Karnataka

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 6: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today expressed concern over the state's depiction as a "trouble-torn" region and called for coordinated efforts of all the political parties to put an end to violence. Talking to reporters after an all-party meeting, convened to discuss the political situation in the aftermath of the recent killing of an RSS worker here, he said

Bengaluru, Aug 8: Amid the escalating tension on India-China border over the Doklam issue, the state BJP utilised its executive committee meeting on Sunday as a platform to give a call for boycott of Chinese goods and to go “swadeshi”. Briefing reporters on the deliberations of the meeting in Bengaluru, BJP state general secretary and Lok Sabha member Shobha Karandlaje said the party was of the

New Delhi, Aug 7: The BJP top brass is upset with its Karnataka unit after it ‘failed’ to launch an offensive against Energy Minister D K Shivakumar, who is facing an Income Tax probe. Though the Congress leaders attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party national president Amit Shah over the use of the central agency, which they said was a move to instil fear among Gujarat MLAs camping in

Ahmedabad, Aug 7: Congress MLAs from Gujarat, who were camping in Bengaluru ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, returned to the state this morning and were taken to a resort in Anand district, party leaders said. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel is in fray for the Rajya Sabha polls which will be held tomorrow. Patel is also the political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. "All our MLAs

Udupi, Aug 6: With the monsoon reactivated in coastal Karnataka and Malnad region of the State, weather experts from the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) have predicted good rainfall in the catchment areas of the Cauvery basin reservoirs over the next few days. This is at a time when the storage in reservoirs is dipping below last year’s levels. The rain witnessed in

Bengaluru, Aug 6: The Gujarat Congress legislators, camping at a private resort near here, would be flown back to their home state directly and not to Delhi as has been reported in a section of the media, party sources said here today. The Gujarat Congress had sent 44 of its MLAs here on July 29 to fend off the "poaching" attempts by the BJP, ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha poll in that state

Mangaluru, Aug 6: Most Rev. Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza the Bishop of Mangaluru inaugurated the preparations for four days of Karnataka Regional level Convention to be held in the month of November 9th to 12th on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of Catholic Charismatic Renewal worldwide by releasing the posters on 6th August at Bishop’s house. The Bishop in his message wished well for the preparation

Mangaluru, Aug 6: An accused in a 2003 double murder case, who had jumped bail, was arrested by the Mangaluru police in Mumbai. The man, Vinesh Shetti (46), a native of Shirva in Udupi, was among those arrested by Konaje police here in connection with the murder of one Venugopal Nayak and his driver Santosh near Mudipu in Dakshina Kannada district. After his release on bail in 2005, Shetti failed

Mangaluru, Aug 6: The first anniversary celebration of Blood Helpline-Karnataka was celebrated on Sunday at Forum Fiza Mall, Mangaluru. Inaugurating the event, Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader said that donating and arranging blood in emergency is one of the greatest deeds. He congratulated the young enthusiastic team of Blood Helpline that arranges the blood during emergency

Mangaluru, Aug 6: Observing that fees for undergraduate medical and dental courses in has increased this year in Karnataka, the State Minority Commission has directed banks to increase the education loans for students from minority community “The fees for medical course are between Rs. 4 lakh and Rs. 10 lakh. Some NGOs, representing minorities, have given representation to the commission seeking