter, son-in-law, sister and her son

Fire breaks out at Bandra highrise in Mumbai

MUMBAI: A major fire broke out on Thursday afternoon in a highrise in suburban Bandra, fire officials said. "A fire broke out in the 10-storeyed Aarma Fort building on Anant Kanekar Marg near Bandra skywalk at 1340 hours," a fire official said.

Obituary: Eveline Quadros (92) W/o Late Xavier Quadros (Moodukudru, Kallianpur)

Mother of Jessie/Ignatiues Rebello, Nelly/ Late Noel Quadros, Lenny/Valerian Ferrao, Stany/Norine Quadros, Helen/Domnic Saldhana , Lesly Richard/Elnora Quadros Grand Mother of 10 Grand Children and Great Grand Mother of 6 Great Grand children.

India deploying coastal surveillance system

Bangalore: India is installing along its long coastline a sophisticated surveillance system capable of tracking movements as distant as 20 kms in the sea with a command and control centre in Delhi from where the entire coast can be monitored, officials said here.

Indian rowers script history, win two silver medals for first time in 12 years

NEW DELHI: Indian rowers scripted history after settling for two sliver medals for the first time in 12 years in the men’s four and men’s lightweight four events respectively on the sixth day of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. India’s Anil Kumar, Saji Thomas, Ranjit Singh and Jenil Krishnan claimed the silver medal in the men’s four event. China won the gold while Uzbekistan took the bronze.

50 Business Correspondents to cover 50 villages in Udupi

The Union government has entrusted Syndicate Bank to bring 1,620 villages under financial inclusion by 2012, said Syndicate Bank General Manager K Devananda Upadhyaya.

Applications invited for TIS programme

After the successful completion of IT job fair, Karnataka Vocational Training and Skill Development Corporation (KVT-SDC) announces free sponsorship for Training and Placement Programme at RiiiT, Mysore.

Regulator sends notice to airlines over exorbitant fares

NEW DELHI: Acting on a TOI report highlighting how airfares have skyrocketed in the past few days, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday issued notices to all airline CEOs asking them to explain why travellers were being charged excessive fares. The notice came after

Yeddyurappa says cabinet to decide on land deals probe

As allegations of favoured land allotments to his relatives surfaced, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Wednesday pledged in god’s name that he would not yield to any pressure in land deals.

ಉಡುಪಿ ಎಂಜಿಎಂ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಮಟ್ಟದ ನಾಟಕ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆ ಆರಂಭ

ಉಡುಪಿ: ರಂಗಭೂಮಿ ದಿ.ಡಾ.ಟಿ.ಎಂ.ಎ.ಪೈ, ದಿ.ಎಸ್‌.ಎಲ್‌.ನಾರಾಯಣ ಭಟ್‌, ದಿ.ಮಲ್ಪೆ ಮಧ್ವರಾಜ್‌ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ 31ನೆಯ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಟಕ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಯನ್ನು ನ.17ರಂದು ಎಂಜಿಎಂ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ನೂತನ ರವೀಂದ್ರ ಮಂಟಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿರಿಯ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತ, ವಿಮರ್ಶಕ ಎ.ಈಶ್ವರಯ್ಯನವರು ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಿ ಶುಭ ಕೋರಿದರು.

Mother Express in Bhopal

Children look at a poster of Mother Teresa in a special exhibition train at the Bhopal railway station yesterday. The Mother Express train was flagged off by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on August 26

Two boys met a watery grave in two separate incidents

Mulki : Two boys met a watery grave in two separate incidents reported from the Suzlon Rehabilitation Colony in Padubidri and in Mulki on November 13, Saturday. Amrith (12), a seventh standard student of Padubidri Board School and son of Krishna Poojari, a resident of the Suzlon rehabilitation colony who had been to swim

Please Pray for Martyrs, who Shed Blood for their Faith

We have received pictures of the recent horrifying slaughter which took place in Baghdad on October 31st. Two priests were killed as they celebrated holy MASS (ages 27 and 32 yrs old). One other priest was severely injured and is critical undergoing surgeries. The priests begged for their lives to be taken only so that the faithful would be spared but instead all were murdered, even the children who were present.

Adarsh housing scam: CBI likely to question Ashok Chavan

MUMBAI: The CBI is likely to question former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan in connection with his alleged role in the housing society scam here.

Talaq uttered by Muslim man on cellphone valid: Deoband

DEOBAND: Talaq uttered thrice by a Muslim man on a mobile phone will be considered valid even if his wife is unable to hear it all the three times due to network and other problems, a fresh fatwa has ruled. The fatwa was given by Darul-Ifta, the fatwa department of leading Sunni Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband, in reply to a query by a man.

Mumbai-Delhi airfare soars to Rs 35,000

NEW DELHI: If you are planning to fly from Delhi to Mumbai at short notice, get ready to shell out more than you would for a return ticket to, say, Dubai or Bangkok. Passengers buying tickets on the date of travel or a day or two earlier on this sector in the past few days have seen one-way fares

Probe panel confirms pilot error caused M’lore crash

Pilot error caused the Air India Express plane crash at Mangalore airport which killed 158 people, an inquiry has found. The final report of the inquiry committee which probed the incident says that the flight commander of the ill-fated Air Indian Express, which crashed on May 22,2010,

S.Africa’s Indian community celebrates 150 years

DURBAN, South Africa — South Africa’s Indian community celebrated its 150th anniversary Tuesday with prayer ceremonies on the spot where the first indentured servants from India came ashore in 1860. In one ceremony, about 40 men in white shirts and women in colourful saris set out in a boat from the eastern port city of Durban, throwing coconuts, bananas, oranges, apples

Rolls-Royce planning to swap engines

ROLLS-ROYCE is planning a new-for-old engine swap scheme as pressure mounts for a quick fix to the Airbus A380 engine crisis. The company has asked Airbus to return new engines from the aircraft assembly line in Toulouse, France so they can be forwarded to airlines for temporary swaps, the Associated Press reported, citing an official from an aviation regulator.