Karnataka

Mangaluru, Sept 6: “When we were going to school and college, we were not allowed to watch films. We would bunk classes and watch films. Now it is the other way round. Institutions have realised the educational value of films,” said noted Tulu playwright and film director Vijay Kumar Kodialbail. He was speaking at the inauguration of Chrysalis 2018, a two day multi-language film festival organised

Bengaluru, Sept 6: Two ghastly road mishaps claimed the lives of seven persons including three medical students in Tumakuru and Bengaluru on Wednesday. Three MBBS students, all in their 20s, died on the spot when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck laden with iron rods that had been parked on the side of the road in Devanahalli early Wednesday morning. A fourth medical student in

Bengaluru, Sept 5: On the first anniversary of the martyrdom of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, who was gunned by saffron extremists in front of her house this day a year ago, her friends and activists from across the country gathered in Bengaluru on for the ‘Freedom of Expression’ convention to highlight the futility of attempts to silence the voice of dissent. “Gauri Lankesh has today become

Hassan, Sept 5: The Shiradi Ghat stretch of National Highway 75 was finally reopened for light motor vehicles today. The 26-km ghat stretch was closed for three weeks owing to massive landslips triggered by heavy rains and floods last months. The National Highways Division, after considering experts’ opinion, had suggested that the Shiradi Ghat stretch of the highway could be opened for the light

Newsroom, Sept 5: The Karnataka government has appointed senior IAS officer A B Ibrahim as the as Administrator of the Karnataka State Board of Wakf with immediate effect. Mr Ibrahim is currently serving as the Managing Director of Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC), Bengaluru. The new appointment will be for a period of Six months or till the composition

Bengaluru, Sept 5: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said his government accorded top most priority for quality of education and suggested officials to study steps taken by the AAP government in Delhi in the field and submit a report. He asked the officials to recommend ways to improve the quality of education in the state, the Chief Minister's Office said in a tweet. Responding

Amidst the growing the Muslim population, the rise of middle class in Muslim-majority countries and improved access to travel information and the increasing availability of Muslim-friendly travel services, Halal tourism is now gaining tremendous traction across the world. A considerable number of Muslim travellers are focusing more on the “halalness” of the trip. The Muslim travel market was worth

Newsroom, Sept 5: Journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, who was gunned down by alleged saffron extremists exactly a year ago in Bengaluru, will be posthumously awarded at the Bayeux-Calvados Award for war correspondents on October 8 in France. The Reporters Sans frontiers (RSF) has decided to honour Gauri Lankesh posthumously at the Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents. The RSF has informed

Mangaluru, Sept 5: At a time when communal hatred is plaguing the coastal Karnataka, an act of kindness goes a long way. When the relatives and community members of a 65-year-old Hindu woman did not come forth to perform her last rites, following her death, the local activists of Popular Front of India and Social Democratic Party of India stepped up to give her a proper funeral. The woman in

Bengaluru, Sept 5: The steep hike in diesel prices in recent days has taken a toll on the state road transport undertakings in Karnataka. Meanwhile, the state government has proposed to hike bus fares of the state road transport corporations by 18%. According to Minister for Transport D.C. Thammanna, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation