Karnataka

Bengaluru, May 6: Elections to 5,844 gram panchayats in Karnataka will be held in two phases on May 29 and June 2. For the first time, voting has been made mandatory in these elections. Another unique feature is that more than 50 per cent candidates will be women. Announcing the dates, state Election Commissioner P N Sreenivasachari said on Tuesday that of the 6,073 gram panchayats, 5,844 will

New Delhi/Bengaluru, May 5: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Karnataka government to conduct elections to the Bengaluru civic body within three months. Setting aside the Karnataka High Court's April 24 ruling, which ordered that the civic polls be held in six months (by October), the apex court told the state election commission to conduct elections in 198 civic wards across the city by

Mangaluru, May 5: It is better not to have higher education if people are going to send their parents to old-age homes, said U T Khader, health and family welfare minister. Speaking after inaugurating ‘Career Yatra 2015’ organized by Bengaluru based ‘Sigma India’ in association with Mangaluru-based Talent Research Foundation in the city, the minister said those who pursue higher education should

Jodhpur, May 5: Rajasthan medical and health minister Rajendra Rathore today inaugurated a cow-urine refinery at Jalore. The refinery, set up at Pathmera Gaushala, will prepare cow-urine extract for use in the formulation of various products. Rathore on the occasion emphasised on the need for large- scale research on cow products and their application in the treatment of various diseases. "There

Mangaluru, May 5: A team of experts from Berlin will conduct a research on malaria in the coastal city of Mangaluru, revealed Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader Addressing media persons here on Tuesday, Mr Khader said that a team from Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, had arrived to conduct a research on the reasons

Mangaluru, May 5: After it was launched statewide in the capital city of Bengaluru last month, two bike ambulances for Mangaluru and Ullal were inaugurated by health minister U T Khader in the city on Tuesday. Launched as part of the '108' statewide emergency response system, the bike ambulances will be ridden by a paramedical staff trained in emergency response during critical times such as road

Mangaluru, May 5: For the first time in Karnataka, a sophisticated sports injury centre has been set up in Bengaluru specifically to provide medical treatment and rehabilitation to injured sportspersons within a short period of time, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader. Announcing this at a press conference at Circuit House here on Tuesday, he said that the intention of setting

Udupi, May 5: A 22-year-old girl was killed by a lighting strike at Shirlalu village in Karkala taluk of Udupi district. The deceased has been identified as Nishmita (22) daughter of Vijaya Shetty. Nishmita’s mother Leela Shetty was critically injured due to lightning strike. The incident occurred when she was engaged in removing the skin of cashew nuts along with her family members and relatives

Bengaluru, May 5: A team of doctors from Karnataka, who are working in the earthquake-hit Nepal, will organise relief camps in remote areas near Kathmandu on Tuesday. The 10 doctors, whom the State government had deputed to lend a helping hand to victims of the eartquake in the Himalayan nation, will conduct health camps in makeshift tents in Nuwakot district, a hilly area near Kathmandu. The team

Udupi, May 5: One person was killed and three injured when a car ran amok on National Highway 66 at Admar Cross at Tenka Yermal village, in Udupi. The deceased has been identified as Shekhar Shetty (45), a resident of Kaup, who was working as a cook in Mangaluru. He was riding a bicycle when the car knocked him down. He was pronounced brought dead by doctors. According to the police, the car