Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 5: Muneer Katipalla, the State president of Democratic Youth Federation of India and other activists of Jokatte Citizens Action Committee, who were who were arrested and released on Saturday, have pledged to continue protest against MRPL’s coke and sulphur recovery units. Around 35 members of the committee including Mr Katipalla were on Saturday taken into custody by jurisdictional

Kolkata, Jul 5: A historic notebook belonging to Tipu Sultan, the legendary ruler of Mysuru and India’s foremost freedom fighter will soon be displayed for the first time at Victoria Memorial Hall, here. The notebook written in Persian (Shikasta) touches on a variety of subjects but is mainly a treatise on the art of artillery. It is divided into eight chapters with introduction dealing with

Udupi, Jul 5: A middle-aged man was dragged away by the rough sea waves after he accidentally slipped into the Arabian Sea at Garadi Mane near Kaup beach. The deceased has been identified as Ramesh Karkera (47), who had come to beach along with his friends on Saturday. According to the police, Ramesh Karkera was walking on the Kaup beach with his friend, when he accidentally slipped and fell. He

Ballari/Bengaluru, Jul 5: As the clamour for resignation of Karnataka Lokayukta Bhaskar Rao over an alleged bribery scandal grew, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said it was left to the ombudsman to decide on the issue. "To resign or not to resign is left to him. Government cannot do anything within the purview of the law on the issue," he told reporters in Ballari, when questioned about the

Bengaluru, Jul 5: The State has reaped a rich harvest in the UPSC Civil Services Exam, 2014. More than 60 candidates from the State have cracked the civil services with Udupi lad Nitish K topping the list with 8th all India ranking. Nitish K, an engineering graduate from PES Institute of Engineering, Bengaluru, managed to feature in top 10 AIR list in his third attempt. Son of K Ramakrishna Hebbar

Udupi, Jul 4: The Karnataka government should not hesitate to hand over the case of alleged corruption in the Lokayukta office to the CBI, said B Janardhan Poojary, veteran Congress leader. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Poojary said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal (Secular) were trying to get political mileage out of the alleged corruption in the Lokayukta office. “It

Kasaragod, Jul 4: The police on Saturday took into custody Ashokan, 19, on charge of murdering his uncle Sreedharan, 49, at Cherakkala here on Friday. Sreedharan, residing at Kizhakkepuram, was found at his house with deep stab cuts on neck and abdomen inflicted by a coconut scraper on Friday evening, the police said. He was rushed to a hospital in Mangalore, but he died early on Saturday. It is

Mangaluru, Jul 4: Five persons including three senior journalists were felicitated at a convention of journalists 'Journalist Fusion - 2015' jointly organised by Karnataka Journalists' Union (KJU) and Department of Journalism, Besant College at the college auditorium here on Saturday. Doordarshan Mangaluru correspondent S Jayaram, senior photojournalist from Coastaldigest.com Ahmed Anwar and

Jhabua (MP), Jul 4: A journalist working for a leading Delhi-based news channel today suddenly took ill and died after having interviewed parents of a girl who had been found dead near railway tracks after her name figured in the infamous Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh. The incident took place in Meghnagar near Jhabua town. Akshay Singh, who worked for TV Today group, had today called on the

Belthangady, Jul 4: A minor issue snowballed into a clash between two groups of students in Belthangady First Grade College campus, resulting in a complaint and counter complaint lodged at Belthangady police station on Friday. According to a complaint lodged by Adarsh (19), a degree student, when he declined to participate in the protest held by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Swassthik, an ex