Karnataka

Nagaur (Rajasthan), Mar 13: Khaki shorts, the trademark dress for RSS cadres for 91 years, is out and is being replaced by brown trousers as the Sangh wants to move with the times. The decision was taken at the three-day annual meeting of Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the highest decision-making body of RSS, held here. "We have decided to replace khaki half pant with brown pant. We are not

Mangaluru, Mar 13: Two helpless girls aged around 10-years found begging near City Centre mall in the city have been rescued by the officials of Childline Mangaluru 1098.Both the children have been handed over the District Child Welfare Committee to aid their future rehabilitation on Saturday. Hailing from North Karnataka, parents of one girl are from Raichur district and that of the other from

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Kannada film actor Darshan has volunteered to settle the discord with his wife in consultation with the family elders and seniors in the film industry. Darshan appeared before the South Division police on Saturday and recorded his statement about his alleged harassment of his wife Vijayalakshmi and told the police that he would sort out the differences in consultation with

Udupi, Mar 13: There was a sudden outbreak of fire in the bushes in eight places on either sides of the Konkan Railway track in Vakwady village area in Kundapur taluk on Saturday. However fire tenders from Kundapur and Udupi managed to put it off. According to the Fire and Emergency Services personnel in Kundapur, the fire station at Kundapur received a call around 10.30 a.m. and two fire tenders

Bengaluru, March 13: Rajya Sabha member K?Rahman Khan has said the State government had rightly rejected the Karnataka State Minorities Commission report on the Wakf scam as the panel had not sought any clarification from the people concerned and the State Wakf Board. The remarks come in the wake of BJP leader K?S?Eshwarappa recently stating that many Congress leaders, including Khan, were

Bengaluru, March 13: Karnataka has been ranked third in the country in the quality of governance, according to a study conducted by the Public Affairs Centre (PAC). Kerala has been ranked 1 and Tamil Nadu 2 in the ranking of 30 states undertaken by PAC. A report of the study was released on Saturday by former Chief Justice of India M N Venkatachalaiah. The study is known as the Public Affairs

Kalaburgi, March 13: With the formal setting up of its office in Kalaburagi on Saturday, Hyderabad-based political party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen is set to field its candidates in future elections from the city by wooing the minority electorate. The party's firebrand leader and MP Asaduddin Owaisi, seems to be keen on establishing a base outside Hyderabad, particularly in the Muslim

Mangaluru, Mar 12: Minister for Higher Education T?B?Jayachandra called upon people to accept organic farming. He was speaking after inaugurating Jenina Jhenkara Mattu Savayava Mela', a two-day festival on apiculture and organic farming organised by Horticulture Department here on Saturday. He said the State government has been supporting organic farming and it has a bright future. The demand for

Sharjah, Mar 12: Three Indian students died on the spot in a horrific accident that occurred in Al Madam-Al Sameed road in Sharjah. The deceased have been identified as Ashmid Ashraf (20) from Kozhikkode; Shifaam Musthafa (20) from Panoor, Kannur; and Mohammed Sunoon (21) from Kozhikkode. The youths were returning after visiting a friend's house when the horrific accident took place in Sharjah's

New Delhi, Mar 12: Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre does not recruit Muslims in the Ayush ministry as a policy, a news report said quoting an official RTI reply. The report by the Milli Gazette, an influential fortnightly newspaper highlighting issues of the minority community, could give the Opposition more ammo to target the Modi govt which it accuses of running an agenda of