Karnataka

Udupi, Mar 7: Chandrashekar Adiga, Deputy Registrar (Technical), Manipal University, said that the responsibility of the media was to give quality content to the people and not just increase curiosity among users for the benefit of television rating points (TRP). He was speaking at the valedictory function of a two-day national conference on “Communication research in India: perspectives

Bengaluru, Mar 7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday refused to set any deadline to complete the work on the much-delayed Yettinahole project, to provide drinking water to five districts. He also announced setting up of an experts' committee to explore the possibility of bringing water from various sources including Sharavathi in Linganamakki, Krishna basin, Mekedatu and the Koramangala

Bengaluru, Mar 7: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president Kummanam Rajasekharan has said that the participation of JNU students' union leader Kanhaiya Kumar in the Assembly poll campaign will only damage the prospects of the Congress and Left and not the BJP. “In Mr. Kumar's case, the Congress and the Communist parties are the same, but the BJP has a different attitude. So, there is no

Mangaluru : The foundation for Ecologic Habitats Transit One, the first of the Transit series of theme-based malls was laid at Thokkottu amidst a glittering ceremony on Friday November 20. Addressing the gathering, P S Mohammed, managing director, Ecologic Habitats said, "We have been in the construction industry for the past 25 years. Ecologic Habitats is a 2-year-old company. Mangaluru's suburbs

Raipur, March 6: A group of youths today barged into a church at Kachna village on the city outskirts and allegedly vandalised the premises and thrashed the people present, police said. "Around 15-20 youths entered the church premises located at Kachna village while prayer was underway," Raipur Additional Superintendent of Police Neeraj Chandrakar told PTI. They damaged chairs, fans and other

Mangaluru, Mar 6: A reckless car driver claimed the lives of two motorbike-borne men on Kalladka-Kanhangad highway at Padibagilu Maira junction in Bantwal taluk on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as rider Umesh Naika (35), a resident of Katukukke village, and pillion-rider Vasanta Naika (47), a resident of Punacha village. The car driver Tallat (30), a resident of Kurnadka, Puttur, has

New Delhi, Mar 6: Malayalam actor and popular folk singer Kalabhavan Mani passed away at a hospital in Kochi on Sunday (March 6). He was 45. Mani, who started as a mimicry artist, was a popular character actor in all South Indian languages. He acted as hero in many Malayalam movies and was a very popular folksinger and stage performer. In a career spanning close to a quarter century, Mani has

Bijbhera (JK), March 6: Meet Amir Hussain Lone, who not only plays the game but is captain of the Jammu and Kashmir Para-cricket team. Amir, an avid fan of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, overcame gigantic obstacles to realise his dream of playing cricket which were almost shattered when he lost both his arms in a freak accident -- ironically at a bat-manufacturing unit owned by his father in

Mangaluru, Mar 6: Almost three weeks after a diploma student in the city was stripped, beaten and robbed by a group of four miscreants, the police have managed to arrest the main accused. A team of Mangaluru CCB police led by inspector Valentine D'Souza nabbed Jayaprakash (24) alias JP a resident of Boloor, Mangaluru from Shirahallai village near Shikaripura in Shivamogga district on Saturday

Kolkata, Mar 6: Former Supreme Court judge Ashok Ganguly today raised doubts over the handling of the 2013 execution of Parliament terror attack convict Afzal Guru, saying human rights prevail as along as the noose is not tightened around the neck. "I am saying as a (former) judge the way the execution took place - his clemency petition was rejected on February 3 and the execution took place on