Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 20: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara today said that the CID is on the verge of cracking the case of rationalist M M Kalburgi's murder. Investigation is going on in the right direction and the CID has gathered some vital clues and leads. It is on the verge of cracking the case of Kalburgi, he said. The 77-year-old rationalist was shot dead by two unidentified men at Dharwad in

Bengaluru, Dec 20: JD(S) national president H D Deve Gowda said on Saturday that initiating talks with JD(U), KJP and other socialist parties for the revival of Janata Parivar in the State will only cause “confusion” at this juncture. Speaking to mediapersons here, Gowda said that in view of the upcoming elections to the Legislative Council, zilla and taluk panchayats, any talks about a merger

Bengaluru, Dec 20: BJP leader and former chief minister B?S Yeddyurappa has hit out at the Congress government for “failing to protect the interest of the people of Malnad” while replying to the Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats in the Supreme Court. In a press statement on?Saturday, Yeddyurappa, who is also an MP, said the Kasturirangan report had identified 20,668 sqkm as ecologically

Bengaluru, Dec 20: The Congress will not forge an alliance with any political party in the upcoming zilla and taluk panchayat elections, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara said. Addressing the media in Bengaluru on Saturday, he said the party would contest all the seats independently. Elections will be held in as many as 1,083 zilla panchayat and 3,902 taluk panchayat

Mangaluru, Dec 19: An Ayush hospital will come up at the district Wenlock hospital premises in Mangaluru shortly, according to Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader. Addressing a gathering at the ‘AYUSH Habba’ at Dr. Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama on Saturday, Mr Khader said that Health department treats Indian system of medicine on a par with allopathic medicine. Ayush was the

Mangaluru, Dec 19: National Institutes of Technology (NITs) will be associated with the endeavour of fulfilling the social needs, NITK (Surathkal) Director Prof Swapan Bhattacharya said. He was speaking while presiding over the 10th Global Convention of NITK Surathkal Alumni Association at NITK on Friday. Prof Bhattacharya said NITs will take up social programmes, such as adoption of villages in

Bengaluru, Dec 19: Parents seeking seats under the RTE quota for the academic year 2016-17, will have to wait longer this year as the status of implementation of the Act is still undecided. The Education department officials said they were yet to get updates on when the admission process would begin and they were still awaiting a meeting with the minister in this regard. The state government had

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Mangaluru’s most anticipated educational mega fair, ‘Career Utsav 2015’organized by FuelMedia Solutions Pvt. Ltd, was inaugurated on Saturday. The two day fair saw an overwhelming response from the students as well as the parents who thronged T.M.A. Pai Convention Hall to explore the opportunities and awareness on various career options available in the World of Education. Mohan

Mangaluru, Dec 19: CS Radhika, who is known for her significant contributions to society as an ambulance owner and driver in the city, has bagged the first Mangaluru Press Club Award 2015. A jury including former vice-chancellor of Kannada University, Hampi, Viveka Rai, veteran theatre artist Sadananda Suvarna and Rita Noronha, professor, school of social work, Roshini Nilaya selected Radhika for

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Underworld operative Vikki Shetty’s aide Sharan Akashbhavan has been acquitted by a city special court for sexual assault of raping and robbing a 52-year-old woman near Deralakatte, here. He had been accused of taking the woman to an isolated place near Yenepoya Hospital in Deralakatta in 2008 and raping her before robbing her gold ornaments. According to the chargesheet filed