Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 20: Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from parts of Dakshina Kannada during Saturday's election for Zilla and Taluk panchayats in the coastal district. A clash broke out between the workers of Congress party and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jagadish Shenava at a polling station set up in Addoor Government Higher Primary School which comes under Gurupura constituency of DK

New Delhi, Feb 20: Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, father of Umar Khalid, a PhD scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, has claimed that he received a “death threat call from underworld don Ravi Poojary”. SQR Ilyas is the all India president of Welfare Party of India and one of the senior leaders of Jama'ath-e-Islami Hind. He has filed a complaint at the Jamia Nagar police station in this connection. He

Bengaluru, Feb 20: The second-phase of elections to zilla and taluk panchayats in 15 districts are being held on Saturday. The districts are set to witness a triangular contest between the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) candidates. Polling are being held to 530 zilla panchayat seats and 1,936 taluk panchayat seats. A total of 2,159 candidates are contesting the zilla

Bengaluru, Feb 20: Kannada film producer Shashikumar attempted to kill himself in Kamakshipalya on Friday afternoon. The police believe that his failure to release a film he had produced nearly two years ago could have driven him to take such a step. The producer was found unconscious in his car that was parked near a bus stand. The family members rushed him to a private hospital, where he is

Mangaluru, Feb 20: A youth was hospitalized with severe injuries after he was assaulted by a gang of three miscreants in Kulai near Surathkal on the outskirts of the city on Friday. The injured has been identified as Ansar, a 22-year-old resident of Kana. The attack took place when Ansar and his brother were going on a motorbike. The miscreants, who are known to Ansar, waylaid the brothers and

Mysuru, Feb 20: All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson Brijesh Kalappa on Friday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had taken five decades to realise the importance of the National Flag. Addressing mediapersons, here, Kalappa said, “It took 52 years for the BJP?to realise the importance of the Indian flag. For the first time, the Rashtriya Swayamsevaka Sangh (RSS)?hoisted the tri

Bengaluru, Feb 20: The High Court on Friday granted bail to three suspects who were allegedly involved in the murder of Shahul Hamid during the Tipu Jayanthi celebrations in Madikeri in November, 2015. Hearing bail petition of the suspects, H S Bhishma, PU Kaverappa and KR Ramesh, Justice AV Chandrashekhar granted bail on the ground that their names were not part of the complaint registered by the

Bengaluru, Feb 20: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday stood by his stand to appoint Karnataka Law Commission Chairman, Justice SR Nayak, as the new Lokayukta. The exercise of sending the State government’s recommendation to Raj Bhavan for approval of Governor Vajubhai Vala is a mere formality as Siddaramaiah announced Justice Nayak’s name at a meeting of the high-level committee constituted to

Mangaluru/Udupi, Feb 19: The district administrations in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have made all arrangements for the smooth conduct of zilla and taluk panchayat elections on February 20. The polling will be held from 7 am to 5 pm. The fate of 116 candidates for 36 seats in zilla panchayat and 361 candidates for 136 taluk panchayat seats in Dakshina district will be sealed on Saturday. The number

Mangaluru, Feb 19: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader said polio drops will be administered to 74.39 lakh children, aged below five years, in the second phase of pulse polio immunisation campaign in the State on February 21. Briefing mediapersons here on Friday, he said the Department of Health and Family Welfare has made all necessary arrangements to make the campaign a success. A