Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 22: State Congress chief and Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Saturday that tears welled in his eyes when he saw the results of the Assembly elections to 5 states on Thursday. “It is time for all to join hands to strengthen the Congress party,” he said, while participating in a programme at the KPCC office. The event was held to mark the death anniversary of late prime minister

Brussels, May 21: Mourad Laachraoui, the brother of one of the Brussels suicide bombers, has won gold at the European Taekwondo Championships and is now set to compete for Belgium at the Olympic Games in Brazil. Older brother Najim, 24, was one of two suicide bombers who blew himself up at Brussels Airport on March 22. The attacks, including another suicide bomber on the city's metro, killed 32

Mangaluru, May 21: A two -day Vasantotsava got underway at Dr Shivarama Karantha Pilikula Nisargadhama on Saturday providing connoisseurs of fruits a chance to savor a variety of tantalizing food products. A few tonnes of mangos and other fruits including jackfruit arrived at the Nisargadhama for this sale-cum-exhibition of fruits. Some of the varieties of mangos that are available are Badami

Mangaluru, May 21: Former union minister Janardhana Poojary has said that Priyanka Gandhi should enter politics and be made AICC general secretary. He said on Saturday there is truth in party leader Digvijaya Singh's call for fresh style of functioning in the Congress. Sonia Gandhi should continue as the president of the party. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka should become AICC general secretaries

New Delhi, May 21: Authorities cannot insist upon mentioning the name of one's biological father in passport as mother's name is sufficient in certain cases where she is a single parent, the Delhi High Court has said. "In the absence of any provision making it mandatory to mention the name of one's biological father in the passport, the respondents (passport authorities) cannot insist upon the

Mangaluru, May 21: The Popular Front of India chairman KM Shareef has said that the results of the recent legislative assembly elections show that unethical and opportunist politics of the parities that claims to be standing for secularism and minority rights helped BJP to have unprecedented election gains in Assam and Kerala. In media release issued here Mr Shareef said, while parties like

May 21: In a bizarre incident, a nationalized bank has frozen the account of Manmohan Singh, a farmer, for being a guarantor' to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is embroiled in charges of money laundering. Singh, a farmer in Khajuria Naviram village under Bilsanda block of Pilibhit when went to the bank to deposit money was informed about the same. “I went to deposit four lakh to the bank but they

New Delhi, May 21: Delhi girl Sukriti Gupta, who aspires to be an engineer and study at IIT, has topped the CBSE Class XII board examination with 99.4 per cent. Gupta, a student of Montfort School, Ashok Vihar, scored 497 marks out of 500. While she has scored a perfect 100 in Physics and Chemistry, she has got 99 marks each in English, Mathematics and Computer Science. She is preparing for her

Bengaluru, May 21: Unmindful of Governor Vajubhai R. Vala's pinpricks against appointment of Karnataka Law Commission chairman S.R. Nayak to the post of Karnataka Lokayukta in earlier occasions, the State government has recommended his name for the third time. In the earlier two occasions, the Governor sent back the files recommending Mr. Nayak's name for the post. It was reported that Mr. Vala

Mangaluru, May 21: The autonomous St Aloysius College is starting an innovative B.Sc Course from the academic year 2016-17 with Economics along with Mathematics and Statistics as a Major Subjects. Mangalore University has approved the new programme. A study has revealed that students of Economics with Mathematics and Statistics background will have excellent job opportunities in the industry. Also