Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 6: Yenepoya University, Mangalore and Forensic Anthropology Unit from Argentina – Equipo Argentino de Antropologia Forense (EAAF), signed a memorandum of understanding on 5th May 2016, at indoor auditorium of Yenepoya Medical College. The EAAF is a world renowned organization dedicated to helping families of disaster victims to achieve closure, by identifying the dead. By signing

Bengaluru, May 5: Former prime minister H?D?Deve Gowda has dismissed speculations that his son H?D?Kumaraswamy is eyeing a Rajya Sabha seat. Interacting with the media in Bengaluru on Thursday, Gowda said even if his son was literally pushed out, he would not quit state politics. However, his son recently had dropped sufficient hints that he may move to Delhi politics. Asked whether the JD(S)

Bantwal, May 6: Sand is visible with the depletion in water level at Phalguni River at Pucchamogaru in Bantwal taluk. The state government had initiated one of the five multi-village drinking water scheme sanctioned to the taluk last year, here. According to the project details, water from Phalguni river will be lifted at Pucchamogaru in Sangabettu zilla panchayat constituency and Nethravathi

Mumbai, May 6: Beating all odds, 36-year-old Sunil Yadav, a street sweeper employed with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today swept his way to success by securing an MPhil degree from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) here. Yadav, who is deployed at Nana Chowk in Central Mumbai for the cleaning job, now aims to pursue a PhD degree to understand the problems plaguing the

Bhatinda, May 6: At a time when is struggling to maintain religious tolerance, here's a story that glorifies the beautiful past of our country when people were more tolerant towards other religions. A historian in Punjab has found a copy of the Panjabi translation of Quran printed in 1911. The holy book travelled for 105 years and crossed boundries of religions to reach in the hands of a Hindu

Bengaluru, May 6: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday busted a major credit card fraud by arresting two persons who were part of a gang that created fake debit and credit cards by stealing data using skimming machines. The arrested are identified Kiran D, 34, of Talaghattapura and Neeta, 33, of Kasavanahalli near Parappana Agrahara in the city. Neeta's husband and the prime

Mumbai, May 6: The Bombay High Court on Friday pronounced the judgement on a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the beef ban in Maharashtra. According to news agency, the Bombay HC has passed order, which says that beef ban will continue in Maharashtra. A ban on cow and bullock slaughtering to continue but beef possession (if brought from outside Maharashtra) is not a

Mangaluru, May 6: The wait for rains continued in the coastal city of Mangaluru on Friday amidst special prayers in temples, mosques and churches. Even though a few parts of Dakshina Kannada district received moderate rain earlier this week, the merciless sun continued to rule the region. The administration and residents are making all-out efforts to ease the impact of severe water famine which

Bengaluru, May 6: A complaint has been filed with the Lokayukta against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the appointment of real estate businessman Lakshmana as the chairperson of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). T Narasimha Murthy, the complainant, said that the appointment was in violation of the provisions under The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and that it

New Delhi, May 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to review the drought and water scarcity in the state on Saturday. Modi also invited Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akilesh Yadav and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to discuss the drought situation in their states. The chief ministers will meet the prime minister separately, sources in the