Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 27: Urban Development and Housing Minister U T Khader has assured that the three-storey Deputy Commissioner’s office complex being built in Padil will be ready by December 2019. After reviewing the construction work at the site here today Mr. Khader said he would shortly convene a meeting of all stakeholders and sort out issues, if any, in the execution of the work. The building is

Kasaragod, Jul 27: People from all walks of life, including religious and political leaders, paid tributes to Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader Cherkalam Abdulla who died at his residence at Cherkala here on Friday morning. In his message, Minister-in-Charge of the district E. Chandrasekharan termed “invaluable” the contributions of Mr. Abdulla to his home district during his stint as

Bengaluru, Jul 27: Karnataka Higher Education minister G T Deve Gowda said the government aims to do away with political nominations to state-run university senates and syndicates. The education department has decided to fill 5,000 vacant posts of teaching staff in degree colleges of the state in six months, he told reporters here. "Our intention is that syndicate and senate members should be

Bengaluru, Jul 27: In an embarrassment to the BJP in Karnataka, its party Molkalmoru MLA B Sriramulu today batted for separate statehood for North Karnataka, alleging injustice to the region. BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa had earlier flayed those demanding separate statehood, saying such a demand will not lead to any solution. Party MP Shobha Karandlaje too dismissed the demand for separate

Mangaluru, Jul 27: Two days after he went missing in Bengaluru, a high school boy was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a lake near Guruvayanakere in Belthangady taluk on the outskirts of Mangaluru in Dakshina Kannada district yesterday. The deceased is Yashwant Sai (16), a Class 10 student of ITI Vidya Mandir in Dooravaninagar, Bengaluru. He was staying with his grandparents at

Mangaluru, Jul 27: A fresh case of Bajrang Dal’s involvement in the illegal and inhumane transportation of gau maata has surfaced in Karnataka’s coastal district Dakshina Kannada, wherein the saffron outfit is forming ‘Gau Raksha Dal’ to “protect cows”. Bajrang Dal activist Shashi Kumar Bhat (48), son of Krishna Bhat, a resident of Vittla Padnoor village in Bantwal taluk has been arrested in

Kasaragod, Jul 27: Veteran leader of Indian Union Muslim League, former minister and four-time MLA of Manjeshwaram constituency in Kasaragod, Cherkalam Abdullah, is no more. He was 76. He was suffering from old-age related ailments and was admitted in Kasturba Medical College in Mangaluru for the past two weeks. He was brought home in Cherkala late Thursday night. The end came today at 8.20am in

Vijayapura, Jul 27: A senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Karnataka has stirred controversy by saying that he would have ordered the police to shoot intellectuals, had he been the Union Home Minister. Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, an MLA from Vijayapura, also branded liberals and intellectuals as "anti-nationals". "These people (intellectuals) live in this country and use all the facilities

Bengaluru, Jul 27: Welcoming the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) three-day Padayatra, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday said that the party should also appreciate him for waiving farmers' loans in the state. Talking to the media, the Karnataka Chief Minister said, "I welcome BJP's Padayatra, at least they are fighting in favour of the farmers. I am waving farmers loans, they

Bengaluru, Jul 27: HJ Dattatreya, a talented artist of Kannada cinema, who is popularly known as 'Dattanna', has been honoured by the Karnataka Film Academy. The organising committee is hosting a special program in this week's ‘Belli Hejje’ in honour of the 75 years old and his work. The event will be held at Gandhi Bhavan, Bengaluru, at 5 pm on July 27th. Director TS Nagubharana, Sheshadri