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Mangaluru, Nov 12: Harikrishna Bantwal, the confidante of former union minister B Janardhana Poojary, has formally embraced the Bharatiya Janata Party nearly two years after he was expelled from the Congress on charge of anti-party activities. The Billava community stalwart, who officially joined the saffron party during BJP’s public meet held at BC Road in Bantwal on Saturday as part of Karnataka

Udupi, Nov 12: Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, had to pay a fine of Rs 100 for riding a motorbike without a helmet in his home district. Mr Madhwaraj, who is also the district in-charge minister of Udupi, rode a motorbike at Karje village for a few minutes recently. The video-clippings of Mr. Madhwaraj riding the motorbike without helmet went viral on the

Mangaluru, Nov 19: Intensifying anti-drug drive, the Mangaluru city police have arrested two more persons and seized 11.7 kg of ganja from them. Acting on a tip off, sleuths of the Mangaluru East Police, raided an old building near the old Mangaluru Rural Police Station and seized the contraband. The police gave the names of the arrested persons as P. Raghu, 36, and Prakash, 26, both from Belur in

Bengaluru, Nov 12: In an unexpected development, the Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy has claimed that the SIT has solid leads on the killers of Gauri Lankesh and an arrest is imminent. Lankesh was shot deadby unidentified assailants outside her home on September 6. "The SIT knows it all. They are collecting more evidence. I assure you that arrests will be made within weeks. The case will

Bengaluru, Nov 12: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday charged that the state government was collecting around Rs 200 crore every month at transport checkposts using hired goondas. He accused the Congress government of collecting thousands of crores of rupees to fund the upcoming Assembly elections. Speaking to reporters here, Kumaraswamy said if the government does not shut down the

Moodbidri, Nov 12: A festive atmosphere prevailed in Moodbidri on Saturday as the town hosted slush-track buffalo race 'kambala' after a gap of over one year. Koti Chennaya Jodu Kare (double track) 'kambala' began for 24 hours at Kadalakere in Moodbidri at 8.30 a.m. The event was inaugurated by Alangaru temple chief priest Ishwar Bhat. Koti Chenniah Jodukare Kambala Samithi president and MLA

Bantwal, Nov 11: K S Eshwarappa, Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, on Saturday dared the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to ban circumcision, a common practice among Muslims, before trying to end superstitious practices of Hindu society. This is one of the dozens of bizarre statements made by the hardcore Hindutva leader during his public address at BC Road town in Bantwal

Mangaluru, Nov 11: Two trouble mongers have been arrested by the Mangaluru city police for allegedly posting derogatory comment on Facebook and giving death threat to Mangaluru North MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava. Ashwath Kumar (27), an interior designer, resident of Kodialbail and Yatish A (28), an employee of a finance company and resident of Peruvai are the arrested. Police said the residents’

Mangaluru, Nov 11: A dead body of a man was found near the Kankanady Railway Station in the city on Saturday morning creating panic among the locals. It is learnt that a passerby noticed the body of around 40-year-old man and immediately informed the police. The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. Police are of the suspicion that some miscreants might have murdered the man by

On November 11 every year, India celebrates the National Education Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a prominent freedom fighter and first education minister of independent India, who played a crucial role in synthesizing Muslims and Hindus of the country by exposing the divide-and-rule policy of the British. In the independent country, the focus on education was