Karnataka

Mangaluru, Apr 13: ‘Landmark Green County’, an affordable sea view apartment from Landmark Infratech was formally launched on Saturday in the city. Mangaluru South MLA J R Lobo laid foundation stone for the twin tower building coming up on 1.32 acres of land at Boloar. MUDA chairman Ibrahim Kodichal released the brochure of the new apartment. Speaking on the occasion Mr Lobo said that Landmark

Mangaluru, Apr 13: A house was damaged due to fire mishap at Maroli in the city in the wee hours of Sunday. The household articles belonging to P.R. Parvathi were destroyed in the fire. The Fire and Emergency Services personnel said that the fire broke out following a short circuit in the power inverter around 1 a.m. The fire spread quickly in the house and damaged most of the articles in it. The

Bengaluru, Apr 13: The State government on Sunday decided not to pursue its controversial ordinance for constituting three new municipal bodies in Bengaluru in place of the BBMP. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who held a meeting with his ministerial colleagues from Bengaluru at his home office Krishna on Sunday, decided not to re-submit the controversial ordinance to the Governor seeking his assent

Mangaluru, Apr 13: Prashant Mogaveera (27), the main accused in alleged rape and murder of a six months pregnant woman at Gopady Village of Kundapur Taluk in Udupi District, has confessed to the crime. According to police, Prashant, a habitual offender indulging in petty thefts, was released from jail on March 17 after he was caught by Malpe police in a theft case. After the release, he had gone

Mangaluru, Apr 12: The Ullal police raided an alleged illegal abattoir functioning in Chemmbugudde on the outskirts of the city and seized a few cows that were to set to be slaughtered on Sunday. They also seized meat that had been stocked at the establishment. The same house had been raided in November. The police are on the lookout for four persons, including the two persons who owned the

Mumbai, Apr 12: Describing Uddhav Thackeray as a tiger “who roams only on home pitch”, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has dared the Shiv Sena president to visit Hyderabad. “If you (Uddhav) are the Tiger, then why isn’t the tiger stepping out? What type of tiger is this who roams only in his home, Mumbai and Maharashtra,” Owaisi said, addressing an election

Bengaluru, Apr 12: India's latest low-cost airline Air Pegasus on Sunday launched its maiden service to Hubballi in north Karnataka for providing air connectivity in the region. Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju flagged off the ATR-72 turboprop service at the Bengaluru international airport in the presence of state Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra and others

Bengaluru, Apr 12: Admitting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) paid for its "mistakes" in Karnataka in the 2013 assembly polls, union minister and former Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has said that the party is getting its act together to return to power in the state in the elections three years from now. "The BJP will come back in Karnataka. This is better for the state and

Mumbai, Apr 12: Shiv Sena leader and Member of Parliament Sanjay Raut has stirred a hornet's nest by his article in party's mouthpiece, Saamana, in which he has written that Muslims' voting rights should be withdrawn to put an end to vote bank politics. The Sena leader has also called All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leaders, Asaduddin and Akbaruddin Owaisi, a threat to the nation.

Jind, Apr 12: A leader of Hindu Mahasabha on Saturday stoked a controversy saying Muslims and Christians must undergo sterilisation to restrict their growing population which was posing a threat to Hindus. "The population of Muslims and Christians is growing day by day. To rein in this, Centre will have to impose emergency, and Muslims and Christians will have to be forced to undergo sterilisation