Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 30: A person, said to be mentally disturbed, has opened fire at policemen, who tried to enter his house in Aivarnadu village in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. It is learnt that the man identified as Mahesh has been living alone under self-confinement in his house from the past several months. Having an LLB degree as educational qualification, Mahesh had been married and

Dharwad, Aug 30: Noted Kannada scholar and researcher, Prof. MM Kalburgi, who often courted controversies with his outspoken stand on various issues including idol worship, was shot dead at point-blank range by two unidentified men at his residence here today. Two men came on a two-wheeler and knocked at the door of Kalburgi's house and as it was opened, two shots were fired at him on his forehead

Mysuru, Aug 30: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, is on a three-day visit to the city with his family. He arrived by a special aircraft that reached Mysuru around 9.30 a.m. on Saturday after which Mr. Sayeed and his family were taken to the Lalitha Mahal Palace for their stay. There was a security blanket thrown around the hotel premises and the surroundings in view of the Z

Bengaluru, Aug 30: The dubious tradition of resort politics raised its ugly head on Saturday with the newly elected corporators of the JD(S) and six Independents leaving Bengaluru to huddle in resorts in Kerala, giving room for speculation that horsetrading is imminent. Desperation and confusion reigned in the BJP, which is clueless as to how to reach out to the six Independent corporators-elect

Bengaluru: Aug 30: Private hospitals empanelled under the ESI scheme will stop their cashless treatment services starting from September 1. The decision comes after the union government failed to clear outstanding dues of over Rs 100 crore. Addressing a press conference in the City on Saturday, the Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI), however, said that they would suggest that

Bengaluru, Aug 30: Former Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde said that the Karnataka Lokayukta is the best ombudsman in the country and people should not let government to close the institution. He was interacting with the children at the Gandhi Bhavan on “Lokayukta - its birth and future” organised by the Rashtriya Nava Nirmana Vedike to mark the birth anniversary of former chief minister

Udupi, Aug 29: The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, here on Saturday, remanded underworld gangster Bannanje Raja in police custody for nine days, in connection with a case of firing at a jewellery shop in Udupi in 2011. K. Annamalai, Superintendent of Police, told reporters that three more cases were pending against Raja here. Two of them, were related to incidents that took place in

Mangaluru, Aug 29: Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT Khader said that an early intervention centre (EIC) was inaugurated inside Sir C V Raman General Hospital in the state capital on Saturday, to conduct screening test for newborns in order to detect genetic, endocrine and metabolic disorders at an early stage. Addressing media persons in the city on Saturday, he said that all newborns at

Agra, Aug 29: The Agra unit of the Shiv Sena has announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh for every Hindu family which has five children. Concerned over the falling growth of Hindu population in the recent census figures, the Sena unit has introduced the reward system, District Chief of the Shiv Sena, Veenu Lavania said yesterday. Each family that has five kids between 2010 to 2015 will get Rs 2 lakh. The

Mangaluru, Aug 29: With the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) 2015 Twenty20 tournament all set to commence on September 3 in Hubbali, the 'Mangalore United' team will unveil the official t-shirts for its team players and release the theme song of the tournament on Sunday at Forum Fiza Mall in the city. Announcing this at a press conference here on Saturday, MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava, co-owner of