Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 31: Neelamani N Raju has been appointed Karnataka’s first woman police chief after Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) RK Dutta retired on Tuesday. 1983 batch IPS officer Neelamani is currently serving as the state intelligence head. Along with Neelamani, CID chief HC Kishore Chandra and Anti-Corruption Bureau head MN Reddi were also in the running. Neelamani

Mangaluru, Oct 31: In a heart-wrenching incident, a one-year-old child was suffocated to death while eating chakkuli at Gerukatte village in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The victim is Arush, son of Vittala, resident of Gerukatte village. The incident took place on Monday evening. Chakkuli or Chakli is a famous savoury snack in South India. According to sources, the child put a

Bengaluru, Oct 31: Kannada litterateur and thinker Prof. (rtd) K S Nissar Ahmed, has been selected for the Pampa award for the year 2017. Established in 1987 by Government of Karnataka Pampa award carries a cash prize Rs 3 lakh, a citation and a memento. It is one of the highest literary honors conferred by the Department of Kannada and Culture. Even though Nissar Ahmed was a professor in Geology

Karwar, Oct 31: In the wake of dropping fish catch and high prices of locally consumed fish, the Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation (KFDC) has suggested the State government to impose a temporary ban on fisheries exports from its coastal belt. The Goa government has stated that it is mulling to temporarily ban fish exports because it has created artificial scarcity in the state. Rajendra

Bengaluru, Oct 31: Film actor Upendra, who had recently announced his decision to take the political plunge,on Tuesday formally launched a new political party. Inaugurating the party at Gandhi Bhavan in Bengaluru, Upendra announced that the new party will be called the Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Paksha (KPJP). Earlier rumours were doing rounds that the name of his party will be Uttama Praja

Udupi, Oct 31: Dr Ravindranath Shanbhag, president of the Human Rights Protection Foundation (HRPF), who has been chosen for this year’s Karnataka Rajyotsava award, has decided not to accept the award. The state government on Monday released a list of 62 achievers from various fields to be conferred the prestigious award on November 1. The award carries Rs 1 lakh cash, 20 gms gold medal and a

Mumbai, Oct 31: Acclaimed playwright, actor and film director and thinker Girish Karnad has been named for this year’s Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Indian literary space. The award will be conferred on him at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai on November 19. According to Harish Bhat, brand custodian of

Mangaluru, Oct 31: Continuing the crackdown against drug offenders, the Mangaluru city police on Mondayarrested six persons and seized 4 kg of cannabis. The South Division’s Anti Rowdy Squad arrested Roshan Vegas, 23, Anil D’Souza, 45, Melwyin Rohit, 22, Rakshit Shetty, 21, and Yagnesh Shetty, 21. The police seized 2.2 kg cannabis including those packed in 61 packets. According to a press release

Riyadh, Oct 31: The 10th annual general body meeting of Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) was held on October 27 at a Famed Restaurant Auditorium in Riyadh. The meeting started around 1.30pm post lunch. Nitin Rai Kukkuvalli, resident editor of VK Newz, the key man of KWAR with a bundle of talents welcomed the guests and explained KWAR’s contribution to fellow Indians especially to people

Bengaluru, Oct 31: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) H K Patil has ordered a probe into the misuse of funds to the tune of Rs 55 crore in the Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL). The funds were unauthorisedly parked in two separate accounts of the Mangaluru branch of Indian Overseas Bank in August this year. Later a large sum of this money was