Karnataka

The Indian government’s decision to do away with the address page in the Indian passport has received mixed reaction from social workers and expatriates in the Middle Eastern countries. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of government of India recently announced its decision to do away with the last page of the passport and other travel. The last page contains information such the name of

Mangaluru, Jan 18: A city resident was cheated of Rs 59,995 from his bank account by a caller who introduced himself as an official from the bank. The victim, Isac Frank, in his complaint to the police, stated that he realized that he was cheated only after seeing message on his mobile phone from his bank. Frank said he had received a call from a person identifying himself as an executive of State

Udupi, Jan 18: Vishwesha Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of Pejawar Mutt, who has now completed a record fifth Paryaya, will now focus on providing facilities such as education and healthcare to the poor in parts of Karnataka. Speaking at a felicitation function organised by the Paryaya Reception Committee to honour him at the Car Street, here on Wednesday, the seer said that protecting and

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Veteran Kannada film actor, director and producer Kashinath died on Thursday morning at a private hospital, here. He was from Koteshwara of Kundapur, Udupi district. Kashinath, who became famous for double entendres and gave a different dimension to Kannada film industry, was suffering from cancer. He was admitted to Shankara Cancer Hospital two days ago where he breathed his

The Airport Authority of India plans to have a national strategy for airports development and formulation of model concession agreements amid growing passenger traffic, which is expected to touch 322 million in 2018-19, according to its chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra. Pursuing ambitious expansion plans, the AAI is preparing to commence "mega projects of new terminal buildings" at 14 aerodromes this

Bengaluru, Jan 18: Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday instructed the police top brass to improve intelligence gathering. Chairing the annual police officers' meeting at the police headquarters here, he said the murders of Deepak Rao and Basheer in Mangaluru could have been averted with proper intelligence inputs. The murders acquired political and communal overtones, and the Congress

Bengaluru Jan 17: The Congress mounted an attack on Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde over his remarks on writers. Hegde faced flak especially for his take on Jnanapith awardee, Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, whose ideas he seemingly mocked without naming him at a Skill India event in Belagavi. He mocked the philosophy of "be a human first..." that is often attributed to Kuvempu. Hegde also went on to say

Mangaluru, Jan 17: Welcoming the Union government's decision to withdraw Haj subsidy, Congress leader and Karnataka’s Minister for food and civil supplies UT Khader on Wednesday said that only the agents were benefitting by the subsidy, and not the people. Speaking to reporters here, Khader said that only the agencies which arranged Haj tours for Muslims made money out of Haj subsidy scheme. "I

Bengaluru, Jan 17: A dawn-to-dusk Karnataka bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits on January 25 to press for the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Mahadayi river water sharing row between the state and neighbouring Goa is likely to throw normal life out of gear in many parts of the state. Several pro-Kannada organisations on Wednesday extended their support to the Karnataka bandh

Mangaluru, Jan 17: Madhu Goud Yaskhi, former New York City Attorney and two times Congress MP from Telangana, on Wednesday inaugurated the Mangalore Physioncon 2018 at town hall in the city. Speaking on the occasion, he underlined the necessity of state having its own physiotherapy council to strengthen research and education in physiotherapy, and promised his full support for the cause. U T