Karnataka

Udupi, May 2: The last-minute cancellation of staging of the internationally acclaimed Indian thinker and writer Girish Karnad’s play ‘Nagamandala’ at Parkala near here following has led to a controversy. The play, which was to be staged by Rangabhumi troupe during the Brahmakalashotsava ceremony of Sri Narasimha Temple was cancelled after Mr. Karnad issued a statement in favour of beef

Udupi, May 2: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is visiting Udupi district on May 4 to participate in two different programmes. A press release issued here recently said Mr. Siddaramaiah would arrive by a helicopter at the Karnataka Power Corporation helipad at Hosangady in Kundapur taluk at 11.30 a.m. on May 4. He will inaugurate the first phase of the Varahi Irrigation Project at a function organised

Bengaluru, May 2: The king of fruits is hitting the markets with a royal pricing. Experts attribute the high prices to fall in production and predict that it may hamper export of mangoes from the State. Speaking to media, K M Parashivamurthy, Additional Director of Horticulture (Fruits and Floriculture), said: “The State annually produces seven lakh tonnes of mangoes, but there is a 30-40 per cent

Meerut, May 2: A group of Muslims in Agra, who converted to Hinduism on Christmas last year became Muslim again on Friday. About 17 members of ‘Nat’ community, an extremely backward community in Mahuar Lathiya village in Achnera block, who became Muslim, alleged that a Hindutva group leader had pressured them to become Hindu and had promised them a piece of land. All those who reconverted belong

Mangaluru, May 2: The Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) has bagged second place in overall customer satisfaction with a rating of 4.82 in the round III (January 2015 - June 2015) in a survey carried out at all the 53 airports in India. MIA’s last year rating was 4.65 in the round II (June 2014 to December 2014) and 4.38 in round I (January 2014 to June 2014). The Chandigarh airport has

Bengaluru, May 2: The State government is providing free rice to four crore people of the nearly six crore population under the Anna Bhagya scheme. The reason? Compared to the other southern states, the highest poverty is in Karnataka. This was how Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday defended his pet scheme Anna Bhagya while launching the modified food grain programme under the public

Mangaluru, May 1: A tense situation prevailed in Subhash Nagar village near Thokkottu on the outskirts of Mangaluru city when local residents began to protest against the installation of a CCTV camera atop a madrasa building. Around four CCTV cameras were installed atop Anjuman Mablagul Falah madrasa building in Subash Nagar residential area on Thursday evening. A few local residents began to

Mangaluru, May 1: The management of Darul Irshad educational institutions has decided to offer a sum of Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the family of Abdul Naseer, who was electrocuted to death while putting up buntings in Mani on the outskirts of the city on Monday night. The deceased Abdul, Naseer (19) from Sullia taluk, was a graduate student of KGN Da'awa College under the Darul Irshad Charitable

Port Blair, May 1: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands this afternoon at 2.30 pm. There is no tsunami warning, said experts. The small chain of islands lie hundreds of miles east of India in the Indian Ocean. Today's quake comes as Nepal is struggling with relief operations after more than 6,200 people were killed after the capital of Kathmandu was

Mumbai, May 1: Deepak Fertilisers today offloaded 6.42 lakh shares of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCFL) for Rs 5.56 crore, continuing with its move to exit from the Vijay Mallya-led UB Group firm. With the sale of shares today, the Pune-based company has reduced its stake in MCFL to 8.11 per cent from 28.47 per cent it held as on quarter-ending March 2015. Deepak Fertilisers has been