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Chikkaballapur, Oct 10: The deep-rooted caste system in society may severly hit the successful implemenation of the newly launched “Mathru Poorna” scheme. Under the scheme, anganwadi workers have to cook and serve nutritious food to pregnant and lactating women at anganwadi centres. Of the 1,961 anganwadi centres in Chikkaballapur district, the beneficiaries of “Mathru Poorna” at more than 350

Bengaluru, Oct 10: Higher Education Minister Basvaraj Rayaraddi has clarified that the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) would not be closed down. Addressing presspersons here, the minister blamed the Centre and the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the present predicament of the KSOU. “Although the State government is trying to revive the university, the Union government and the UGC are

Bengaluru, Oct 10: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has said that the JD(S) has enough candidates to field in all the 28 Parliament and 224 Assembly segments. Speaking to media persons in the city, he said that those aspiring to contest the next Assembly elections on the JD(S) ticket have been given one month’s time to prove their mettle in their constituencies. Ticket has been assured for all

Bengaluru, Oct 10: A young software engineer with Accenture was stabbed to death by two bike-borne men near Chocolate Factory, Tavarekere main road, south Bengaluru, around 3am on Monday. Pranay Mishra, from Bhubaneswar and a resident of Tavarekere, was on his way to meet his girlfriend and colleague who stayed in the neighbourhood when he was killed. According to the police, Pranay had been to a

Mangaluru, Oct 10: Accusing Bharatiya Janata Party of to create a communal divide through blatant lies in Karnataka, forest minister B Ramanath Rai said that the leaders of the saffron party lack moral right to target Congress. Speaking to media persons in the city, he said that the BJP was targeting the state's Congress government with blatant lies in the absence of any concrete issues. "BJP

Mangaluru, Oct 9: Kavitha Sanil, the Mayor of Mangaluru City Corporation disconnected water supply to an apartment at Pinto Garden Road near Mary Hill in the city on Monday. The apartment neither had a completion certificate nor had they paid tax to the civic body. Further, it had also flouted rules that mandated Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). There are 24 flats in the apartment but none were given

Pathnamthitta, Oct 9: Yedu Krishnan scripted history today by becoming the first Dalit priest in Kerala to assume duties at the sanctum sanctorum of the Manappuram Lord Shiva Temple at nearby Thiruvalla. In a landmark step, 36 non-brahmins were recently recommended for appointment in various temples under the Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages at least 1,248 shrines in the state, including

Mangaluru, Oct 9: the Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Natekal, Mangaluru has reached a collaboration agreement with Precision Orthopaedics, Texas, USA in providing a Knowledge Exchange Programme and Training in the field of Joint Replacement Surgery. This programme is in association with The Canara Orthopaedic Society, Mangaluru. Dr Jalaluddeen M V, Head, Dept of Orthopaedics, KIMS

Mangaluru, Oct 9: Expressing concern over prevalent drug menace in coastal Karnataka, Indian Youth Congress has urged the Inspector-General of Police (Western Range) Hemant Nimbalkar to take appropriate steps to save the youth from the menace and control illegalities at skill games and massage parlours. Headed by KPCC general secretary P V Mohan, a delegation of the Dakshina Kannada district of

Bengaluru, Oct 9: The Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka has resorted to the damage control mode after a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report officially confirmed the voice of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and Union minister Ananth Kumar in a video clip in which they were heard discussing about the payment of kickback to the party high-command. Raising question about the reliability