Renowned contemporary dance company Nritarutya and global music phenomenon Raghu Dixit have received the incredible honour of performing for Her Majesty The Queen of England and His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh for the spectacular Diamond Jubilee Pageant.

BANGALORE: All the inhibitions and strangeness melted away as India’s ‘Missileman’, who rose on the wings of fire to fame and ignited millions of minds across the globe, welcomed Team Express at Raj Bhavan’s palatial suite for an informal chat.

Bangalore: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said it will be ready to launch 4G service in Bangalore in the next 30 days.

Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court has ruled that life sentence can be a ground to grant divorce.

BANGALORE: The state government may give 500 acres of land in Bidar to the defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to set up its advanced utility helicopter (AUH) manufacturing unit.

Thiruvananthapuram: Devout Hindus here on Saturday heralded Vishu, the Kerala new year, with traditional cultural fervour with people visiting temples in the mornig. Crowds gathered at the famed Sabarimala, Guruvayoor, Sree Padmanabha Swamy temples since early morning. The most important event of the day starts with the 'Vishukani darshan' , the auspicious sight of their favourite deity.

An earthquake measuring magnitude 4.9 on the Richter scale shook Gujarat''s Rann of Kutch region at around 9 a.m. on Saturday.

Mild tremors were also felt in several areas of Maharashtra. Tremors were felt in Pune, Satara and Navi Mumbai.

No casualties have been reported so far.

Further details into the incident are awaited. (ANI)

Twitter was abuzz with remarks on the earthquake. Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, "Earthquake in Mumbai!! Did you feel it... I did! Shutters and building shook twice for few seconds... All good here... all else?"

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Karwar: Foreign tourists in Gokarna have taken up the initiative to clean the garbage around the famous Gokarna Temple, which has the Atma Linga of Lord Shiva.

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Bangalore: The famous Mde Made Snana which was practiced at Kukke Subrahmaya Temple is about to be banned by the State government.

Raju Ananthaswamy displayed great musical aptitude from a young age and began playing tabla in his father’s troupe. In addition to tabla, he could play a variety of other musical instruments including the guitar, mandolin and keyboard.