Karnataka

Mangaluru: The foundation laying ceremony of the Hikmah’s new eco-friendly campus, The Shepherd International Academy (SIA), was held at Arkula in Mangaluru on Monday, 29th October, in the presence of dignitaries and huge number of well wishers. The Academy is a unit of city-based Hikmah Educational Trust. The chairman of the A K Group of Companies M Ahmed unveiled the new Campus name by pressing

New Delhi, Oct 30: The Karnataka government headed by H. D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Centre seeking financial assistance amounting to Rs 2,434 crore under the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for drought relief measures. During severe drought and devastating floods between July and August, the state registered a loss amounting to Rs 16,662.48 crore. In its

Newsroom, Oct 30: Tauseef Ahmed, an animal rescuer and activist from Mangaluru has won the highest honour at the India for Animals (IFA) national conference organised by FIAPO at Hyderabad recently. He won the award in 'Best Street Care and Rescue' category amongst numerous nominations from the best of the best rescuers all across India. The 31-year-old has been actively working for animals in and

Udupi, Oct 30: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday came down heavily on Bharatiya Janata Party for “misleading people of coastal Karnataka in the name of ‘dharma’ and attempting to turn region into a hotbed of communal politics”. He was addressing an election rally for the forthcoming Shivamogga by-elections, at Trasi in Kundapur taluk which falls under Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency. The

Newsroom, Oct 30: Once deprived of basic amenities, a philanthropist, named Azhar Maqsusi, now provides food to 300-400 people daily at the Gandhi General Hospital and Dabeerpura area in Hyderabad. "I have faced a lot of struggle in my younger age. My father passed away when I was just four years old. There were many days when my family and I used to sleep hungry. Later I started working and one

Newsroom, Oct 30: Ten years after the deadly terror attack in Malegaon, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, framed charges against seven accused including Colonel Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya for terror conspiracy, murder and other related offences. The court has fixed November 2 as the next date of hearing. Judge Vinod Padalkar, presiding over the special

Mysuru, Oct 30: In a rare incident, a jaguar and a cobra fought fiercely and killed each other in Mysuru Zoo yesterday. The snake, which stayed into the zoo, entered 13-year-old jaguar, Raja’s enclosure at around 1.30 pm. and a fight ensued between the both. The two deadly creatures fought for near 15 minutes. When the animal keepers rushed to Raja’s enclosure and separated them. But Raja had

Kasargod, Oct 30: People’s Democratic Party chairman Abdul Nasser Madani, who is one of the suspects in the Bengaluru serial blasts case, reached Kerala on Tuesday. Madani, who has been facing custodian trial and lodged in Bengaluru jail, was allowed by the NIA court to go to Kerala to visit his mother, who is suffering from various diseases. He will be in Kerala till November 5. He landed at

While #MeToo campaign victims are being hailed for coming out in public against their perpetrators, many of them are being viewed with a tinge of suspicion by the society. Why are they complaining now? Is it for publicity? Is it political? Unfortunately, many more such questions are being raised behind curtains indirectly vouching for the culprits’ action. This kind of attitude has bolstered

Mangaluru, Oct 30: Amidst fresh demand by the saffron outfits to shift the slaughterhouse from Kudroli to the outskirts of the city, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil S has clarified that such a move is difficult for the time being. Replying to a question from Sudhir Shetty Kannur, a councillor, at an interactive session on Smart City Mission projects at the city corporation