Karnataka

Madikeri, Jul 14: Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has promised to visit rain-hit Kodagu soon as a schoolboy’s video highlighting the plight of farmers in the district went viral on social media. “I will soon visit Kodagu district and take stock of the damage done by the incessant showers,” tweeted the CM after watching the video of Kalera Fateh, a Class 8 boy of Yemmemadu village in

Mangaluru, Jun 29: The giant sea waves have continued to wreck havoc in Mukkachery, Ucchila and Someshwar areas in Ullal region for the past few days. Last night a house was washed away at Mukkachery and damages reported from Ucchila too due to sea erosion. Local residents say that the sea erosion intensified in last three days. Massive waves are lashing the shores at Mukkachery, Ucchila, and

Azamgarh, Jul 14: Days ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament when the government is likely to push for the passage of a politically-motivated bill against instant triple talaq, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Congress of being a party which stood only with Muslim men. "The real face of these parties was revealed by their approach on triple talaq, said he said at a public meeting here

Mangaluru, July 14: Hikmah International Academy, a Montessori School in Mangaluru celebrated the annual Van Mahotsav recently at their school premises in Vas Lane. K. Bhasker Moily, Mayor of Mangaluru City Corporation, graced the occasion as chief guest. A K Niyaz, Managing Director, A K Group of Industries was guest of honor. The chairman of the Hikmah Educational Trust Mohammed Nissar, the

Udupi, Jul 14: A concrete road belonging to the Fisheries Department has been damaged due to the fresh sea erosion amidst heavy rains at Kankoda area near Padukere in Udupi district. The region is a peninsular with the Arabian Sea on the West and the Udyavara rivulet on the East. The concrete road running along the coast connects Malpe and Padukere with the Katapady and Mutt villages. Sea erosion

Bengaluru, Jul 14: The Congress-JD(S) coalition government, in its first major reshuffle of IAS officers, transferred 21 people including L K Atheeq and Subodh Yadav. Following are new postings of IAS officers according to an official notification: The government appointed 1989 batch officer Jawaid Akhtar as the new principal secretary to the department of Health and Family Welfare. Akhtar will

Bengaluru, Jul 14: To pre-empt any such move, former chief minister Siddaramaiah has asked Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy not to remove Syndicate members at public universities, who were nominated by the previous Congress government. “Our previous government has nominated academic experts from all categories as Syndicate/Executive Council members. You are requested not to change them and let them

Mangaluru, Jul 13: Amidst continuous rains, a portion of the tiled roof of the old building of Ullal Railway Station collapsed on Friday following reported weak wooden scaffolding supporting the tiled roof. The building had been abandoned and ticket issuing counter was shifted to a new building constructed next to the old building, said a senior engineer from the Palakkad Division of Southern

Mangaluru, Jul 13: Public Works Minister H.D. Revanna and Housing and Urban Development Minister U.T. Khader will inaugurate the Shiradi Ghat road on Sunday at 1.30 a.m. at Gundya in Dakshina Kannada. For past six months motorists were using alternative routes as the concretizing work was going on. The ancillary works are expected to be over within a couple of days for Package 2 of reconstruction

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Karnataka deputy chief minister G Parameshwara said today the government would not hesitate to invoke the 'Goonda Act' against drug peddlers to crack down "mercilessly" on the drug menace and asserted that he would not allow the state to become "another Punjab." "We have not come to the Punjab-like situation. We should not come to such a situation. If we don't take precautions