Karnataka

Belagavi, Feb 26: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi who is on a three-day Janashirvada Yatra tour of Mumbai-Karnataka districts spent time with farmers of the region. By going to their fields and paying heed to their woes on Monday, Rahul who is on the last day of the tour, gave a patient ear to farmers' who spoke of their crops, loans and incomes. Rahul told them that industrialists and middle class

Bidar, Feb 26: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Monday mimicked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi at a public rally here ahead of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. "Modiji, tell us what you did in four years," Shah mimicked Rahul, adding, "He keeps on asking loudly what Prime Minister Narendra Modi did in four years. You are asking us what Modiji did in four years? India

Honnavar, Feb 26: In what could have been a major tragedy, a crude bomb exploded near the stage where Bhatkal MLA Mankala Subba Vaidya was to inaugurate the District Level Volleyball tournament at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district on Sunday night. Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police Vinayak Patil said the crude bomb exploded in the hands of Raymond Miranda (27), a resident of Honnavar, who

Mangaluru, Feb 26: The prestigious Education World magazine has awarded Mangaluru-based Early Learning Centre as one of India’s Promising Preschools of the future with special recognition for Innovation in curriculum. This is the first award granted in this category to a Mangaluru based school. With this award, Mangaluru will be listed as being among the leading preschools in the country. ELC was

Ballari Feb 26: Ballari MP B Sriramulu said that BJP national president Amit Shah has said that, barring state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa, tickets for the upcoming polls will not be given to any other BJP MP. He spoke at the Huligemma temple in Koppal taluk on Monday. Sriramulu said that as per his own statement, Janardhana Reddy will not contest the elections this time. Reddy will canvass for

Mangaluru, Feb 26: Dakshina Kannada police recently nabbed an accused in a nine year old murder case at an international airport in Kerala and brought him back to the district. Abdul Rahiman, an accused in the murder of history-sheeter Santhosh alias Candle Santhu in 2009, was about a board a Saudi Arabia-bound flight on February 23 at the Cochin International Airport apprehended him. However

Mangaluru, Feb 26: New Mangalore Port has crossed handling of 1 lakh TEUs of containers in the current financial year which is a significant achievement towards the development of container traffic. During the current year 2017-18 (As on 26-2-2018) the Port has handled 1,00,666 TEUs (15,00,572 tonnes) of containerized cargo and further 13 vessels are scheduled to call during the remaining period

New Delhi, Feb 26: Financial Intelligence Unit of Union government on Monday released a list of around 9,500 Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), which have been categorised as high-risk financial institutions by the Finance Ministry. As per the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), all NBFCs have to appoint a principal officer in the financial institutions and report all suspicious and

Kalaburagi, Feb 26: Bharatiya Janata Party supremo has indirectly warned the Kannadigas that Centre would not interfere to resolve Mahadayi river water sharing dispute between Karnataka and Goa until they elect BJP to power in the state. Speaking to media persons, Amit Shah said that the BJP will settle the row, if it comes to power in Karnataka. "The issue would have been laid to rest if Chief

Bengaluru, Feb 26: In a shocking incident, a 40-year-old man, who was caught by police during a drunk-driving check in South Bengaluru, doused himself with petrol and then put a match in front of the Mico Layout traffic police station when police refused to release his scooter. A critically injured Manikanta alias Mani (40) was shifted to the Victoria Hospital where he breathed his last hours