Karnataka

New Delhi, Mar 21: The banking sector will have a long vacation, thanks to the co-inciding dates of the list of holidays. Starting March 24 banks will be closed for business for four days in a row in many parts of the country. The dates being –March 24 for Holi, March 25 for Good Friday, March 26 for fourth Saturday (second and fourth Saturdays of a month are holidays for government-owned banks)

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Opposition BJP today alleged in the Karnataka Assembly that the Siddaramaiah-led government was "destabilising" the Lokayukta by creating a separate Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and demanded its withdrawal. Questioning the intentions of the government on the issue, Leader of Opposition Jagadish Shettar said the state was trying to protect the corrupt and possibly using the ACB

New Delhi: Mar 21: The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) has stoked a controversy after it made it mandatory for the Urdu authors to undertake in writing that their books, to be procured under a scheme, did not contain anything against the policies of the government. Tariq Anwar, a member of the NCPUL and a Congress MP, on Sunday described the move as “biased and an attack on

Mangaluru, Mar 21: It has been two years since the headless body of Rohit Radhakrishnan (22), a final year student of AJ Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru, was found near Tannir Bavi beech in the city. The grieving parents are yet to come in terms of the acceptance of the death Rohit who was found murdered on the fateful morning of March 23, 2014. Hailing from Pathanmthitta district of

New Delhi, Mar 21: Taking a dig at ruling BJP over its stand on the JNU row, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said that nationalism is now decided by whether one can say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' or not. He said people should have the right to choose what they believe is correct and still be tolerant of others' ideas in a democracy. "Today, nationalism is decided by whether or not one can say 'Bharat

Udupi, Mar 21: Students of Dr. G. Shankar Government First Grade College have managed to collect nearly Rs 8 lakh through public donations for the treatment of their 19-year-old college mate Geeta who is suffering from sickle-cell anaemia. The total number of money collected has gone up to Rs. 10 lakh, which includes Rs. 7.07 lakh collected by college students, Rs. 1 lakh from Dr. G. Shankar

Mangaluru, Mar 21: A 50-year-old man was allegedly hacked to death at Kodialbail in the city on Monday morning. It is suspected that Vinayak Baliga was attacked by miscreants while the former was going for a jogging. A passerby who noticed Kamath lying in a pool of blood on PVS Kala Kunj Road, immediately rushed him to a hospital. But, the victim was declared brought dead in the hospital. It is

Mangaluru, Mar 21: The betting trade is flourishing in this coastal city with youths falling prey to the racket as the ICC World T20 tournament is underway in the country. The city police, who nabbed a youth last Friday for allegedly being involved in cricket betting, said that a racket is involved in it as it helps to make easy money for both who operate and the other puts money on betting. In T

Mangaluru, Mar 21: A youth from Udupi was convicted by the VI Additional District and Sessions Court here of forging documents and cheating a 20-year-old girl after promising her a job. The court, however, acquitted him of the charge of sexual harassment of the woman and terming the physical relationship as one between two consenting adults According to the charge-sheet by Moodbidri police, Mahesh

Bengaluru, Mar 21: The organs of a 21-year-old brain dead patient, including his heart, were harvested in the City on Saturday night. The patient's heart was taken from BGS Global Hospitals near Kengeri to Narayana Health City on Hosur Road through a green corridor. R Santosh (21) was declared brain-dead at 6 pm at BGS Global Hospitals and his organs were harvested. While his heart was