Karnataka

New Delhi, Oct 7: Increasing population and limited participation in higher education are mainly blamed for the backwardness of Muslims, but a new report questions this argument, saying the community's population in Kerala rose by 15 lakh between 2001-2011 despite being economically better and literate. Though the economic status and the literacy level of Muslims in Kerala are better, still the

Mangaluru, Oct 7: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a speeding KSRTC bus today knocked down a motorbike killing its rider and pillion-rider at Jakribettu in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The victims have been identified as Charan (18), a resident of Kudupu, and Naushad (18), a resident of Dandegoli near Vamanapadavu in Bantwal. Both of them were crushed under the wheels of the reckless bus

Mysuru, Oct 7: The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), a premier CSIR Lab in Mysuru, which had already developed ‘Ragi Mudde’ (Ragi Balls) making machines and same has been extended to the Karnataka government run Indira Canteens in the State and supply 35 more such machines. Each machine produces around 250 Ragi balls in an hour and only one person was needed to operate a

Mangaluru, Oct 7: The Dakshina Kannada district police has arrested a man on the charges of impersonating as an accused in a court. The incident took place at the JMFC court in Sullia on Friday when the judge was hearing a case related to an assault that took place in June, 2017. The court first took the roll call for the presence of three accused from the one group - Siddique, Nawaz and Haris -

Mangaluru, Oct 7: In order to exert pressure on the district administration and college managements to take the recent suicide of students seriously and initiate measures to prevent such incidents, the activists of All College Students’ Association staged a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Saturday. The protest follows three cases of suicide of students in Dakshina Kannada

Udupi, Oct 7: Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis has said that house-to-house visits would be conducted under the Sparsh Leprosy Elimination Campaign in Udupi district from October 22 to November 4. She was chairing a meeting of the Department of Health and Family Welfare at the District Offices Complex here on Saturday. The campaign was being launched under the National Leprosy Elimination

New Delhi, Oct 7: Social networking platform Facebook Saturday said it will encourage engagement between people and political leaders on its platform for 'free and fair election' and deploy a task force to check hate speeches during polls. "We want our platform to support free and fair election and positive civic engagement. We welcome people to engage with their political leaders but we don't

Municipal Administration Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi said on Saturday that he had prayed for a “special gift from God” and till it was granted, he would not attend Cabinet meetings. Despite repeated queries, he did not reveal what his prayer was. He clarified, however, that he was not upset with his portfolio. “I will work in any ministry. Even if I am given the library department, I will do my job

Bengaluru, Oct 7: The Election Commission on Saturday announced byelections to three Lok Sabha and two Assembly constituencies in Karnataka on November 3. Bypolls will be held in Shivamogga, Ballari (ST), and Mandya Lok Sabha constituencies and Ramanagaram and Jamkhandi Assembly seats. The results of the bypolls will be out on November 6. Notification for the byelections will be issued on October

New Delhi, Oct 7: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy met the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan here on Saturday and sought early clearance of pending claims for expenditure incurred by the state for procurement of cereals, pulses and coarse cereals. Mr Kumaraswamy said the dues amounted to Rs 1127.77 crore for the period 2006-07 to 2015-16. Mr