Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 26: Water Resources Minister M B Patil on Wednesday said that land has not been acquired for the Yettinahole project, which aims to provide drinking water to districts facing water scarcity. However, Rs 1,600 crore has been spent so far on the project, the minister said while replying to questions by E Krishnappa (JD-S) and Y A Narayanswamy (BJP) in the Legislative Council. The

New Delhi, Nov 25: From today, the government will stop considering handwritten passports from Indian citizens. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) had given citizens time till November 24 (Tuesday) to get handwritten passports replaced with machine-readable ones (MRPs). Foreign governments may deny a visa or entry to a person travelling on a non-machine readable passport from

Bengaluru, Nov 25: Rahul Gandhi today faced some embarassing moments when a large section of his student audience at a women's college responded in resonating 'yes' to his poser whether they thought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious 'Swachh Bharat' and 'Make In India' campaigns were working. During an interaction with students of Mount Carmel college, a leading women's college here, the

Mangaluru, Nov 25: It is important not to remain mute spectators against anti-social elements, irrespective of their religion or organisation, which indirectly promote communal or untoward incidents and cause disruption of peace in the society, said Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim. Addressing a peace committee meeting convened by the Dakshina Kannada district administration at the

Mangaluru, Nov 25: Third Additional District and Sessions Court, here on Wednesday convicted five persons of hatching a murder plot and murdering a reputed city-based advocate in 2009. Two other accused charged with the same offences were acquitted of all charges against them. Naushad Kashimji, who was known as the most successful criminal lawyer human rights advocate in Mangaluru, was shot dead

Mangaluru, Nov 25: The photo of a woman Home Guard constable filling a pothole on the very busy Mangaluru-Udupi national highway at Baikampady recently has gone viral on WhatsApp and other social networking sites. Within a couple of days after her noble deed was captured on mobile phone by a passerby, the 21-year-old constable Padmavathi Kulal became a role model for Mangalureans! Ms Kulal, who

Mumbai, Nov 25: Under attack over his remarks on intolerance, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan today asserted that he stood by his comments and made it clear that neither he nor his wife Kiran Rao have any intention of leaving the country. 50-year-old Aamir, who drew flak from BJP and a section of film fraternity for expressing his "alarm and despondency" over the rise in recent incidents of

Mangaluru, Nov 25: Even a month after the newly-constructed market building was inaugurated in Jeppu, no vegetable or fish traders have come forward to use the building. The new market building constructed at the cost of Rs 92.50 lakh by National Fisheries Development Corporation, Hyderabad and Department of Fisheries, Government of Karnataka, was inaugurated by urban development minister Vinay

Udupi, Nov 25: PB Acharya, the Governor of Assam and Nagaland, who had allegedly stated that India belongs only to the Hindus, faced protest by the members of Youth Congress during his visit to Udupi. Acharya was in Udupi on Tuesday to deliver a special lecture organised by the North East Studies Centre of Manipal University here. Condemning the governors “unconstitutional remark”, the activists

Udupi, Nov 25: A group of Muslims staged a protest in front of the Clock Tower here condemning the alleged derogatory Facebook post against Vishvesha Tirtha Swami, the chief pontiff of Pejawar Mutt, after he justified the demolition of Babri mosque and demanded the construction of Ram Mandir. The protesters included the members of Pejawar Swami Blood Donating Team. Addressing the protesters