Karnataka

Chitradurga, Sept 25: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has hit back at the leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, K S Eshwarappa for the latter’s “Dasaiahs” remark. Eshwarappa, while speaking to reporters at Shivamogga on Saturday had said that the chief minister was seeking votes like a “Dasaiah.” The word refers to a person who collects alms from people. “Politicians are always like

Mangaluru: A 27-year-old youth has been arrested for allegedly eve-teasing and harassing women including college students in Surathkal on the outskirts of the city. The accused, identified as Shodhan Poojary, was on Sunday produced before a local court which remanded him to judicial custody for two weeks. It is learnt that Shodhan, said to be a saffron activist, had been harassing and stalking

Bengaluru, Sept 24: Amidst an intensified campaign for a separate religious status to Veerashaivas-Lingayat faith, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said the government has nothing to do with the rallies being organised in this regard. With resentment within the community over projecting Lingayats and Veerashaivas as the same, he clarified that the stands taken by few of his ministers on the issue

Mangaluru, Sept 24: UAE based global timber conglomerate Mohiudeen Wood Works Co. LLC, as part of their corporate social responsibility programme, has partnered with Mangalore Flower City Foundation, a non-profit green initiative recognized by the Mangaluru City Corporation and Karnataka Forest Department, which aims to transform and beautify Mangalur’s cityscape with a systematic and organized

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 24: The Kerala State Women's Commission on Sunday decided to approach the Supreme Court in the case of Hadiya, who is kept under house arrest. Chairperson M C Josephine told the media that the Commission would now approach the top court with a petition seeking permission to visit 25-year-old Hadiya, a homoeopath who converted to Islam last year and married a Muslim named

Mangaluru, Sept 24: As many as 10 districts of Karnataka including coastal districts of Dakshina kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada will be formally declared defecation-free on October 2. The other seven districts are Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Chikkamagaluru, Gadag, Shivamogga, Kodagu and Mandya. According to S G Nanjayyanamath, chairman of Karnataka State Rural Drinking Water and

Udupi, Sept 24: Udupi district administration is considering to set up a model organic village where organic farming methods would be adopted right from sowing to harvesting. Chairing a coordination committee meeting of the Karnataka Raitha Suraksha Scheme and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana at the District Offices Complex recently, Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis, said that organic

Mangaluru, Sept 24: In an apparent attempt to lure more Billavas into its fold, the Dakshina Kannada district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to take out a 22-km padayatra from Puttur to Padumale in Puttur taluk on October 2 seeking action against forces behind the recent desecration of the statue of Deyi Baidethi, mother of warrior twins Koti-Chennayya at Mupinadka. The yatra will also

Mangaluru, Sept 24: Tanveer Sait, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Wakf has warned that the Karnataka government would not hesitate to take stringent action against those misusing wakf properties. Addressing a meeting of Mutavallis from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the city on Saturday, he said the government has started the process of documenting wakf properties. Proceeds from

Managluru, Sept 24: A group of people thrashed and handed over a man to the police after he allegedly misbehaved with an 18-year-old German national near Paneer church near Konaje on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Mustafa (19), a local resident. It is said that he is mentally ill. He had recently undergone treatment at for his mental illness at a hospital