Karnataka

Udupi, Feb 14: Denying the reports that the recent raids by Income Tax officials on fish processing units in Udupi district were targeted at him, Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, has said that he was not bothered about such raids. Replying to queries from media persons whether the recent raids that reportedly unearthed Rs 195 crore were targeted at

A six-year-old girl, who had suffered critical injuries in a freak accident on Monday in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district on Monday, breathed her last on Tuesday at a hospital. The victim is Aagneya Balu, daughter of Appakunji, resident of Biliyaru in Aranthodu village. She was a student of first standard at KVG School, Sullia. Aagneya had just alighted the school bus and was getting her

Close on the heels of the death of two babies allegedly due to Pentavalent vaccination at Chindagiridoddi village in Malavalli taluk, a two-month old baby girl, who was administered same vaccination recently, died at the Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, on Monday night. The relatives and villagers of two-month-old Namratha alleged that the child had died owing to side-effects of the

Bengaluru, Feb 14: JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday charged the state government with awarding various projects to contractors from outside the state, for a commission. Kumaraswamy's remarks comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "10% sarkar" charge against the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy attacked the government for

The Karnataka BJP has demanded a probe into the alleged link of the JD(S) rebel MLA from Chamarajpet B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan in the murder of Kadiresh, a rowdy-sheeter and husband of BJP corporator Rekha. Kadiresh was hacked to death in Bengaluru last week. In a statement, BJP state general secretary N Ravi Kumar said that earlier the name of Urban Development Minister R Roshan Baig was heard in the

A security guard at the toll plaza was injured when he was physically assaulted, allegedly, by a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and his friends at Sasthan coming under the Kota police station limits in Udupi district on Sunday. According to a complaint lodged at the Kota police, Abdul Rehman, 58, who worked as a security guard at the toll plaza, stopped a car moving in a track meant for

Lucknow, Feb 13: Amid chanting of 'Jai Shriram' and pledge by the saints and BJP leaders to build a grand Ram Temple, the 'Ramrajya Rathyatra' was flagged from Ayodhya on Tuesday. According to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) from whose headquarters it was flagged off by its international general secretary Champat Rai, the 41-day long 'yatra' would pass through six states, including the poll-bound

Davanagere, Feb 13: An Indian Army soldier from Harihar, Davanagere district, Karnataka, was martyred in the recent bombing at Pokhran, Rajasthan. Javeed (32), resident of P B Road, Harihar is the soldier who was killed. Javeed had served in the Army for 14 years. He is survived by his wife, and two daughters.

The Union Ministry of External Affairs has decided in-principle to open an office of Protector of Emigrants (POE) in the state of Karnataka. People from Karnataka seeking jobs in Emigration Check Required (ECR) countries of Middle East have been travelling to Chennai for clearance for years. A new POE office in Karnataka will ease their burden. The 18 ECR countries are United Arab Emirates, Saudi

Mangaluru, Feb 13: As many as four students from Barakah International School participated in the 23rd WFSKO Open Asian/ International Karate Championship held recently at Priyadarshini Sports Complex Mulund in Mumbai. All of them bagged medals. Mohammed Ayaan of class 7 won gold medal in Kumite and Bronze in Kata, Mohammed Shayan of class 5 bagged gold medal in Kata , Mohammed Aman of class 6 won