Karnataka

Mangaluru: Bejai Kapikad area in the city was cleaned on Sunday as part of Ramakrishna Mission’s Swacchata Abhiyan. It was the twentieth week’s drive. The drive was flagged off at 7.30 am in front of Indian Oil Petrol Pump at Kapikad Bejai by Dr Dhanesh Kumar K U, Principal, Nitte College of Physiotherapy and world renowned magician Kudroli Ganesh in the presence of Swami Jitakamanandaji. Speaking

Kuwait City, Mar 19: Police here are looking for a Kuwaiti accused of torturing his Indian domestic worker. The Indian woman had a deep cut on the head and bruises on the hands and arms, a report in Al Rai daily cited police officials as saying. The woman was taken to a hospital by the accused's sister who came to the victim’s rescue while she was being tortured, The Times Kuwait reported on

Bengaluru, Mar 19: The Karnataka State Cabinet on Monday decided to recommend to the Centre to accord "religious minority" status to the politically and economically powerful Lingayat community. The meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accepted the recommendations of the seven-member expert committee headed by retired Karnataka high court judge H N Nagamohan Das. There was a discussion

Hubballi, Mar 19: Rambhapuri Mutt seer Prasanna Renuka Veerasomeshwar Shivacharya Swami on Monday warned of waging a religious war if the Congress government recommended granting of minority religion status to Lingayats. Speaking to reporters he said: "We've clarified our stand that Veerashaiva and Lingayat are one and the same. Members of the expert panel, headed by retired high court judge H N

Kannada activist and Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj has announced that Kannada organisations, along with Dalit and farmers’ organisations with a regional perspective, would form Karnataka Praja Samyukta Ranga and field candidates in the Assembly elections. He said he would hold discussions shortly with farmers’ and Dalit organisations who have concern and commitment for the development of

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