Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 11: Congress veteran B Janardhan Poojary has asked Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanvir Sait to immediately quit the ministry in the wake of allegations of unacceptable action at a public function. On Thursday attending Tipu Jayanti at Raichur in north Karnataka where he is the district in charge minister, Mr Sait was seen in the video footage, telecast by

New Delhi, Nov 11: Airfares are set to rise with the government deciding to levy up to Rs 8,500 per flight on major routes to fund the regional air connectivity scheme. The levy amount would be for an entire flight and the price of each ticket could go up depending on the number of seats in that particular flight. Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey today said the levy would be up to Rs 8,500 per

Mangaluru, Nov 11: Backed by various organisations, the Mangalore Bar Association on Friday staged a jatha here demanding for the setting up of a circuit bench of high court in the city. Members of the bar and students of city's law college took part in the march that commenced from the district and sessions' court premises and culminated in front of the office of deputy commissioner. Speaking on

New Delhi, Nov 11: Queues outside banks grew longer as did confusion and chaos, with all cash vending machines still not functioning despite a two-day break for stocking up new currency notes. People waited for hours to get the cash needed to meet their daily expenses as most prevalent higher denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 were declared invalid. ATMs, which reopened two days

Mangaluru, Nov 11: Vishwa Hindu Parishad international working president Pravin Togadia has been banned for a week from entering Dakshina Kannada district. The district administration imposed the ban to prevent possible disruption of peace or provocation by the hardline Hindutva leader, who had planned to visit the coastal Karnataka on Friday. According to sources, Togadia was scheduled to land at

Vijayapura, Nov 11: BJP leader and MLC Arun Shahapur, who represents teachers' constituency, and his family survived a fire accident near Godavari Hotel on Athani Road on Thursday morning. They all had a close shave when the fire broke out in their moving car. "The incident happened when I and my family members were returning home from BLDE Hospital, where my father was admitted for a surgery,"

Bengaluru, Nov 11: BJP?party workers, led by former chief minister B?S?Yeddyurappa, staged a protest in front of Town Hall on Thursday against Tipu Jayanti celebrations. Addressing protesters, Yeddyurappa alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was dividing people on the lines of religion and caste. “The BJP is not against minorities. Siddaramaiah is bent on celebrating Tipu Jayanti only to

Bengaluru, Nov 11: Stating that the BJP and RSS were attempting to distort history through a malicious propaganda against 18th century ruler Tipu Sultan, chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday alleged that communal parties were trying to spread hatred among communities in the run-up to assembly polls. Speaking at the Tipu Jayanti celebrations here, Siddaramaiah slammed the BJP for politicizing

Mangaluru, Nov 10: The Dakshina Kannada district administration, unmindful of strong protests from the opposition BJP and various Hindu organisations, celebrated Tipu Sultan Jayanti here on Thursday. The Nethravathi auditorium of the Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat, venue of the official celebration, was under a tight security blanket directly supervised by deputy commissioners of police and

Mangaluru, Nov 10: In an apparent murder attempt, unidentified miscreants attacked a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist with a lethal weapon near Kuthar in Mangaluru taluk on Thursday. The injured has been identified as Ram Mohan (38), son of Prabhakar Shetty, a resident of Amblamogeru on the outskirts of the city. According to the victim, motorbike-borne miscreants waylaid him near