Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Minister for Urban Development Roshan Baig has assured to hand over the case of faulty underground sewage network laid in Surathkal by drawing a loan from the Asian Development Bank to CID for probe, said local MLA Mohiuddin Bava. Speaking to media persons in the city on Monday, Mr Bava said that the STP and wetwells are connected in Surathkal through UGD pipelines, but, leakage

Mangaluru, Dec 19: In a tragic incident, a young rider died on the spot after a bus rammed into his motorbike at Urwa in the city on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Mohan (18), a resident of Kodikal near Dominic Church. The accident occurred when Mohan was riding a two-wheeler from Ladyhill towards Urwa Store and the bus hit his vehicle from behind. After being hit, Mohan flung into

Bengaluru, Dec 19: The results of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls have come as a morale booster for the state BJP. The ruling Congress, on the other hand, may have to tread cautiously in order to retain power in Karnataka - the last major state where the party is in power. The spotlight will now entirely be on Karnataka with the Assembly elections due in April/May next year. The

Bengaluru. Dec 18: The Karnataka Unaided Private Engineering Colleges Association (KUPECA) has welcomed the move by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to fix a minimum and maximum fees for engineering colleges across the country. The AICTE has assigned the task to a committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna, who had previously headed a committee that

Bengaluru Dec 19: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Monday said any effort to politicise separate Lingayat religion demand will not yield results ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Yeddyurappa said the BJP will abide by the decisions taken by Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha and Siddaganga Mutt seer Shivakumara swami on the issue. "There is no

Mangaluru, Dec 19: The Gujarat assembly poll result has clearly showed decline of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party’s popularity in his home state, opined Karnataka’s Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader. Speaking to media persons in the city, Mr Khader, who had campaigned in the Gujarat for Congress, said that the change of political atmosphere in the nation has started from the

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has celebrated the joy of Bharatiya Janata Party’s election victories in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh with his fans in the coastal city of Mangaluru. Mr Modi arrived by a special flight at Mangaluru International Airport at 12:05 a.m. on Tuesday though he was expected to land there at 10:30 p.m. on Monday. Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 18: Hours before the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Mangaluru, a gang of miscreants attacked four men with lethal weapons near Rao and Rao circle in the heart of the city on Monday night. The injured have been identified as Shafeeq (45), a resident of Bunder, Anees (22), Hafeez (22) and a local pan vendor whose identity is yet to be known. According to sources, the

Madikeri Dec 18: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the suspicious death of Deputy Superintendent of Police M K Ganapathi, has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking six more months to complete the investigations. On September 5, 2017, the apext court had ordered the CBI to complete the probe in three months and submit a report. In view of the CBI seeking more

Karnataka’s chief minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Prameshwara have expressed suspicion over the functioning of Electronic Voting Machines in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh wherein the BJP managed to defeat Congress. “Going by the outcome of the elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the doubt and suspicion over tampering of EVMs still lingers in