Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will launch the Accident Insurance Scheme, covering all motor vehicle accident victims, at Bengaluru on Friday, said Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader. Speaking to presspersons here on Tuesday, Mr. Khader said that under the scheme, the State government would pay to each of those injured in a motor vehicle accident Rs. 25,000 for the

Mangaluru, Jan 5: The body of an unidentified middle aged man was found in the sea at Kotepura on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday. The jurisdictional Ullal police registered a case of murder as the injured and decomposed body was tightly tired a rope by miscreants. It is suspected that the miscreants might have murdered this man somewhere else and then threw the body into sea to hide the

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Congress leader UT Khader on Tuesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who recently have a surprise visit to Pakistan amidst unsolved issues between two countries. Addressing media persons in Mangaluru Mr Khader recalled Mr Modi’s old satirical remarks against his predecessor Dr Manmohan Singh for latter’s attempts to normalise relationship the enamouring country. In a

Dubai, Jan 5: Is Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh trying to stretch its arms towards oil rich Gulf countries? Recent developments suggest that the Hindutva group is all set to strengthen its presence in countries like United Arab Emirates, where it has a large number of sympathisers among non-resident Indians. According to reliable sources, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat held a series of closed-door meetings

Mumbai, Jan 5: Mumbai teenager Pranav Dhanawade today scripted history by becoming the first batsman ever to notch up a four-figure score by smashing an unbeaten knock of 1009 in an inter-school tournament here. The 15-year-old, playing for KC Gandhi Higher Secondary School, reached the gigantic score in just 323 deliveries with a jaw-dropping strike rate of 312.38 in the game against Arya Gurukul

Dubai, Jan 5: To mark the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) Dubai KCF will be organizing Ishq - e-Rasool conference on Friday, January 8, at Flora Grand Hotel Auditorium Dubai nearby Al Rigga Metro station at 6 p.m. Gulf Ishara, the mouthpiece monthly magazine of the KCF UAE will be released on this occasion. Sayyid Thwaha Bafaki Thangal will lead the evening spiritual Majlis with

Udupi, Jan 5: As many as 370 girls and boys in the 9-18 age group from across the State are participating in the 16th State Short Course Swimming Championship – 2015 being held at the at the district swimming pool in Udupi. R. Vishal, Deputy Commissioner on Monday formally inaugurated the championship organised by the Karnataka Swimming Association and the Department of Youth Empowerment and

Mysuru, Jan 5: State Election Commissioner P N Sreenivasachari said the election to the Taluk Panchayats and Zilla Panchayats may be held either in the second or third week of February and the corresponding notification is likely to be issued in the second week of this month. He was addressing media persons, after holding a meeting of the officials from the districts under the region about the

Bengaluru, Jan 5: The State BJP on Monday charged the ruling Congress with misusing the official machinery and money power to win the recently concluded elections to the Legislative Council from local bodies constituencies. Addressing reporters after attending a meeting of senior party leaders convened to introspect on party's poor performance in the elections, BJP spokesperson C T Ravi said the

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Union Minister for Law D V Sadananda Gowda and former minister M Veerappa Moily have been challenged to pass a truth test in divine presence that the Yettinahole project is ‘clean’. The Yettinahole Virodhi Samiti vice-president M G Hegade has challenged Sadananda Gowda and Moily to visit Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala and pass a ‘truth test’ that not a single rupee has been