Karnataka

Bagalkot, Apr 4: BJP national president Amit Shah has said that the party won't allow splitting of a religion. "It is not right to divide a religion, tradition. The BJP does not believe in such practices and neither the party has any intention to use this issue for political gain," Shah said here on Tuesday. He was speaking at a meeting of the Bharatiya Veerashiava Mathadheeshara Parishat ath

Mangaluru, Apr 3: With Assembly polls fast approaching, a special drive to enrol voters will be held at all the designated polling stations in Dakshina Kannada district on April 8. Briefing reporters here on Tuesday, Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil said that the special one day camp will be organised from 10 am to 5 pm. "Electoral rolls were published on February 28. However, the last date

Bengaluru, Apr 3: With the formal announcement of its 19 candidates for the Karnataka Assembly elections, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has indirectly ruled out the possibility of the party having an alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular). The JD(S) supremo had held talks with CPI(M) leaders Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury on having a “secular alliance” in Karnataka to fight against

Shivamogga, Apr 3: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "not uttering a word" on the alleged atrocities on Dalits and tribals and "dilution" of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. His remarks at a public meeting here on the fifth leg of his tour of the poll-bound Karnataka came against the backdrop of violence in northern parts of the country

Mangaluru, Apr 3: Mangaluru International Airport has been declared as the cleanestand best maintained airport in India under 1.5 million to 5 million passenger handling airport category in the survey conducted by Airport Authority of India among AAI run airports. Revealing this at a press meet here on Tuesday, Airport director VV Rao, said that in the last one year many new passenger friendly

Manglauru, Apr 3: New Mangalore Port during the fiscal 2017-18 handled a record traffic of 42.05 million tonnes of cargo surpassing the earlier record of 39.94 million tonnes handled in 2016-17 and thereby registered a growth rate of 5.28% over the traffic handled during the previous year. The port has also achieved 2.57% growth over the target of 41 million tonnes fixed by the Ministry. Increase

Udupi/Dubai, Apr 3: The mortal remains of Raghavendra Bandary, an expatriate worker from coastal Karnataka, who recently committed suicide in Dubai, UAE, were repatriated to his hometown yesterday. Raghavendra Bhandary (35), son of Babu Bandary from Kolambe in Udupi district, had ended his life on March 24 night by allegedly jumping from a hotel building in Dubai. It is suspected that depression

New Delhi, Apr 3: Within a day after it warned that journalists may lose their accreditation permanently if they spread fake news, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting headed by Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday took a U-turn and withdrew iits fresh guidelines. The warning The Ministry on Monday, April 2, in a press release had warned that accreditation of a journalist (both

Shivamogga, Apr 3: AICC President Rahul Gandhi arrived in Shivamogga and took part in roadshow as part of his fifth leg of the election campaign in the state. The model code of conduct being in force currently, there were no banners or flex boards on the roads, to welcome him. He was accompanied by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC President Dr G Parameshwara and others. He addressed party workers

Mangaluru, Apr 3: A Congress Corporator from Mangaluru City Corporation has lodged a complaint against three senior BJP leaders for allegedly defaming her by misrepresenting her picture in a political ‘charge sheet’ released by the saffron party recently. Prathibha Kulai, who represents Hosabettu ward in the MCC, in her complaint submitted to Mangaluru City Police Commissioner T.R. Suresh on