French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Bangalore on Saturday on the first leg of his four—day visit that will seek to strengthen bilateral ties in key areas of space and civil nuclear cooperation. Mr. Sarkozy is accompanied by his singer-model wife Carla Bruni and a high-level delegation, including several key ministers of his Cabinet and senior officials.

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UDUPI : It has been reported that the Padubidri and Kaup Police have committed atrocities on two innocent youth after picking them up from a public place and then detaining them in a government bungalow. The two youth namely Imran (21) and Mohammad Shameem (22) of Polya in Uchila village have been admitted to Udupi

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Shankerpura : The tragic story of a PUC student from an agriculturist family having drowned in an protected well near her home has been reported from Kurkal-Subhashnagar, near here on Friday morning. Megha Shetty (18), daughter of Shobha Shetty and II PUC student of St John’s PU College, Shankarpura, after working in the agricultural farm, was in a hurry to go to college. As she was washing her face in the nearby open well, she reportedly slipped and fell into it

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Kenya was yesterday reeling from the dawning reality that in slightly over a fortnight, some of its elite leaders would be international outlaws. Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo’s most emphatic statement yet - that December 17 will mark a turning point in the quest for justice over the 2007 post-election violence and that the leaders will face trial in 2012, thereby effectively locking them out of leadership - has created unprecedented anxiety and panic.

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Some 400 people rallied in the Goan capital of Panaji to condemn the Portuguese conquest. A Hindu-based “patriotic citizens” group in Goa has sought local archbishop’s support to condemn Portuguese, who ruled the western Indian state for 451 years. It was the 500th anniversary of Portuguese conquest of Goa. They carried placards and shouted slogans condemning imperialism.

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A bishop in eastern India says the “first miracle” in his diocese has strengthened his people’s faith and attracted people of other religions. “Our people are overjoyed at the first public miracle,” Bishop Stephen Lepcha of Darjeeling told ucanews.com on Nov. 26. “This has strengthened the faith of the people,” he added. The bishop said the “miracle” occurred Nov. 20 when a priest and two couples preached a retreat for some novices of Claritian congregation at Dirnberger Niketan, Sonada, in West Bengal state.

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MANGALORE: Politicians rarely deliver on their assurances. But former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, at least in this case, has delivered on what he promised. Last Sunday HDK had assured Vijayalaxmi Shetty (32), who lost control over her upper and lower limbs after a fall she sustained 40 days back, that he would do his mite to help rehabilitate her family apart from paying her medical expenses to a certain extent.

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NEW DELHI - Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has vowed never to visit to India again after being denied a visa by the Indian government, a report said Friday. “I have no words to explain my disappointment,” Musharraf was quoted as telling The Indian Express newspaper by telephone from his home in Dubai.

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In the cockpit, the pilots watched as emergency warning messages filled a computer screen- There was an “overheat” warning in the Number 2 engine, followed by a “fire” warning. The wing slats were inoperative and the plane’s auto-thrust and auto-land weren’t working. There were warnings about the brakes and landing gear, the engine’s anti-ice mechanism, the plane’s centre of gravity.

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"To facilitate an impartial probe by Lokayukta, Katta Subramanya Naidu has resigned from the ministry today. I have forwarded it to Governor H R Bhardwaj for acceptance", Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa told reporters here.

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Even as the former Communications Minister, A. Raja, defended the 2G spectrum allocation policy, the Supreme Court on Thursday felt that the tenor of his reply to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s letters, prima facie, amounted to disrespect.

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Massive street parties broke out across the country yesterday evening after FIFA made the announcement awarding Qatar the hosting rights of 2022 World Cup.

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Obituary: Mrs Rufina Baretto Age 83 KolalGiri W/o late Mark Baretto, M/o Winniefred/Cloud, Milton/Cathereine, Apoline/Richard, Ivan/Jyothi, Veeda/Sabestine, Francis/Late, Cynthia, Sister of Sr Josphine (Bethany) Philomena/ Anthony,

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NEW DELHI: In yet another Wikileaks disclosure, which could lead to awkwardness in Indo-US relations, a leaked cable suggests that the US might have tried to not just suppress information related to involvement of Pakistani agencies in 26/11 but also defend ISI.

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Nagpur: BJP president Nitin Gadkari has spent a whopping Rs 20 crore on his son’s wedding on Thursday (Nov 2). Of this, Rs one crore was spent on invitation cards alone, says a media report. Gadkari’s son Nikhil looks after his father’s Poorti Group which has a Rs 600 crore turnover, while wife Rituja Pathak is a hotel management graduate.

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Section 498A was inserted in Indian Penal Code in 1983 to protect married Indian women from cruelty, including dowry harassment. The offence under this section is cognizable, non-bailable, non-compoundable with provision to lodge a complaint against the husband or any relative of the husband of the women.

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IT firm Tata Consultancy Services [ Get Quote ] said on Thursday it has opened new business process outsourcing centre in Philippines. This is the company’s first business process outsourcing centre in the South-East Asia and the latest addition to the company’s Global Network Delivery Model, Tata Consultancy Services said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange

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MUMBAI: Breaking records is almost a way of life for 30-year-old Mumbai boy Ashish Goyal. He was the first blind student to make it to Wharton Business School, Philadelphia, four years ago. If that isn’t enough, Ashish cleared his MBA with honours and went on to win the Joseph P Wharton award,

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In the aftermath of 26/11, diplomats from U.S., Australia, New Zealand, U.K. and Canada had decided not to get “sucked into” the Indo-Pak blame game and stop short of blasting India on the huge intelligence failure, disclosures by WikiLeaks show, according to New Zealand media. A confidential cable released by WikiLeaks relating to the Mumbai terror attack relates to the international response to the deadly incident that killed 183 people, including foreigners.

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Leaving the house on an empty stomach increases the risk of potentially deadly heart disease, says a new research. It shows that regularly skipping breakfast leads to obesity, larger fat stores around the stomach and higher cholesterol levels – all major risk factors for heart disease, reports the Daily Mail . It also triggers higher insulin levels in the blood, a warning sign that diabetes could soon set in.

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