Karnataka

Bengaluru, Oct 4: Renowned figurative artist Yusuf Arakkal, who left a distinct impression of his own with his works, died at his residence here due to illness, his family said. "My father has passed away," the 70-year-old Bengaluru-based artist's son Sibu Arakkal told here. Besides Sibu, Arakkal is survived by wife Sara Arakkal. Born in 1945 in Kerala's Chavakkad, Arakkal obtained a diploma in

Bantwal, Oct 4: A 30-year-old youth was killed when a speeding bus rammed into his motorbike on National Highway 234 at Manihalla near Bantwal on Tuesday. The victim, Sushanth Rai, son of Janardan Rai from Pilathettu village in the taluk, was heading to Dharmasthala on some work when the tragedy occurred. It is learnt that the driver of the bus belonging to Karnataka State Road Transport

Bengaluru, Oct 4: The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold the setting up of Cauvery Water Management Board. It also directed Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu from October 7 to 18. After a warning from the top court, Karnataka government informed it is ready to share 6,000 cusecs of water till October 6 as per its order. The Centre had informed Supreme Court on

Mangaluru, Oct 4: With an aim of training the aspirants of UPSC examinations, the city based Ace Foundation has launched Karnire - Ace Civil Service Academy' at mission compound, Balmatta, here. Moulana Shamsuddin Kasimi, founder president of ILMI- AK IAS Academy and khazi of Chennai inaugurated the Academy. In his inaugural address he said that, hard and smart work along with patience is the

New Delhi, Oct 4: The valedictory programme of Popular Front of India's national campaign “Stop Politics of Hate” was held on Monday at Talkatora stadium, here. Delivering the presidential address, KM Shareef, chairman, PIF, highlighted the current situation of the country. “The road to power for the BJP was made easy by the disunity of the secular parties. Since the BJP has come to power it has

Chennai, Oct 4: The Madras High Court on Tuesday asked the Tamil Nadu government to clear confusion about Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's health. According to news agency ANI, the government lawyer has been asked to submit the information to the court tomorrow. The instructions from the Madras High Court came in response to a petition asking the AIADMK government statement amid speculation that

Mangaluru, Oct 4: “New generation of Konkani writers are coming out with quality literature. Compared to other languages there is lot of quality literature in Konkani Language. This Konkani literature should be translated into other languages so that the rich flavor of Konkani literature is spread all over the globe. World Konkani Centre (WKC) has always encouraged Konkani writers and artistes who

Mangaluru, Oct 4: A senior leader of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh has exhorted the Hindutva activists in coastal Karnataka to focus on fighting against cow slaughter and so called love jihad' legally rather than resorting to old tactics. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the new office of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad at Kadri in Mangaluru on Monday, Mukunda C R, Akhila Bharatiya Boudhik Pramukh

Mangaluru, Oct 4: The police department in Dakshina Kannada has started utilising social media by launching an innovative Namma Traffic' platform to deal with traffic issues plaguing the district. Superintendent of police Bhushan Gulabrao said that the new initiative aims at involving the public in solving problems related to traffic. Now, if there are instances of haphazard parking and drunken

Bengaluru, Oct 4: The Karnataka High Court on Monday ordered notices to Food and Civil Supplies Minister U T Khader and the state government on a petition against the new system of food grain distribution. Akkayamma and other residents of Someshwara Colony had filed a petition questioning the computerised coupon system introduced by the Food and Civil Supplies Department. They said they were