Karnataka

Riyadh: Jam’iyyatul Falah (JF), Riyadh Unit, organized its annual event, “JF Coastal Festival-2017” at Al Roshd Resort, Riyadh on December 7, 2017. The program began with a recitation of verses from holy Quran by Moulavi Mohammed Sadiq. Soon after the Qirath, Br. Javed (MC) invited Br. Nazeer Ahmed, President of JF Riyadh Unit to the stage along with the Guests Mr. Kundan Lal, Station Manager of

Karwar, Dec 13: Security remained tight at Sirsi and surrounding areas of Uttara Kannada district on Wednesday following Tuesday’s violent protests. However, the situation has almost returned to normal. Schools and colleges opened and buses are plying as usual. Shops remained open for business since morning. Police are seen keeping vigil in every nook and corner of the town. Violence broke out on

Bengaluru, Dec 13: Even as the ruling Congress in Karnataka has been trying to Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), snatching Muslim votes in 2018 assembly polls, Hyderabad’s influential politician Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has decided to enter the poll fray in the state. AIMIM, which has been eyeing Muslim votes across the country, is capable of

Hubballi, Dec 12: Union Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju said on Tuesday that a total of 88 airports in the country would be made functional in the next one-and-a-half-years, through two rounds of bidding under the UDAN regional connectivity scheme. Speaking after inaugurating the upgraded Hubballi Airport here on Tuesday, he said only 71 airports had flight operations till the UDAN

Getting hospitalised is most expensive for people living in rural areas of Gujarat when compared to other rural parts of the country, says a fresh report by the Central Bureau of Health Investigation (CHBI). The data also shows that getting hospitalised is most expensive in Assam for urban households. According to the National Health Profile 2017 published by CBHI, each hospitalisation in urban

Kasaragod, Dec 13: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and party's national executive member Madikai Kammaran, who played a key role in streamlining the saffron party in the region, passed away at a private hospital in Kanhangad on Tuesday. A bachelor, Mr. Kammaran, 79, had been keeping indifferent health for the last few months and passed away at 9 a.m.. He was chosen as the first district

Mangaluru, Dec 12: The walk for amity launched by Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai at Farangipete in Bantwal taluk earlier in the day culminated at Mani in Puttur taluk covering about 22 km on Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway 75. Hundreds of Congress workers, Left wing activists, representatives of Raita Sangha and other social organisations took part in it. Though

Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde has directly held chief minister Siddaramaiah-led Congress government of Karnataka responsible for the violence in Uttara Kannada district. Mr Hegde has also urged the union government to take over the investigation into the deaths Hindutva activists in Karnataka. According to him Paresh Mesta, whose dead body was found in Honnavar under mysterious circumstances

Mangaluru, Dec 12: As many as four athletes from Karnataka’s twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have bagged gold and other medals in the Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship. Sportspersons from over 15 countries had taken part in the Championship held in Kerala’s Alappuzha from December 4 to 9. Veniziea A Carlo, a student of second year pre-university in St Agnes College

Bengaluru, Dec 12: A group of senior BJP leaders on Tuesday called on Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala seeking his direction to the government to order a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the deaths of activists of RSS and other Hindutva outfits in the state. A delegation of the leaders led by KS Eshwarappa, R Ashoka, Shobha Karandlaje met Vala in Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum