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Mangaluru, Aug 30: A total of 250 candidates are contesting the three urban local bodies in Ullal, Bantwal and Puttur that are going to the polls tomorrow (Friday, August 31) in Dakshina Kannada district. The government has declared public holiday for all offices and establishments within the jurisdiction of Ullal and Puttur city municipal councils and Bantwal Town Municipal Council to enable

Udupi, Aug 30: Congress leader and former minister Pramod Madhwaraj has urged the people not to forget the development works carried out by the Congress in the city in last five years unlike the previous BJP administration. Speaking to media persons here, Madhwaraj also accused the BJP was misleading people on the achievements of the Congress in Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) in the last five

Manjeshwar, Aug 30: Students and the Parent-Teacher Association of Government Higher Secondary School, Mangalpady, near Manjeshwar, finally heaved a sigh of relief after a non-Kannada mathematics teacher opted to go on leave from Wednesday following resentment over his posting to the school. Appointment of the teacher from Malappuram as High School Assistant (Mathematics-Kannada) on July 23 as per

Bengaluru, Aug 30: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy completes 100 days in office today. But there is no enthusiasm among the party cadre and the celebration is muted across the state. Apart from the lack of coordination, and mutual distrust between the coalition partners, the recent floods in Kodagu and neighbouring districts, and unending draught in parts of the state have dampened the

Hubballi, Aug 30: Even though the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing into the assassination of rationalist thinker Prof. Malleshappa Madivalappa Kalburgi (M M Kalburgi) has made some headway, several questions in the case have remained unanswered. It has been three years since Prof Kalburgi was shot dead at his Kalyananagar house in Dharwad on August 30, 2015. An unidentified man had

Bengaluru, Aug 30: A double graduate from the coastal district of Udupi has been detained by the police for allegedly issuing a series of bomb threats to the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) and KSR City railway station in a week through telephone. The accused has been identified as K Aditya Rao (34), a resident of Manipal in Udupi district. He holds a bachelor degree in mechanical

Bengaluru, Aug 30: In an effort to cut costs incurred on hiring private vehicles for officials’ day-to-day use, the state government is considering using cab aggregators like Ola and Uber. The move comes after CM HD Kumaraswamy’s instructions on cutting down government expenditure to mobilise funds for his big-ticket Rs 40,000-crore farm loan waiver. Chief secretary MT Vijaya Bhaskar has asked the

Bengaluru, Aug 29: Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa today alleged that the H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition government was tapping his phone, and also those of other BJP leaders. At the party joining event of Congress senior leader Baburao Chinchansoor, Yeddyurappa went on to claim that former chief minister Siddaramaiah’s phone was also being tapped. “Forget my phone being tapped, the Kumaraswamy

Mysuru, Aug 29: Amidst reports that Mysuru Dasara festivities are likely to be scaled down this year in view of the Kodagu floods and the drought-like situation in 65 taluks in Karnataka, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has clarified that government will celebrate the annual festival with all tradition fervour and there will be events to promote tourism beyond the Navaratri festivities. Speaking to

Bengaluru, Aug 29: Debunking speculation that Congress leader Siddaramaiah was trying to destabilise the coalition government, chief minister Kumaraswamy has said that the former extended all the support for the smooth functioning of the government. “It is only because of Siddaramaiah that we are running a secure government. He will not give any sort of support for such destabilising activities