Karnataka

Kasaragod, Jul 23: Prominent anti-nuclear activist S P Udayakumar has called for setting up the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) model hospital offered to the State in Kasaragod district. He said that it could be an atonement by the State for the prolonged aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan in cashew estates which resulted in the tragedy for hundreds of families in the

Mangaluru, Jul 23: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Mangaluru City Police arrested Keshav Sanil (47), a rowdy-sheeter for being in illegal possession of 1.8 kg of cannabis. The police said that following a tip-off, the CCB team stopped near the Talapady Toll Gate on Saturday a car coming from Kerala that was driven by Sanil, a resident of Katipalla. The police recovered 1.8 kg cannabis from the

Kasaragod, Jul 23: The District Sessions court here has ordered disbursal of Rs 2,46,34,360 to the next of kin of the doctor couple family from Kasaragod who got killed in a road accident three years ago. The tragedy had taken place in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district in April 2015 when the family was on a pilgrimage to the Tirupati temple. The victims are Dr Santosh, who was the Reproductive

New Delhi, Jul 23: Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Sunday made a strong pitch for strengthening the organisation in the state by bringing in “good people” and involving party workers in the decision- making process. Gundu Rao and former chief minister Siddaramaiah also favoured state-specific alliances for the Lok Sabha elections to defeat the “fascist forces.” Siddaramaiah was

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Police have so far arrested seven accused in connection with the coldblooded murder of activist-cum-journalist Gauri Lankesh. Among them five accused have been chargesheeted in the foiled plot to eliminate progressive thinker, rationalist and writer Prof K S Bhagavan. According to police, the five extremists — Amole Kale, 39; Amit Degwekar, 39; Manohar Edave, 28; K.T. Naveen

Mangaluru, Jul 22: Several persons who took part in the Ramakrishna Mission’s special Swacchata Abhiyan Shramdan cleaned the areas around Marnamikatta and Mangaladevi here on Sunday. It was the last shramdan of Phase 4 of the initiative. The volunteers removed a cement dustbin near Marnamikatta railway bridge and the unused small shop next it. Land was levelled using an earthmover and flower

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Former Karnataka minister Vimalabai Deshmukh, wife of former legislator late JS Deshmukh, passed away today morning. She was 70 She was the women and child welfare minister in the J H Patel cabinet. After her husband's death, she won the Assembly elections from Muddebihal constituency in Vijayapura district in 1994 by defeating C S Nadagowda -- the incumbent legislator and

New Delhi, Jul 22: The chief of the Congress women's wing has said the party would support the controversial instant triple talaq bill if the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government includes a provision of alimony. All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party government was trying to strike a quid pro quo with the passing of the Muslim Women

Kochi, Jul 22: The freedom and privacy of individuals should be respected and educational authorities have no right to impose ‘moral paternalism, ruled the high court of Kerala while quashing the decision of a professional college in Kerala to expel two students a – 20-year-old girl and a 21-year-old boy – for a love affair. "Love is blind and an innate human instinct. It is all about individuals

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Kerala stands as the best governed state in the country and Karnataka is in the fourth position, said the Public Affairs Index 2018 released by the think tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC) in Bengaluru. "Kerala has topped the Public Affairs Index (PAI) for 2018 as the best governed state for the third consecutive year since 2016 among large states," said Bengaluru-based PAC at an