Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 13: In spite of his busy schedule in Uttar Pradesh and other poll-bound states, Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah will pay a visit to Managluru city and its communally sensitive suburbs on August 21. Even though Dakshina Kannada district unit of BJP has claimed that Mr Shah's visit would be a part of the 70th Independence Day celebrations, it appears to be an

Mangaluru, Aug 13: Three students trained at the Centre For Advanced Learning (CFAL) in Mangaluru - Praneeth D. Nayak, Prajna Hebbar and Rashmi B. Kasangeri - are among 51 from Karnataka who have cleared the National Talent Search Examination held in May. A total of 975students have been selected this year from the country at the nationwide competitive examination conducted by the National Council

New Delhi, Aug 13: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today took strong exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks against cow vigilantes, saying by dubbing them as "anti-social" he had insulted them and demanding that the government talk to them. VHP international working president Pravin Togadia said that Modi's directive to states to create dossiers of cow vigilantes amounts to 'racial

Bengaluru, Aug 13: Continuing reforms in the food and civil supplies department, minister UT Khader has promised to deliver ration cards within seven days, cutting the waiting time from the current 6 to 12 months. "If passports can be processed and delivered to people in less than a month in Karnataka then why can't we issue ration cards faster than passports?" Khader had asked. "It is possible

Chikkamagaluru, Aug 13: Days after prime minister Narendra Modi said that more cows die from consuming plastic than from slaughter, plastic waste weighing over 40 kg was found in a cow's belly at Kadur in Chikkamagaluru district. A veterinary doctor discovered this while treating the animal after it met with an accident. The five-year-old cow belonging to Mahesh Kumar, a resident of the town, was

Mumbai, Aug 13: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who was detained at an American airport, should have displayed patriotic credentials and returned to India after another "insult" in the US, the Shiv Sena said here today. Observing that the "tolerant actor" goes to the US repeatedly, the Sena said if he had decided to return, it would have been a slap on the face of the US. The Sena was reacting to Khan's

Mangaluru, Aug 13: BJP minority morcha leader and Beary artiste Rahim Uchil has breathed a sigh of relief after winning a five-year-old defamation lawsuit against a city based Kannada tabloid. Mahesh S Patil, the judge of second additional civil court and JMFC, Managluru, ruled that Mr Uchil should be given a compensation of Rs 50,000 along with interest at the rate of 9% per annum from the date

Bengaluru, Aug 13: Accepting a petition filed by former minister Mumtaz Ali Khan, the Karnataka High Court has issued an interim stay on the appointment of minister R Roshan Baig as the chairman of Karnataka State Haj Committee. In his petition, Mr Khan, had pointed out that choosing Baig to head the committee was unsustainable given that no member had been appointed to the body since 2015. While

Bengaluru, Aug 13: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has expressed hope that Bengaluru may get a United States of America (USA) consulate soon. In a response to state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa, who had sought for the external affairs to impress upon the US to open an US consulate in the IT capital of India, Swaraj has said: "I am sure that given the strong economic and social links with

New Delhi, Aug 13: The Supreme Court has lashed out at the prime minister Narendra Modi-led union government for allegedly stalling high court judges' appointment and threatened to pass orders to clear the “logjam”, potentially triggering the latest episode in a string of clashes between the executive and judiciary. Chief Justice of India TS Thakur read out a list of 75 names sent to the Centre