Karnataka

New Delhi, May 14: All India Congress Committee (AICC)?general secretary K C Venugopal has sent a list of names to the party's top brass for the post of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president. Venugopal, who met Rahul Gandhi here on Friday, is understood to have suggested the names of Water Resources Minister M B Patil, former minister S R Patil and Energy Minister D K Shivakumar for the

Mangaluru, May 14: A gang of miscreants, owing allegiance to a saffron outfit, set a vehicle used for cattle transportation on fire in front of Kodlipete police outpost in Kodagu district after a team of police intercepted it following a harrowing chase and arrested two of its seven occupants. According to police sources, seven people were illegally transporting eight cattle from Shanivarasanthe

Bengaluru, May 14: A day after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah patted himself for his four years of governance, Union Minister Ananth Kumar ridiculed him by saying irregularities, apathy and maladministration are the achievements of the Congress government. On Friday, Siddaramaiah released a booklet highlighting the programmes implemented by his government. At the event, he said he has scored 90 out

Bengaluru, May 14: Elections to the office-bearers of Karnataka state and district Congress committees are scheduled to be held from Sunday. Basanagouda Badarli, nephew of Sindhanur MLA Hampannagouda Badarli, K N Rajendra, son of Madhugiri MLA K N Rajanna, Amruthraj, K Kemparaj, Umesh Byre Gowda, Shivakumar, Pushpa Latha and Sumaya Tabrez are contesting for the post of state Youth Congress

Kalaburagi, May 14: In a rare achievement, all eight students at Smt Ambubai Residential School for Blind Girls in Kalaburagi have passed the SSLC examination and two of them scored more than 90% marks. Incidentally, the institution doesn’t have teachers for high school. Dattu Agarwal, the aided school’s founder, said the management had to hire teachers from outside. “In spite of this impediment

Chitradurga/Bengaluru, May 14: It was a show of unity and strength by the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government at Chitradurga on Saturday. On the day the government stepped into its fifth year, many Cabinet colleagues expressed solidarity with the chief minister by complimenting him for his governance and for launching various welfare schemes. The government had organised a public function at

“Dreams cannot be brought or rented; it is you who should nurture it. If you cannot dream what you want to be, then there is nothing to be achieved”-Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi Mangaluru, May 13: The seventh graduation ceremony of St Aloysius College, Mangaluru was held on Saturday at Loyola Hall of the college in the city. Rev. Fr Stanislaus D’Souza SJ, Provincial Karnataka Jesuit Province, declared

Mangaluru, May 13: Most Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza the Bishop of Mangaluru joined by Msgr Denis Moras Prabhu and 52 priests celebrated the thanksgiving mass on Saturday at Our Lady of Fatima Church Tannirbavi to commemorate one hundred years Mother Mary’s apparition to the three children at Fatima of Portugal. The Bishop in his message said that the Catholic Church has grown spiritually because

Mangaluru, May 13: The fourth edition of Aqua Aquaria India (AAI), one of the largest expositions of its kind in Asia, will be held here from May 14-16, showcasing the latest strides in aquaculture and ornamental fishery and offering a platform to various stakeholders to deliberate and chalk out a roadmap that would fuel its growth as a money-spinning export industry. “Diversification in

Bengaluru, May 13: Two South Indian States - Kerala and Tamil Nadu - secured first and second rankings for the second year in a row while Karnataka slipped from third position in 2016 to fourth in 2017. Karnataka also scored poorly in fiscal management - 10th among large states and 16th overall - but moved two positions up since 2016 (18th in India). The state's overall rankings were balanced out