Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jun 12: Hephsiba Rani Korlapati, the Commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation, who had been at loggerheads with corporators ever since she assumed office on January 1 this year, has finally been transferred. With this, dozens of corporators of MCC, who had been complaining against her to the chief minister and other ministers for past few months, have breathed a sigh of relief. Ms

Mangaluru, Jun 12: A newly-established Konkani Study Chair at University College, Mangalore University, a long-standing demand by Konkani-speaking communities, was formally inaugurated by Minister for Higher Education and Tourism R V Deshpande at a formal programme at Ravindra Kala Bhavan in the college premises here on Friday. Speaking after inaugurating the study centre, Mr Deshpande said that

Mangaluru, Jun 12: With an apparent vision of assisting kidney patients in Dakshina Kananda and creating awareness among them a new association is being formed in the district. Kidney Patients’ Association, an initiation of Mangalore Nephro- Urology Charitable Trust, will formally be inaugurated in the city on June 14 by the Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim. Announcing this at a press conference

Udupi, Jun 12: While the common man is hesitating to buy vegetables and fruits due to price rise, a businessman-cum-politician in Udupi has bought a Rolls Royce Ghost by paying Rs 5.8 crore in cash! This is the first car in Udupi with such a high price. With this, Udupi MLA Pramod Madhwaraj has earned the title of the “owner of the costliest car in Udupi district”. The images of blue car bought by

Delhi, Jun 12: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party members are upset with AAP leader and former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar over the fake degree row in which he is caught and are mulling expelling him from the party. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is disappointed with Tomar as he had convinced him about the authenticity of his degree by showing a fake RTI report, as

Bengaluru, Jun 12: Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader said the State government is keen on prohibiting tobacco sales within 500 metres of schools and other educational institutions, to stop children below 18 years of age from accessing tobacco products. Speaking after inaugurating a regional workshop on National Tobacco Prevention organised by the Union Ministry of Health and Family

Benglauru, Jun 12: Two youths went on a chain-snatching spree targeting as many as 10 women, most of them senior citizens and homemakers, in less than six hours between 6.30 am and 12.30 pm on Thursday. “We are convinced that the robberies are the handiwork of two members of the notorious Irani gang. All the incidents have the stamp of their modus operandi. Special teams have been formed to nab

Bengaluru, Jun 12: Syed Sadiq Sameer, a businessman from Bengaluru, who was acquitted in the Hubballi terror conspiracy case, has revealed that IPS officer Alok Kumar had pressured him to become an approver. Sadiq, along with 15 others, was acquitted in the case recently, as police failed to create evidence. “I was scared when the police arrested me in the case. Even before the police took me to

Bengaluru: jun 12: The Lokayukta police on Thursday raided a chief engineer in the Public Works Department (Communication and Buildings) for owning illegal assets worth Rs 5 crore, including a business firm here. The chief engineer, A N Thyagaraja, owns a house, two flats, as many commercial complexes and six sites in the City. He owns a house in Yelahanka (Rs 60 lakh) and two flats, one at

Mangaluru, Jun 12: As many as 264 students, who have been toppers in the recently held class X examination, were felicitated by the Mangaluru City Secondary School Headmasters and PU College Principals Association in the city on Thursday. The meritorious students were chosen from the schools affiliated to the association. It also felicitated headmasters and headmistresses of 71 schools from