Karnataka

Hubballi, Nov 18: A day after Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara expressed his willingness to become the Chief Minister, the Congress-JD(S) coordination panel chief Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that there was no vacancy for the post. Speaking to media persons at Hubballi Airport here on Sunday, the former CM said: “Parameshwara has expressed only his capabilities of becoming chief minister.

Mangaluru, Nov 18: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister U T Khader has warned the government of Goa that Karnataka too may impose ban on fish from the tiny neighbouring state if it fails to lift ban on fish from Karnataka. Speaking to media persons here, Mr Khader, who is also the minister for Urban Development and Housing, said that his cabinet colleague and fisheries minister Venkatarao

Mangaluru, Nov 18: The Karnataka State Department of Industries and Commerce has approved setting up of a plastic park at Ganjimutt in Mangaluru taluk at an estimated cost of Rs. 152 crore, according to N. Gokuldas Nayak, Joint Director, Dakshina Kannada District Industries Centre. He told the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee meeting, presided over by Nalin Kumar Kateel

Mangaluru, Nov 18: In what appears to be a case of family dispute, a mother of three in Mangaluru taluk has accused her own husband of abducting their two children after he took them to the United Arab Emirates weeks after she gave birth to third child. The issue came to light after 27-year-old Rishana Nilofer, daughter of a businessman from Ullal on the outskirts of the city, approached Human

Mangaluru, Nov 17: Five achievers from the Catholic community were conferred the 'Rachana Awards 2018' at a glittering ceremony held at the Milagres Jubilee Hall in the city today. The awardees are Faye D’Souza (Rachana Professional of the year), Ronald Castelino (Rachana Entrepreneur of the year), Lawrence Pinto (Rachana Agriculturist of the year), Aloysius Richard Lobo (Rachana NRI of the year)

Mangaluru Nov 17: An engineering student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the Mechanical department building at National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NIT-K), Surathkal, on the outskirts of the city today. The deceased has been identified as Anand Pathak (20), a native of Maharashtra, who was pursuing third year mechanical engineering at NIT-K. He was also part of musical club

Mysuru, Nov 17: Congress corporator Pushpalatha Jagannath and JD-S corporator Shafi Ahmed were on Saturday elected as the mayor and the deputy mayor of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Pushpalatha (ward-11) and Shafi Ahmed (ward-31) won as both the parties have reached an understanding to come to the power in the MCC. They polled 48 votes each as they were backed by Congress' 19 members, 18 JD (S)

New Delhi, Nov 17: The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea seeking contempt action against the chief officer of a municipal council in Karnataka and a private contractor on allegations of mass culling of stray dogs. A bench of Justices N V Ramana and M M Shantanagoudar issued notice to Wilson VT, Chief officer of Municipal Council of Sakaleshapura town, and contractor V George Robert and

Bengaluru, Nov 17: At least six tourists died and more than 10 were critically injured in a road accident near Hubli on National Highway 63. The accident took place when a bus, carrying a team of Mumbai based travelers, had a head-on collision with a lorry. Six of the tourists, who were headed to Hampi, died at the spot. The district police rushed to the spot and injured were admitted to the Hubli

New Delhi, Nov 17: The Editors Guild of India Friday put out an updated list of its members, which continued to include former Union minister M J Akbar and former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who are both accused of sexual misconduct. Their names featured in the updated list of the guild members, even as there have been calls from within the media body for their removal. Akbar has been