Karnataka

New Delhi, Feb 12: Denouncing the protest march in JNU against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said the nation will never tolerate "insult" to mother India. "I want to say this much, that today is the day of worship of Goddess Saraswati. Saraswati blesses every family that whatever they speak is for progress and strengthening the nation. Let

Mangaluru, Feb 12: Being a Muslim girl didn’t stop her from topping the Ramayana exam conducted by Bharatha Sanskriti Prathisthan. The parents of Fathimath Rahila from a remote village in Puttur of Dakshina Kannada district are proud of her achievement. “She is well-versed with the holy Quran. Now we are happy that she topped state level Ramanaya exam. I am proud of my daughter,” says her father

Mangaluru, Feb 12: As many as 116 candidates have remained in fray for the election to Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat, which has 36 constituencies. Of the 210 candidates who had filed nominations in DK, 94 have withdrawn their papers. The final list of candidates in fray was published by the election commission on Thursday, the last day for withdrawal of nominations. While there are 36

Bengaluru, Feb 12: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah appears to have been caught on the wrong foot by claiming that the expensive wristwatch he used to wear till recently was a gift. According to the Income Tax Act 1961, a person has to pay tax if he or she receives a gift costing more than Rs 50,000. However, tax exemption can be availed if the gift is from one of the family members. Accordingly

Dharwad, Feb 12: The funeral of Lance Naik Hanmanthappa Koppad, who died in Delhi on Thursday after being pulled out alive from an avalanche in Siachen, will be held at the land adjacent to the gram panchayat office in Betadur on Friday. Dharwad Deputy Commissioner Rajendra Cholan told reporters that this was decided after consulting his family and village elders. The fallen solider would be given

Bengaluru, Feb 12: Union Law Minister D?V?Sadananda Gowda on Thursday hit out at?Siddaramaiah saying that if the chief minister auctioned himself, even his family members would not bid for him. Speaking to reporters while campaigning for the BJP candidate for the Hebbal Assembly bypoll in Bengaluru, Gowda said, “The chief minister has said he is ready to sell his watch for Rs five lakh. Leave

Madikeri, Feb 12: The police on Thursday submitted the preliminary charge sheet against nine people in the case relating to the death of Devapanda Kuttappa, the organising secretary of the VHP, during the Tipu Jayanti celebrations. The charge sheet states that Kuttappa died after he fell on a cement drain, to a depth of 18 feet while trying to escape from the stone-throwing mob during the

Mangaluru, Feb 11: Manifesto released by DK district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party in the run up to the zilla and taluk panchayat polls has placed accent on construction of vented dams for ground water conservation, and re-charge. Elections to the panchayati raj bodies in the district will be held on February 20. The manifesto that Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP released vouched that BJP is committed to

Sharjah, Feb 11: Air India pilots flew back to India a plane grounded by authorities at Sharjah airport, prompting the national carrier to bar a senior captain from operating international flights for violating regulations. The incident drew a sharp response from UAE’s general civil aviation authority (GCAA), which threatened to ban the aircraft from entering the country’s airspace. The carrier

Bangalore, Feb 11: A reported leopard sighting close to where a big cat injured five people at the weekend forced the closure of 130 schools in Bangalore on Thursday, the education authority said. Panic gripped an eastern suburb of the city after a woman claimed to have spotted a leopard six kilometres (four miles) away from Vibgyor school where one tried to maul several wildlife workers Sunday