Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 1: Criticising the reported “instruction” of BJP president Amit Shah to its cadre to take political advantage of Sabarimala issue, actor Prakash Raj said here on Saturday that it revealed bad thinking process of the president of a national party. At the inauguration of two-day Jana Nudi literary convention organised by Abhimata, Mr. Raj, without directly naming the BJP or Mr. Shah

Mangaluru, Dec 1: Urban Development and Housing Minister U.T. Khader, who is also the in-charge Minister for Dakshina Kannada, on Friday opposed the move of the Union government to privatise Mangaluru International Airport through public-private partnership model. Mr. Khader was commenting on the decision of the Union government on November 8 to modernise Mangaluru and five other airports in the

Hassan, Dec 1: Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari laid foundation stones for three road works involving Rs 1,865 Crores here on Saturday. Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Minister for PWD H D Revanna were present on the occasion. The improvement and reconstruction of 125 km of NH 373, between Belur in Hassan and Bilikere near Mysuru will be taken up. The works include

Mangaluru, Dec 1: A mild tension prevailed at the venue of Jana Nudi, a literary meet organised by Abhimata in the city when a group of hardline Hindutva chauvinists created ruckus. The two-day event commenced at Shanti Kirana, in the city today. A group of miscreants, belonging to Hindu Jagarana Vedike gathered in front of the venue and started raising slogans against actor Prakash Rai who was a

Bengaluru, Dec 1: Karnataka is building conducive atmosphere to emerge as Startups Capital in the country, Minister for Industry K J George said here on Saturday. "Karnataka is always open for change of policy in tune with transformation of the emerging technologies", he added. Speaking at an interaction meeting on the day three of ongoing 'Karnataka Tech Summit', he said that “We are taking all

Newsroom: Running high on technologies, the United Arab Emirates is now planning to set a benchmark by building an underwater train between Fujairah and India’s commercial capital Mumbai. The total rail network will be less than 2,000 km long. The project which aims at providing high-speed rail travel between the two countries is proposed by the UAE-based company National Advisor Bureau. To

Kalaburagi, Dec 1: In a shocking incident, a newly married young couple, who were reported missing since November 2, were found allegedly murdered and their half burnt bodies were recovered in fodder stake in Nidagunda village of Chincholi taluk in the District on Saturday. Police said that the bodies were identified as that of Ajaya (30) and Jothi (25) hailed from Nidagunda village in Chincholi

Bagalkot, Dec 1: A police constable, who was on duty attached to Superintendent of Police’s residence, had committed suicide by shooting himself from his riffle today. The deceased Manjunath Harijan, 28, was the native of Mittalkot village in Kushtagi taluk of Koppal district and was posted to Gagalkot district SP’s office recently. After working in Davangere DAR police since 2012, an employee of

Kozhikode, Dec 1: A local court has sentenced two convicts to life imprisonment and imposed Rs 1 lakh fine in connection with the coldblooded murder of Nasiruddin Azeez, who was a Muslim Youth League (MYL) activist. The convicts are Kappacherry Basheer and Kollayil Andru, who were first and second accused respectively in the case. According to police, both of them are activists of Social

Mangaluru, Dec 1: The Moodbidri unit of Jamiyyatul Falah, a state government award winning charity organization, in association with JCI Moodbidri Tribuvan, conducted a pre-examination workshop for SSLC students on ‘Secret of Success’ to enlighten how to face the exams with confidence. The event was held on Wednesday, 28/11/2018 from 2:00am to 4:30pm at Jamiyyatul Falah aided Green View High