Karnataka

Panaji, Mar 19: The image of Goa seems to be changing to a 'monsoon destination', from being a popular summer hot-spot till now for vacationers. This is so because there has been a 60 percent rise in the number of visitors to the coastal state during the rainy season last year, a Goa tourism official said. Till sometime back, the state, known for its scenic beaches, used to receive foreign

Mangaluru, Mar 19: The Crime Branch of Mangaluru City Police which had recently busted a fake certificate racket by conducting a raid on Mangalore Institute of Technological Science (MITS) located on TC Road in Thokottu on the outskirts of the city, has now arrested two absconding accused in connection with the case. The arrested are Askan Sheikh (25), principal of the MITS and Asraruddin (26)

Mumbai, Mar 19: India’s airports are struggling to cope with a massive surge in passenger numbers and billions of dollars must be spent to boost their capacity, analysts have warned. The country is witnessing a huge boom in air travel as its growing middle class increasingly takes to the skies but experts say infrastructure is failing to keep up. “There’s an urgent need for capacity building in

Bengaluru, Mar 18: Former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid has lodged a complaint against a Bengaluru-based firm for allegedly cheating him of Rs 4 crore, police said. "Dravid had lodged a complaint with us two days back against Vikram Investment Company for cheating him of Rs 4 crore," Sadashivanagar police inspector Naveen told PTI here. Though there were reports of many sportspersons

Bengaluru, Mar 18: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was running the NDA government “like an elaborate event management and public relations exercise”. Addressing delegates at the 84th AICC Plenary Session in New Delhi, he said real issues faced by the youth, farmers, women, and minorities were being “camouflaged by massive advertisements and headline

Mangaluru, Mar 18: The trophy unveiling, Jersey releasing and team launching programmes of the fourth edition of Mangalore Premier League cricket tournament was held at City Centre in Mangaluru on Sunday. Yashpal Suvarna, President, Fisheries Federation unveiled the trophy and conveyed his good wishes for the success of the tournament. Shasidhar Kodical, Mohammed Sirajuddin, Balkrishna Parkala

Mangaluru, Mar 18: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi, who will be undertaking coastal Karnataka tour from March 20 to campaign for upcoming assembly polls, will visit three historic religious centres belonging to three different communities in Mangaluru. Party sources said that Rahul will visit Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra temple (1912), Our Lady of Rosary Cathedral (1568) of Mangaluru and Ullal

Former minister and senior Janata Dal (Secular) leader M C Nanaiah, who had fuelled speculations about his next political move, has finally decided to join the Congress. Speaking reporters on Saturday Nanaiah said that he had taken the decision after much deliberation. "I am doing this mainly because of my followers who were worried about their political future. Also, my relationship with

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has issued a notice to Harsha Moily, son of the former Chief Minister M Veerappa Moily, whose tweet alleging money power in the selection of candidates for the Assembly elections had embarrassed the party. On March 15 Veerappa Moily and Harsha Moily tweeted: “INC needs to solve money in politics. We can’t afford to have road contractors and their nexus

Mangaluru, Mar 18: A 30-year-old woman killed her child and then committed suicide by hanging herself at Nalkooru village near Subrahmanya in Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday. According to police, Gopi, wife of Yathindra, hung her two-and-had-year-old daughter Manvitha to a ceiling at their residence. They she also committed suicide. A case has been registered at the Subrahmanya police