Karnataka

Mangaluru, Oct 17: T.V. Ramachandra, co-ordinator, Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, said here on Friday that the Yettinahole diversion project is meant to benefit a “bunch of bureaucrats and contractors”. Speaking on the project at a function organised by Citizens’ Council, he called the detailed project report

Nahan, Oct 17: At a time when the whole nation is debating on lynching of a man in Dadri, a truck driver in Himachal Pradesh was allegedly killed by a mob on Friday on suspicion of smuggling cattle. The trucker's four associates were apprehended by the Himachal Pradesh Police with the help of Bajrang Dal activists after nearly four hours of chase in the forests in Sirmaur district of Himachal

Bengaluru, Oct 17: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, under attack from old-timers in the Congress, on Friday got the much-needed support from two of his ministerial colleagues. Industries Minister R V Deshpande voluntarily called the media on Friday to say there was no change of leadership in the State as the Siddaramaiah-led government had been performing well. Deshpande said a lot of guesswork was

Bengaluru, Oct 17: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah sustained a fall in the bathroom on Thursday and injured his rib cage. But doctors declared him fit to work. Siddaramaiah on Friday said he had slipped and fallen in the bathroom and injured the left side of his rib cage in the morning. “I got a CT scan done... I am all right now,” he added. Despite the fall, Siddaramaiah travelled to Mandya. But by

Bengaluru, Oct 16: Chasing father-son duo proved fatal for a Sub-Inspector as he was stabbed to death today by the burglars at Nelamangala town in Bengaluru Rural district, police said. The incident happened when 34-year-old sub-inspector, S Jagdish, attached to Doddaballapur police station, along with four constables had gone to the town to catch the father-son duo involved in crimes such as

Mangaluru, Oct 16: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has claimed that the key eyewitness in Moodbidri Bajrang Dal activist murder case had received phone calls from Pakistan before allegedly committed suicide. Addressing media persons in district BJP office on Friday Mr Kateel said that the murder of 29-year-old Prashant Poojary on October 9 and alleged suicide of key eyewitness Vaman Poojary

Mangaluru, Oct 16: Three women who had come to Syed Madani Dargah in Ullal were rescued by local swimmers at Mogaveerapanta beach on the outskirts of the city on Friday afternoon. The rescued women have been identified as Noorjahan (45) and Nafiya (30), from Bengaluru and their relative Khairunnisa (28) from Madikeri. They were part of a 10 members group that had visited the beech after offering

Mangaluru, Oct 16: Seeking divine intervention to stop Yettinahole water diversion project Congress veteran B Janardhan Poojary on Friday offered special pooja and Urulu Seve at Shree Gokarnanatheshwara Temple, Kudroli. Accompanied by other authorities of the temple, he also prayed for rain in parched areas of Karnataka including coastal districts. 78-year-old Poojary looked tired after he

Mangaluru, Oct 16: To create job opportunities for aspirants, Dakshina Kannada district administration intends to organise Mangaluru Udyoga Mela – 2015, a two-day career development and job fair for unemployed graduates and non-graduates on November 19 and 20 at Canara Engineering College, Benjana Padavu on the outskirts of the city. Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology and district in

New Delhi, Oct 16: The wait for the bowl of your favourite instant noodles will be over soon as all Maggi samples cleared test by three laboratories conducted as per Bombay High Court order. "We have received test results from all three laboratories mandated by the Hon'ble Bombay High Court to test Maggi Noodles samples. All the 90 samples, covering six variants, tested by these laboratories are