Karnataka

Mumbai, May 20: Shiv Sena today criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of a credit line of USD 1 billion to Mongolia and asked why he can't show the same eagerness to help the distressed farmers of Maharashtra reeling under debt. The move, Sena said, will only aggravate the pain of the farmers' soul who have committed suicide in the recent past. "The PM has announced a USD 1

Patna, May 20: Muslims in Bihar, in a demonstration of communal harmony, have donated land to build the world's largest Hindu temple that will have the capacity to seat 20,000 people. "Muslims have not only donated land, they have also provided land at a nominal rate for construction of the world's largest Hindu temple. Without the help of Muslims, it would have been difficult to realise this

Mangaluru, May 20: A young Madrasa teacher was brutally assaulted by a gang of miscreants without any provocation at Charmadi in Belthangady taluk on Monday night. A severely injured Sameer Musliyar (29), a teacher at Hayathul Islam Madrasa, Charmadi, is undergoing treatment at a hospital. According to Belthangady police, Sameer was returning home from Madrasa on a motorcycle at around 10:30 p.m

Bengaluru, May 20: In a major security breach at the Vidhana Soudha, an enthusiastic supporter of a former Congress MLA, garlanded Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with a battery-operated, LED light-equipped electronic floral garland at his office on the third floor on Tuesday afternoon. The garland was brought into the building in a cardboard box and was opened in the presence of the Chief Minister in

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 20: A total of 10,271 nominations were filed in Dakshina Kannada district for the gram panchayat polls. Among them as many as 4,179 nominations were filed on May 18, the last day for filing nominations. According to a press release, out of the total 4,179 nominations filed on Monday, a total of 1,314 nominations were filed in Mangaluru taluk, 1,145 in Bantwal, 648 in

Bengaluru: May 20: Governor Vajubhai Vala on Tuesday rejected the State government’s recommendation to appoint former Congress leader V R Sudarshan and three others as Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) chairman and members, respectively. The Governor had taken objection to the government’s recommendation citing court orders and recommendations of the second Administrative Reforms

Mysuru, May 19: A 102-year-old woman, Gowthamma, has filed her nomination papers for the Grama Panchayat poll from Doddalathuru village. Gowthamma has one son and three daughters. Gowthamma’s grandson Ravikumar said, the elected representatives from the village have not done anything for the welfare of the people. Since, Doddalathuru is facing the first election, the residents were keen on

Mangaluru, May 19: Aysha Girls Pre University College at Athoor, Uppinangady has achieved 100 percent first class result in both Arts and Commerce streams in the second PUC examination results that were declared in the state on Monday. Out of the 25 students who appeared for the examinations in the college, five students have passed with Distinction and the remaining 20 students have passed with

Bengaluru, May 19: Karnataka's Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader on Tuesday appeared for his Master of Arts (M.A.) examination at Austin College here in the state capital. "Though I am a B.A., LL.B. from Mangalore University and have practical experience through public life as a politician and lawmaker, I wanted knowledge in subjects of my interest such as public administration

Mangaluru, May 19: In a major crackdown on shrill horns in buses plying from the city on Tuesday, the city traffic police began removing high-decibel horns from city buses and service buses to check the nuisance of loud honking in Mangaluru. Under the guidance of DCP (Crime and Traffic) Vishnuvardhana, the team of traffic police led by ACP Traffic Uday Nayak went around the city removing shrill