Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 4: Former deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings with regard to a defamation case pending before the 81st Additional City Civil and Sessions Court. The petitioner says that the private complaint filed by Vinod B, advocate and anti-corruption activist, is among a string of complaints filed by

Kasaragod, Jul 4: A court here has awarded life term imprisonment to Misriya, 27, for murdering Nafeesath Misriya, wife of her former husband Abdul Rahman, by setting her afire while the couple were asleep at Kumbla, near here, on August 7, 2011. Pronouncing the verdict on Tuesday, District Additional Sessions Court (I) Judge P.S. Sasikumar also slapped a fine of Rs. 50,000 on Misriya, who had

Kasaragod, Jul 3: A senior Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) officer was stabbed to death allegedly by his neighbour, who later committed suicide by jumping in front of an express train close to the Kumbla station on Tuesday evening. The police said Sudhakaran, 55, son of Koraga Naik who is employed with the BSNL’s Muliyar divisional office, was killed by his neighbour Radhakrishnan, 51. The

Bengaluru, Jul 3: Opposition BJP today demanded that Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy come out with a "white paper" on the state's financial position before presenting the budget on July 5. BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa also hit out at the Congress-JD(S) coalition terming it as an "unholy alliance" for the sake of power, and said there was confusion among people about who the chief

Managluru, Jul 3: In its continuing drive to usher in a more eco-friendly campus, Yenepoya, a deemed to be university, has taken the pioneering initiative to install a 498kW rooftop Solar Farm at its flagship campus situated at Derlakatte in Mangalore. The solar farm, which is spread over 5 different buildings on the campus, has been installed by Yenepoya Medical College in partnership with OV

Manglauru, Jul 3: Fr Peter Paul Saldanha has been appointed new Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangaluru by the Vatican. The announcement was made on Tuesday, at the Bishop’s House in Mangaluru. Fr Saldanha was born on April 27, 1964, in Kirem parish and was ordained on May 6, 1991. He has served as assistant priest at Moodubelle parish and at Milagres parish in Mangaluru diocese. At Rome

New Delhi, Jul 3: The government today directed WhatsApp to take urgent steps to prevent the spread of "irresponsible and explosive messages" through its platform amid recent cases of lynching provoked by posts circulated on popular messaging apps. Conveying its deep disapproval to the top brass of WhatsApp, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY) stated that the Facebook-owned company "cannot

Mangaluru: The new team of Office Bearers of Port Town Advanced Toastmasters Club for the year 2018-2019 led by President Vidya Shenoy was installed at a glittering function held on Sunday, 1 July 2018 at The Gateway Hotel in the city. Rakshith Shetty, CEO, Hakuna Matata, Bengaluru, was invited as the chief guest of the occasion. In his address to the gathering, the chief guest stressed on the

Mangaluru, Jul 3: Renowned Sitarist Ustad Rafique Khan was felicitated on his 50th birthday by his students. The programme was held at the CBEU hall at in the city. As part of the celebration a classical vocal music concert by the renowned musician Pt Jayathirtha Mevundi was organized. Thereafter the disciples of Ustad Rafique Khan presented a fusion music concert. Famous personalities like the

Udupi, Jul 3: The coastal district of Udupi witnessed at least 135 infant mortality cases in 2017-18 and nearly 50% of these infant deaths were the result of congenital abnormalities. When District Health and Welfare Officer Rohini revealed this information at the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (Disha) meeting at the Zilla Panchayat Hall here on Monday, MP Shobha