Karnataka

Mangaluru, Mar 18: The city based Ramakrishna Mission has been carrying on Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan for the past two years. Through various modules ashram is trying to create awareness among the public about hygiene and cleanliness. In the third phase, about 60 different teams in Mangaluru have joined hands with the ashrama in this Swacchata Abhiyan. We have already successfully completed 260

Bengaluru, Mar 18: Thirty-nine months after she survived a harrowing attack in an ATM kiosk in the city, Jyothi Udayon Friday positively identified her assailant Madhukar Reddy, who was arrested by Andhra Pradesh police last month. It was a moment of closure for Jyothi, when standing inside the admission room at Parapanna Agrahara central prison, she said, "Yes, it's him. I can recognize his face

Bengaluru, Mar 18: A day after an IPS officer took to Facebook asking the Mysuru-Kodagu MP, Pratap Simha, not to politicise police postings, she claimed that the social networking site had removed her post. But within hours of making the claim, DIG (Prisons) D Roopa put out the original post on Facebook. Meanwhile, Simha, who is also president of the state BJP’s youth wing, clarified that he had

New Delhi, Mar 18: After the election debacle in Goa, the Congress top brass is likely to replace Karnataka incharge AICC General Secretary Digvijaya Singh with former Union Minister K V Thomas. A decision in this regard is likely to be taken after Congress president Sonia Gandhi returns from the US along with party vice president Rahul Gandhi. Karnataka assumes importance for the party as the

Bengaluru, Mar 18: Congress MLC Srikanth Ghotekar has said that the Anna Bhagya scheme has turned into Kallara Bhagya (for thieves). During question hour in the Legislative Council on Friday, the MLC said in certain taluks in Karwar district, rice and dal meant for the midday meal scheme are being looted. On February 22, rice and dal meant for the Akshara Dasoha scheme were about to be looted

Udupi, Mar 18: The Karnataka cabinet has given its nod for collection of toll on 1,530 km of roads along 19 stretches of state highways. According to official sources, these roads have been developed by the Karnataka Road Development Corporation and under the Karnataka State Highways Improvement Programme (KSHIP). The date from which the toll (which has been referred to as user fee in a document

Udupi, Mar 17: People of Hebri town in Udupi district on Friday staged a half-day bandh demanding a taluk headquarters for Hebri. Members of the Taluk Horata Samiti and other organisations staged a dharna near the Hebri bus stand on the occasion. The protesters also staged a rasta roko for some time. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah while presenting budget for 2017 earlier this week, announced three

Lahore, Mar 17: Pakistan today said it has no clue so far about the two Indian clerics, including the 80-year-old head priest of New Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, who went missing in the country. "No clue to the missing Indian priests has been found so far. However, we are pro-actively pursuing this case," Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria told PTI. "We have asked all departments

Lucknow, Mar 17: Security has been enhanced at the Taj Mahal in the wake of a media report of a threat to the 17th century monument from terror outfit ISIS. "A link has been circulated in which it is claimed that Taj Mahal is on the target of ISIS. We are probing it. However, security has been enhanced in and around the monument," Additional Director General, Law and Order, Daljeet Singh Chowdhury

Tumakuru, Mar 17: A 55-year-old driver died of heart attack while driving a bus, but managed to save the lives of more than 60 passengers near Lakkanahalli village in Karnataka's Tumkur district on Friday. Police said the deceased has been identified as Nagaraju of Madhugiri and the incident happened while he was driving a bus bound for Shira. When the bus reached Lakkanahalli, Nagaraju suffered a