Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 6: Continuing agitation against the proposed amendments to the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Act, members of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) have announced that they would take out a ‘Belagavi Chalo’ protest march on November 13, the inaugural day of the special State legislature session there. They also plan to launch a relay hunger strike in Belagavi on that

Chikkamgaluru, Nov 6: The Chikkamagaluru police have registered a suo motu case against a hate monger for posting a communally provocative and defamatory content on Tipu Sultan’s father Hyder Ali on Facebook. The police registered the case and issued a notice to the accused Unnikrishna, 24. Chikkamagaluru Superintendent of Police K. Annamalai said that Unnikrishna, associated with Vishwa Hindu

Bengaluru, Nov 6: The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) opened its campus to an Israel Centre on Sunday which is aimed at becoming a “bridge of academic collaboration” between India and Israel. The centre will be largely based on research by faculty and will also include faculty and student exchange programmes. The Consul General of Israel to Bengaluru, Dana Kursh, during the

New Delhi, Nov 6: A year after the Panama Papers, a new set of data taken from another offshore law firm, Appleby, could expose the hidden wealth of individuals, including Indians, and show how corporations, hedge funds and others may have skirted taxes. Among the 180 countries represented in the data (being dubbed Paradise Papers), India ranks 19th in terms of the number of names, a report on

Mangaluru, Nov 5: Kavita Sanil, the sitting Mayor of Mangaluru, who entered the karate competition fray after a gap of nine years, clinched gold on the concluding day of the Indian Karate Championship here on Sunday. Ms. Sanil defeated emerging champion Nisha Nayak 7-3 in the finals in the above 65-kg category, said a release here. Though the scores were equal initially at 3-3, Ms. Sanil was able

Bengaluru Nov 5: Income Tax department sleuths served separate notices on Energy Minister D K Shivakumar and other members of his family. Notices have been issued to minister's wife Usha, mother Gouramma Kempegowda, daughter, sister and brother and MP D K Suresh directing them to appear for questioning on November 6. The sleuths have directed them not to bring auditors with them. The questioning

Mangaluru, Nov 5: Former Congress leader Harikrishna Bantwal has accused District In-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai of illegally sanctioning land in the name of his wife. Releasing documents at the Press Club, he said that a 2.04-acre plot on Survey Number 20/2 and a 1-acre plot on Survey Number 38/2 – both at Mani in Bantwal taluk – were sanctioned under Akrama Sakrama by flouting all rules

Mangaluru Nov 5: A speeding bus knocked down a motorbike at Kallapu near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city on Sunday killing its rider on the spot. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Sayyed Saleel, a resident of Ullalbail. He was a student of B.A. College, Thumbey. It is learnt that the victim was returning home after visiting Mangaluru city when the accident took place. His head

Moodbidri, Nov 5: Harish R Bhat, an ecologist from Udupi and a researcher at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Benglauru, died following brain haemorrhage. 47-year-old Bhat was invited to deliver a lecture on Saturday at the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district level science exhibition and competition being held at Alva's, Moodbidri. He breathed his

Mangaluru, Nov 5: The inaugural programme of ‘Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan’ was held on Sunday, November 5, at the Ramakrishna Matt mini hall, where volunteers of the Swacch Campaign namely students of Sahyadri College, Srinivas College, members of Ramakrishna Mission, Nivedita Balaga, Sharada Mahila Mandala and others participated. The programme began with prayer chanting by Brahmacharis of the Math