Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Union Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has insulted the people of Tulu Nadu by criticizing the protest by the people of Dakshina Kannada against the Yettinahole diversion project, according to Sahyadri Sanchaya, a registered body of green activists in Mangaluru. Mr. Gowda had criticised the protest and green activists against the project at Puttur on Friday. He had said that the

Mangaluru, Jan 3: A 35-year-old woman and her two children were found dead in a lake in a village near Belthangady on Sunday. According to the Belthangady police, Sunanda (40) had taken her two children, Bharat (9) and Bhuvit (6), to the lake near their house in Belalu village. The police suspected that Sunanda might have pushed her two children into the lake and then jumped into the waters

Mysuru, Jan 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the tone for the 103rd Indian Science Congress which commenced in Mysuru on Sunday by reposing country’s faith in science and in its scientists and said that confidence of future of India is because of its faith in the scientific community. Delivering the inaugural address of the flagship event, Mr.Modi said India had made giant strides in science

Bengaluru, Jan 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today it was now time that India ended its dependence on imported weaponry and become self-sufficient as it did in respect of food grains. "Indian armed forces are second to none, and now the time has come to ensure that the weapons and equipment they carried and used are also the best in the world, for this, India needs to end dependence on

Mangaluru, Jan 3: M Chandra Sekhar, a 1998 batch IPS officer on Sunday took over as the new police commissioner of Mangaluru city police. He is the sixth top cop of the commissionerate which came into existence in 2010. Outgoing commissioner S Murugan formally handed over the charge to Chandra Sekhar. A native of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh, Sekhar was joint commissioner of police (crime)

Palakkad (Kerala), Jan 3: The body of an NSG officer, killed in the operation at the Indian Air Force base in Punjab's Pathankot town, will be brought back to his hometown near here on Monday for the last rites, a relative said on Sunday. Lt. Col. Niranjan Kumar of the National Security Guard was killed in 'mopping up operations' in Pathankot, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced earlier on

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 3: Two people suffered injuries when explosives went off at Gujjenahalli in Kadur taluk in Chikkamagaluru district on Saturday. The injured have been identified as Manjappa (60) and Lepaksha (35) of Gujjenahalli. Even though it is alleged that the explosives were stored to hunt wild boars the exact reason will be known after a probe. The poachers used explosives to capture wild

Mangaluru, Jan 3: In the wake of terror attack on Indian Air Force base at Pathankot on Saturday, Mangaluru International Airport has been put on high alert with other airports in the country. According to the Director of the airport J.T. Radhakrishna, the entry of visitors to the airport has been banned for a week from Saturday. Security agencies are checking the passengers and screening their

Mangaluru, Jan 3: Jet Airways on Saturday opened its new office at the Ram Bhavan complex near Navabharat Circle in Mangaluru. Nitte University Chancellor Vinay Hegde formally inaugurated the new premises. Speaking on the occasion Jet Airways senior vice-president (commercial) Gaurang Shetty said Mangaluru continued to be an important destination for the airlines in terms of passengers and cargo

Mysuru, Jan 3: After securing victory (13 out of 25 seats) in the elections to the Legislative Council, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is now eying the polls to the zilla and taluk panchayats. “The Congress aims to win at least 20 zilla panchayats,” Mr. Siddaramaiah declared in Mysuru on Saturday. Addressing presspersons on his arrival at Mysuru airport, he said the party had expected to win more