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Mangaluru, Mar 12: Following demand of local people, all four Indira Canteens in Mangaluru will now start providing boiled rice in addition to white rice. U T Khader, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, told media persons that many Mangalureans have complained that they cannot swallow white rice. “Many people have demanded boiled rice. Normally, people from Mangaluru prefer boiled rice, while

Two-time Independent member of the Rajya Sabha and media entrepreneur Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been announced as Bharatiya Janata Party’s sole candidate from Karnataka for March 23 biennial polls to the upper house. Mr. Chandrasekhar won twice in 2006 and 2012, both times taking additional votes from BJP and JD(S). In 2006, he won against Kannada writer U.R. Ananthamurthy. Active in Bengaluru’s

Bengaluru, Mar 12: In election-bound Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has fielded three Kannadigas in the Rajya Sabha polls by saying no to party high command suggested outsiders like Sam Pitroda and Janardhan Dwivedi. On Sunday, the Congress announced the names of former MLC L Hanumanthaiah, AICC spokesperson Naseer Hussain and KPCC general secretary G C Chandrashekar for the March 23 Rajya

Bengaluru Mar 12: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said that law and order situation in Karnataka has eroded during the Congress rule. "Karnataka is not safe in the hands of the Congress. In Bengaluru, a policeman's wife was attacked and her mangalasutra snatched - a tell tale comment of the state of affairs" Irani said at a Mahila Morcha event in Bommanahalli in

Kalaburagi, Mar 11: Congress veteran and Kalaburagi MP Mallikarjun Kharge has openly expressed dissatisfaction over Bidar (South) MLA Ashok Kheny's entry to the party. Addressing a media conference here on Sunday, the former union minister said: "I have no idea why Kheny has joined Congress. People who brought him into the party have to explain how the joining will benefit the party.” “I don't

Mangaluru: Stating that education is the biggest asset of an individual and community, U T Khader, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, said that girls should be imparted both religious and material education. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Siraat Academy for Girls held on Saturday, March 10, at Jamiyyatul Falah Auditorium, in Mangaluru. The Academy was

Tumakuru Mar 11: Setting aside personal differences, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC President Dr G Parameshwara put up a united front at the Janashirvada Yathre rally held at Koratagere, Tumakuru district, on Sunday. Addressing a rally of Congress party workers, Siddaramaiah stressed that Parameshwara must win the polls. "If Parameshwara wins, it is as good as AICC President Rahul Gandhi

Sirsi, Mar 11: Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde's personal assistant Suresh Shetty, has lodged a complaint at the Market police station here in Sirsi, stating that a false and accusatory Facebook post has been made against the minister. Prajakeeya party supporters have made a post in their Facebook account accusing Hegde of saying that he will bring down the statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda and

Bengaluru Mar 11: The SIT is contemplating to take K T Naveen Kumar, accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, to Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu, Belagavi and Goa to identify people he was in touch with. The SIT sought Kumar's police custody for five more days on Friday, after telling the court that he was an accused in Gauri's murder. Kumar had managed to obtain bail for the Arms Act case that he was

Udupi, Mar 11: Viswhesha Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of Pejawar Mutt, has deiced not to interfere in the issue of his Shiroor Mutt counterpart’s decision to take a political plunge by contesting in upcoming Karnataka assembly polls from Udupi constituency. Responding to queries of media persons, the Pejawar seer, who is who is the senior-most among the seers of the Ashta Mutts of Udupi, said