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Bengaluru, Jan 18: Veteran Kannada film actor, director and producer Kashinath died on Thursday morning at a private hospital, here. He was from Koteshwara of Kundapur, Udupi district. Kashinath, who became famous for double entendres and gave a different dimension to Kannada film industry, was suffering from cancer. He was admitted to Shankara Cancer Hospital two days ago where he breathed his

The Airport Authority of India plans to have a national strategy for airports development and formulation of model concession agreements amid growing passenger traffic, which is expected to touch 322 million in 2018-19, according to its chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra. Pursuing ambitious expansion plans, the AAI is preparing to commence "mega projects of new terminal buildings" at 14 aerodromes this

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday instructed the police top brass to improve intelligence gathering. Chairing the annual police officers' meeting at the police headquarters here, he said the murders of Deepak Rao and Basheer in Mangaluru could have been averted with proper intelligence inputs. The murders acquired political and communal overtones, and the Congress

Bengaluru Jan 17: The Congress mounted an attack on Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde over his remarks on writers. Hegde faced flak especially for his take on Jnanapith awardee, Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, whose ideas he seemingly mocked without naming him at a Skill India event in Belagavi. He mocked the philosophy of "be a human first..." that is often attributed to Kuvempu. Hegde also went on to say

Mangaluru, Jan 17: Welcoming the Union government's decision to withdraw Haj subsidy, Congress leader and Karnataka’s Minister for food and civil supplies UT Khader on Wednesday said that only the agents were benefitting by the subsidy, and not the people. Speaking to reporters here, Khader said that only the agencies which arranged Haj tours for Muslims made money out of Haj subsidy scheme. "I

Bengaluru, Jan 17: A dawn-to-dusk Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits on January 25 to press for the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Mahadayi river water sharing row between the state and neighbouring Goa is likely to throw normal life out of gear in many parts of the state. Several pro-Kannada organisations on Wednesday extended their support to the Karnataka bandh

Mangaluru, Jan 17: Madhu Goud Yaskhi, former New York City Attorney and two times Congress MP from Telangana, on Wednesday inaugurated the Mangalore Physioncon 2018 at town hall in the city. Speaking on the occasion, he underlined the necessity of state having its own physiotherapy council to strengthen research and education in physiotherapy, and promised his full support for the cause. U T

Anant Kumar Hegde, the hardline Hindutva leader and Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde, who had recently stirred a controversy with his call for changing the Constitution and objectionable remarks mocking secularists, had to face the wrath of activists in Kalaburagi on Wednesday. Hundreds of activists associated with various organisations including dalit, farmer, labour and women outfits attempted

Bengaluru, Jan 16: The Minority wing of the All India Congress Committee has urged the Muslims in Karnataka not to allow not to allow Democratic Party of India and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen to indirectly help Bharatiya Janata Party in upcoming elections. Speaking at a convention of Congress' minority workers in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Minority Wing chairperson Khurshid Ahmed Saiyed

Ahmedabad, Jan 16: In a major embarrassment to self-styled Hindutva Samrat Pravin Togadia, The Gujarat police has revealed that the Vishwa Hindu Parishad international working president faked illness and staged a ‘lost-and-found’ drama to mislead people and police. The police also dismissed Togadia’s allegation that there is a threat to his life. Togadia had alleged that he fell unconscious while