Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 2: Members of the Mangaluru unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a dharna in the city on Tuesday accusing Congress party and its leader Rahul Gandhi of politicizing the ‘suicide’ of the research scholar Rohith Vemula in the University of Hyderabad and also of three Dalit students in Tamil Nadu. The protesters said that the Congress and its vice-president

Mangaluru, Feb 2: With frequent clashes among inmates being reported in the district prison in Mangaluru, the State government has decided to shift the jail to Mudipu, around 25 km away from the city. DGP (prison) HN Sathyanarayana Rao, who inspected the prison for half an hour and met prisoners earlier in the day told media persons that shifting will take place after a new state-of-the art prison

Srinagar, Feb 2: In a heart warming example of Kashmiriyat, Muslims of a village in Kulgam district of south Kashmir performed the last rites of a Kashmiri Pandit, who clung his roots and refused to leave the valley when all others in his family fled under threat from militants. Janki Nath (84), a resident of Malvan in Kulgam, died on Saturday. In the absence of family member or Kashmiri Pandit

New Delhi, Feb 2: Bengaluru is ranked first in the Asia Pacific region in terms of city's socio-economic growth and momentum in the commercial real estate space, according to property consultant JLL. Globally, Bengaluru ranks fourth after London, Silicon Valley and Dublin, JLL India said in a statement. Hyderabad is at 17th position in the global ranking. "India's Bengaluru tops the JLL City

New Delhi, Feb 2: Pakistan on Tuesday denied a visa to actor and BJP sympathiser Anupam Kher, who has been invited by the organisers of a literary festival in Karachi as one of their guests. Kher claims only he has been singled out of the 18 delegates who applied for the visa. "I am very sad and disappointed that out of 18 participants, 17 were given visa and I was denied," Kher told news agency

Bengaluru, Feb 2: Health Minister U T Khader on Monday said the State government has taken the spread of dreaded Zika virus seriously and precautionary measures are being taken to prevent its spread in the State. Speaking to reporters, he said it is yet to be confirmed whether Zika virus really exists or it is only a creation of drug companies. “But the government will not take the threat lightly

Mangaluru, Feb 2: At least six residents of Janata Colony in Surathkal, on the outskirts of the city, suffered injuries after a group of over two dozen unidentified miscreants allegedly attacked them last night for unknown reason. The injured have been identified as Madhava Poojary (36), Madhu (29), Anil (40), Shiva Ganiga (24), Chandra Kanth (20) and Janaki (50). All of them have been admitted to

Bengaluru, Feb 2: The State government has begun the process of creating separate companies to develop Belagavi and Davangere under the Smart Cities Mission. On January 29, Union Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha, through videoconferencing, explained the special purpose vehicle (SPV) model to state Principal Secretary (Urban Development) T K Anil Kumar. The two cities have been included in the

Bengaluru: Feb 2: The High Court of Karnataka on Monday dismissed a petition by members of a Konkani organisation for recognition of five different scripts for Konkani writings for the Sahitya Akademi ( National Academy of Letters) award. Eric Ozario and other petitioners wanted Konkani writings to be recognised in Kannada, Roman (English), Devanagari, Arabic and Malayalam scripts for the grant of

Kasaragod, Feb 2: After Puttaparthi and Bengaluru, it is the turn of Kasaragod as Sri Satya Sai Orphanage Trust Kerala, in association with the State and Central governments, is all set to come up with a multi-specialty hospital complex, a project that envisages to provide state-of-the-art medical facility free-of-cost in the relatively backward region. Said to be the third ‘cash-counter-less’