Karnataka

Dentist-turned-politician Dr Y Bharath Shetty, who wrestled the Mangaluru City North constituency from Congress leader B A Mohiuddin Bava in 2018 Karnataka Assembly polls, feels that police should be given a free hand to keep a check on communal tensions in coastal Karnataka. The enthusiastic first time MLA, in a candid chat with coastaldigest.com, also elaborates his plan for the constituency

Mangaluru, Jul 2: M.T. Krishna Babu, a 1993 batch IAS officer has assumed the appointment as Chairman, NMPT w.e.f. 01 July 2018. Krishna Babu was the Chairman of Visakhapatnam Port and was instrumental in guiding the Port on the path of excellence in cargo handling, as well as developing it as a Green Port. A qualified engineer, Krishna Babu commenced his career in the NTPC. He has held various

Manglauru, Jul 2: Former Minister B. Ramanath Rai on Monday accused Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel of taking credit for works done by others and chided him saying he has not seen another MP “as lazy as Mr. Kateel”. “He becomes active only when elections approach,” Mr. Rai, apparently annoyed by Mr. Kateel’s recent charge of Moolara Patna Bridge becoming the first casualty of sand mafia

Bengaluru, Jul 2: Signalling that farmers' plight would be the focus area of Karnataka's new Congress-JDS regime, state Governor Vajubhai Vala on Monday said the days of anxiety for peasants "are at the end" as the government desires to become the "voice of the voiceless" farmers. "My government will take humanitarian measures to alleviate the distress of the farming community," he told a joint

Kochi, Jul 2: Four of the five Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church priests, who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman, have been slapped with rape charges by the Crime Branch wing of the Kerala Police, official sources said on Monday. The crime branch wing of the state police has registered an FIR and slapped rape charges against the priests after recording the woman's statement, they said. The

Hyderabad, Jul 2: Amid the buzz over whether the Narendra Modi-led government would advance the Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily today said the BJP and the Prime Minister cannot decide on such a "constitutional issue" arbitrarily for "political expediency". He also called on the Opposition to unite for taking on the BJP in the next general elections. It is for all political

Kasaragod, Jul 2: A 29-year-old man lost his life when the car he was driving collided with a tanker lorry at Kallangai in the district yesterday. The deceased has been identified as P A Abdul Sajeer, son of Abdur Rahman, a resident of Mogral-Puthur village, near here. The accident occurred as the youth was proceeding to Kasaragod town to make some purchases for a ceremony for his baby daughter

Kochi, Jul 2: A SFI leader was stabbed to death and two others were injured in an attack allegedly by members of a pro-Islamic outfit at a college here, police said today. They were attacked allegedly by workers of the Campus Front and its parent outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) inside the Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, campus last night, they said. The condition of one of the injured students

Mangaluru, Jul 2: Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik said that making National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test (NEET) compulsory for admission to Indian System of Medicine courses is part of the steps being taken by the AYUSH Department to upgrade education in Ayurveda, Unani, Sidda and Homoeopathy. Speaking at the inauguration of the 100-bed Sharada Ayurveda Hospital in Devinagar

Udupi, Jun 2: JD(S) MLC S L Bhoje Gowda has urged the Union Minister of State for Skill Development Anantkumar Hegde to stop making “cheap and reckless” statements against other political parties. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Gowda said Mr. Hegde was a Union Minister and was expected to maintain some dignity. “Instead of making cheap remarks, he should learn to control his tongue. It is wrong