Karnataka

Udupi, Nov 1: As many as 46 individuals and six organisations were conferred with the district-level Rajyotsava awards in Udupi district for their contributions in different fields. The awards were presented during the district-level Rajyotsava celebrations here on Wednesday. The individuals who bagged the award are as follows: Kota Suresh Bangera, Yalampalli Jagannath Achari, Heranjalu Subbanna

Kalaburagi, Nov 1: Tension prevailed at Karuneshwara Mutt located at Andola in Jewargi taluk of Kalaburagi after police arrested its head Siddalinga Swami on the charge of abusing and assaulting a person from Muslim community. Siddalinga Swami is also a leader of Sri Ram Sene. Following a complaint and rejoinder statement lodged by Nizamuddin, a case was registered against the swami on October 14

Mangaluru, Nov 1: Fifteen individuals and five organisations from Dakshina Kannada were conferred with the district level Kannada Rajyotsava award at a function in the city on Wednesday. The awardees are Dr Nanda Kishore B (medicine), Y Krishna Salian Yelinje (agriculture), Keshav Kunder (journalism), Bengre Vijay Suvarna (Kabbadi - sports), Sridhar Holla Kottara (dance), Kotiparava Madavu

Bengaluru, Nov 1: BJP state general secretary Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday charged the Congress government with deliberately trying to stall state energy projects to pave way for purchase of power from the private sector at high rates. Addressing a press conference with party state president B S Yeddyurappa and other leaders, Karandlaje accused the government of stalling completion of projects

Managluru, Oct 31: The Surathkal police have registered a case against two senior bank officials in connection with a scam, wherein a fixed deposit (FD) of Rs 55 crore belonging to a government agency has allegedly been transferred to other accounts by creating a fake fixed deposit account. The accused are Serin Madhusoodhan, manager, Kulai branch of the bank, and Senthil Kumar A., Regional Chief

Mangaluru, Oct 31: The monthly meeting of the council of Mangaluru City Corporation took an ugly turn on Tuesday with some councillors of the Opposition BJP resorting to personal attack against Mayor Kavitha Sanil and trying to assault Congress corporator A C Vinayaraj. Unable to control her emotions, the Mayor broke down and adjourned the House for sometime when BJD corporators began to level

Bengaluru, Oct 31: The ruling Congress in Karnataka today accused the Centre of adopting a step-motherly attitude towards non-BJP ruled states after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and senior party leader Mallikarjun Kharge were given invitation for a railway line inauguration at the last moment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the 107-km Bidar-Kalaburagi railway line, built at a cost of

New Delhi, Oct 31: The Karnataka government will soon frame rules for timely implementation of the amendments brought to a law that aims to give agri-labourers rights over houses build on land not belonging to them prior to January 1, 1979, a Congress legislator K Shivamurthy Nayak said today. On October 28, the state government notified the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Act 2016 after

New Delhi, Oct 31: BJP chief Amit Shah will kick off the party's campaign in Karnataka, which goes to polls early next year, by flagging off an 84-day 'yatra' led by its chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa. Shah will flag off the 'yatra' on November 2 in Bengaluru in the presence of various state leaders and Union ministers, sources in the party said. The yatra is expected to cover more

Mangaluru, Oct 31: Sri Rajashekharananda Swami, the chief pontiff of Gurupura’s Vajradehi Mutt, has reportedly shown interest in contesting 2018 Karnataka assembly polls as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. If sources are to be believed, the saffron party is seriously considering fielding the ambitious seer from Mulki-Moodbidri or any other constituency in Dakshina Kannada district where