Karnataka

Mangaluru, Mar 22: It has been a year since the headless body of Rohit Radhakrishnan (22), a final year student of AJ Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru, was found near Tannir Bavi beech, in the city on the fateful morning of March 23 2014. The tears of his parents Dr Sreedevi and Advocate Radhakrishnan are never dried. Nightmares are hounding them every nights as well as days. Dr Sreedevi

Kochi, Mar 22: Renowned Malayalam poet, film lyricist, film producer and director Yusufali Kechery, who left a deep impression in Kerala's cultural realm as a lyricist, died at a private hospital here on Saturday. He was 81 and had been suffering from bronchial pneumonia, hospital sources said. Kechery, who studied Sanskrit under well known scholar K P Narayana Pisharody, was known for his mystic

Chennai, Mar 22: Accusing the BJP government at the Centre as one being "run" by RSS, social activist Teesta Setalvad on Saturday alleged that issues like "Sanskritisation" were part of a process to change India into a Hindu state. "I believe the government at the Centre is run by RSS. It is an RSS government. You are confused, I am not confused at all," she told reporters in Chennai. On Hindutva

Bengaluru, Mar 22: If scuttlebutts are to be believed, the Shahenshah of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan will be soon seen starring with the south star Shiva Raj Kumar (SRK) in his upcoming Kannada film 'Kabira'. If Big B accepts the offer, then his association with the Kannada star will not be new as earlier, the Bollywood megastar had done an ad shot for Kalyan Jewellers with Shivarajkumar

Bengaluru, Mar 22: JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy today released an audio clipping claiming it would expose the circumstances that led to the transfer of IAS officer D K Ravi, who died under mysterious circumstances, in contrast to claims made by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Kumaraswamy, a former Chief Minister, released the tape which purportedly contained a telephonic conversion between an

Mangaluru, Mar 21: Hundreds of Mangaluru citizens belonging to all sections of the society took out a silent candlelight march - 'Justice For Baby Nirbhaya' demanding swift justice for the three-and-half-year-old nursery student of Mangaluru One School who was sexually abused by a school van driver in Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city. Holding candles, the citizens took out a march from Nehru

Dubai, Mar 21: The much awaited Indian expatriates’ Karnataka Premier League trophy was unveiled in Dubai recently in the presence of sponsors and respective teams. The one-day tournament will be held at Hamriya Grass Ground at Ajman, UAE on March 27 under the aegis of Dubai Friends. As many as 12 teams from Middle East will be participating in the event. The trophy unveiling ceremony was hosted

Mangaluru, Mar 21: Yenepoya Group of Companies, based in Mangaluru, will seek to expand the facilities of Yenepoya Specialty Hospital to the Middle East by establishing high-quality health clinics in Muscat and Dubai. Speaking to mediapersons during a programme organised on the occasion of 20 years celebration of Yenepoya Speciality Hospital in Mangaluru, chairman of the group Yenepoya Abdullah

Bengaluru, Mar 21: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said that he has declined an offer by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the convenor of a task force to implement "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" and instead preferred to be just a member. "I have been made convenor. I have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying I would prefer to be a member, not convenor of the task force to

Davanagere, Mar 21: Students Islamic Organization of India, Karnataka zone, in association with Department of Social Work (MSW), Davangere University, organized a one day national symposium at Davangere university on ‘Religious Harmony and Social Development’ recently. Inaugurating the function Anjan Kumar S.T, Deputy Commissioner, Davangere, called upon the youth to be more responsible and become