Karnataka

Mangaluru, Mar 28: Work on the tunnel road through Shirady Ghat could begin as early as November this year and be completed in two years. "The detailed project report for this project is being prepared. If the state government readies the report and gives it to the ministry of road transport and highways by June, the work on the project will be taken up latest by December," said Nitin Gadkari

Mangaluru, Mar 28: The much-awaited multi-crore project on four-laning of Thokkottu-Mudipu-Melkar road has moved a step closer to execution with the union government's in-principal approval for the proposal to turn it into a national highway. Speaking at a function in the city on Monday, Union Minister for Surface Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari, assured to fulfil the demand of

New Delhi, Mar 28: The Supreme Court on Monday gave time to the government to suggest ways to ban child pornography in all its forms and took on record the Centre's earlier direction to internet service providers to block porn sites. "In pursuance to our earlier order, some suggestions have been filed. The Centre has sought two weeks time to file its suggestions. Put up the matter for further

Kharagpur, Mar 28: Reaching out to the Muslims in poll-bound West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paused for several minutes in the middle of his speech at a poll rally here as a muezzin called for prayers at a nearby mosque. Mr. Modi, who had begun a tirade against the ruling Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M)-Congress alliance, was in full flow when he abruptly stopped his speech

Lucknow, Mar 28: Amid a raging row over chanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said nobody needs to be forced to raise it and that efforts should be made to build a "great" India that is hailed across the globe voluntarily. "We have to create such a great India where people themselves chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'...it need not be imposed," Bhagwat said. Bhagwat's remark at a

New Delhi, Mar 28: RSS today accused Leftist scholars of attempting to replace 'India' with 'South Asia' in textbooks in California and said efforts by Hindu activists have thwarted their bid to "undermine the country's glorious identity". Hindus in the US are up in arms against suggestions mooted by California's Department of Education to make changes in textbooks which they alleged not only

Kasaragod, Mar 28: Two boys drowned in a rivulet at Chalakadavu, near Neeleswaram near here on Sunday.Police identified the victims as Arfras (8) son of Bekal Mohammed and Aiysha;and Nihal (10) son of Sathar and Nasira.Both were natives of Chalakadavu in Madikai. “The boys were fishing in the stream near the Chalakadav river using a towel when one or both of themmight have slipped,” said

Mangaluru, Mar 28: Sunni Yuvajana Sangha (SYS) as part of its Saantwana scheme' organised a mass marriage ceremony of economically backward couples at Kotekar, here on Sunday. Presiding over the event, SYS state president KP Husain Sa'adi said that mass marriage is one of the several philanthropic works being carried out by SYS in recent years. He said that the main aim of the Sangha is to create

Bengaluru, Mar 28: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has reiterated that the creation of the Anti-Corruption Bureau will not have any impact on the functioning of the Lokayukta. Speaking to presspersons at Harihar near here on Sunday, Mr. Siddaramaiah said that leaders with no knowledge about the bureau are misguiding people by issuing false statements. He said that the aim of creating the bureau was to

Bengaluru, Mar 28: A speeding luxury car, driven by a 55-year-old doctor, rammed at least five vehicles over a stretch of 1 km and crashed into a house before coming to a halt in Jayanagar on Sunday. A two-wheeler rider was killed and four people were injured in the accident. Around 2.15 pm, Dr Shankar N H (55), an Orthopaedician, was driving his high-end car. At Madhavan Park, he brushed past a