Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 24: The annual floricultural and horticultural show began at Kadri Park on Saturday. Organised by the Department of Horticulture, the show specially feature Yakshagana in flower arrangement using Dutch roses, carnations and other flowers. One thing that makes the Kadri Park flower show different this time is the amount of space; the show is not just restricted to a corner of the

Mangaluru, Jan 24: The ‘immoral police’, who target young girls and boys belonging to different communities, normally do not face any legal action if the female victims do not lodge a complaint against them. To address this situation, the Legislative Committee on Women and Child Safety has decided to recommend the government to direct the police to book suo motu cases against those who indulge in

Mangaluru, Jan 24: The 36th Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan was carried out by Ramakrishna Mission in Navabharath Circle in Kodialbail area on the 24th January 2016 from 7.30 am to 10.30 am. N Yogish Bhat, Former MLA, Mangaluru, and Sri Premananda Shetty, Corporator, MCC, Mangalore flagged off the drive in the presence of Swami Jitakamanandaji, President, Ramakrsihna Math, Mangalore & Captain Ganesh

Manama, Jan 24: Strongly pitching for delinking terrorism from religion, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said India and the Arab world must join hands to eliminate the menace as she warned that those who silently sponsor terror groups could end up being used by them. "Those who believe that silent sponsorship of such terrorist groups can bring rewards must realise that they have

New Delhi, Jan 24: BJP chief Amit Shah has been re-elected as the party President. The announcement was made after top party leaders led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a bevy of Union ministers and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states proposed his name for the party President's post during the nomination process today. Among others who have proposed Shah's name are Union minister Rajnath Singh

Udupi, Jan 24: A hilarious speech delivered by Congress leader CM Ibrahim during the recent biennial Paryaya festival in which the 85-year-old Pejawar mutt seer Sri Vishwesha Tirtha Swami ascended the Paryaya Peetha in Udupi has gone viral on social media, prompting the former’s fans and political rivals to engage in a debate. In his 10 minute Kannada speech, Mr Ibrahim, the deputy chairman of

Bengaluru, Sep 24: A newly married Muslim couple were picked up by a joint team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Telangana Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on suspicion of terror links in the city on Saturday. According to police sources, the joint team was tailing the suspect Javed Rafiq (30), who was with his wife, from a distance and on realising that he would be nabbed, he tried to

Udupi, Jan 24: NR Narayana Murthy, the founder of Infosys, was conferred with the ‘Rashtra Ratna Prashasti’ on Saturday by the Pejawar Mutt seer Vishwesha Tirtha Swami. Speaking on the occasion, the Pejawar seer said that Mr. Narayana Murthy had attained a stellar position in the Information Technology sector. He had put Bengaluru on the map of world as far as IT sector was concerned. The Pejawar

Bengaluru, 24: A youth who sought the help of dreaded terror outfits to ‘assassinate’ Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah was arrested on Saturday by the police. The accused Roshan, is an engineering graduate and works for Bharat Electronics Limited. The Vidhana Soudha police arrested him nearly a week after he posted terror content against Siddaramaiah on his twitter handle.? The tweet read:

Pune, Jan 24: A 38-year-old animation professional, who claimed that he had paced bombs at the Pune railway station, city airport and on a Mumbai-bound flight from Bhubaneshwar, was arrested on Saturday. Sanjeev Mishra, who hails from Odisha, was apprehended in a joint operation by the Pune Anti Terror Squad (ATS) and Government Railway Police (GRP), said GRP police inspector Abhay Parmar. His