Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 29: Fazal Koyamma Thangal Koorath, the Khazi of Ullal, has finally accepted the election of Rasheed Haji Ullal as the new president of Ullal Jumma Masjid and Sayyid Madani Dargah. With this the ugly tussle between two factions to wrest administrative control of this religious institution has come to an end. In fact, Rasheed Haji Ullal was formally elected president of the Dargah on

New Delhi, May 29: Celebrating second anniversary of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a "change" has come in the last two years through good governance and vowed to root out corruption and make life easier for the people who have been "looted" for years. Without naming Congress, he accused the Opposition party of pursuing the agenda of obstructionism and expressed confidence that

Bengaluru, May 29: The Congress has picked former KPCC president Allam Veerabhadrappa, youth Congress president Rizwan Arshad, former minister R B Thimmapur and Veena Achaiah as the candidates for the Legislative Council elections from the Assembly. Senior Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president G Parameshwara, finalised these candidates on Saturday. The

Udupi, May 29: In a bizarre incident, an elderly woman was murdered allegedly by her 35-year-old son at Balkur village near Kundapur in Udupi district on Saturday over a trivial issue. The victim has been identified as Sadhu Poojari, a 72-year-old woman. According to the Kundapur police, accused Rama Poojary used to quarrel with his mother. On Saturday, Rama demanded money from his mother and she

Mangaluru, May 29: Mohan Alva, chairman of Alva's Education Foundation, Mohan Alva, has announced a cash prize money of Rs. 5 lakh for Ananth G, student of Alva's PU College, for topping the medical/dental stream in the Common Entrance Test. Ananth, who hails from bengaluru, had come to Dakshina Kannada for education. “Coaching in the college, night special classes and support of teachers, parents

Mangaluru, May 29: A businessman from Kadaba in Puttur taluk succumbed to suspected dengue at a private hospital in Deralakatte, here on Saturday.Umesh Bhat Marate (62), the owner of Shakti Stores in Hosamata, was initially admitted to a private hospital in Puttur and later brought to Deralakatte on May 9.District Vector Borne Diseases Control officer Arun Kumar said that Umesh, who was being

Mangaluru, May 29: With the common entrance test (CET) results announced on Saturday, the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada continues to hog the limelight with several students making into the topper's club in the district. While Ananth G. from Alva's Pre-University College, Moodbidri, ranked first in medical and dental streams, Niranjan Kamath from Expert PU College, Mangaluru, ranked second

Mangaluru, May 28: Congress leader and former Union Minister B. Janardhana Poojary has strongly opposed the State government's move of naming T. Sham Bhat, Commissioner, BDA, for the post of chairman of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC). Addressing a press meet here on Saturday Mr Poojary appealed to the Governor to reject the proposal on the grounds that he was facing allegations. Mr

Bengaluru, May 28: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara today said the government will consider hiking policemen's salary on par with some other states during "revision of next pay commission" and urged protesting police officials to cancel their plans to go on a mass leave. Large number of police personnel are reportedly to go on a mass leave on June 4 in protest against alleged harassment

Mangaluru, May 28: An army-man-turned Bajrang Dal leader has been arrested along with his four associates by the police on the charges of extortion and blackmail in Moodbidri on the outskirts of the city. Santosh Poojary, a local Bajrang Dal leader, caught red-handed when he was blackmailing a resident of Puthige in Moodbidri on Saturday. After quitting Indian army under the pretext of ill-health