Karnataka

Mangaluru, Mar 11: The production team of 'Soombe' Tulu feature film is all set to release the romantic-comedy in selected 12 theatres in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Friday, March 13. Directed by Saikrishna Kudla, the movie features Mangalorean Rahul and Mumbai-based Shritama Mukherji as lead actors. Addressing a press conference at a movie cineplex here on Wednesday, director

Mangaluru, Mar 11: A day after the Lok Sabha passed the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015, popularly known as the land acquisition bill, several leaders and members of Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee staged a demonstration against the passage of the bill, in front of the deputy commissioner’s office

New Delhi, Mar 11: The crisis in the AAP deepened today with senior party leader from Mumbai Anjali Damania quitting the party in the wake of reports that Arvind Kejriwal allegedly tried to poach Congress MLAs to form the government in the national capital last year. Damania, known to be close to Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal, lashed out at the party leadership saying she had backed the AAP chief

Bengaluru, Mar 11: Imposing ban on Popular Front of India will not end communal clashes in Karnataka, said Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader. Responding to a question of media persons whether Karnataka government was considering ban on PFI, the minister said that the ban cannot be the solution. He said that even though some PFI activists have been accused of involving in communal

Bengaluru, Mar 11: At least four African nationals were attacked by a gang of around 20 members in Byrathi, near Hennur Road, northeast Bengaluru on Monday night. For nearly three hours, the area was tense due to “riot-like-situation,” during which two policemen also sustained injuries. The assaults were triggered allegedly after locals were annoyed at high speed, high-decibel driving by an

Bengaluru, Mar 11: Home Minister K?J?George said back-to-back generalised statements in the West on the incidents of rape in the country were portraying India in poor light. He was referring to the controversy surrounding a German professor denying internship to a male Indian student in the University of Leipzig and the screening of the Nirbhaya documentary by the BBC. Speaking to the media on

Bengaluru, Mar 11: The Karnataka High Court has reserved its order in connection with a petition filed by Vishwa Hindu Parishat leader Praveen Togadia, who has been restricted from entering the State. Togadia had moved the court challenging the State government’s notification banning him from entering the State. He was scheduled to participate in Virat Hindu Samajotsava in Udupi, Mysuru and other

Bengaluru, Mar 11: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala on Tuesday walked out of the durbar hall of Raj Bhavan even as the national anthem was being played during a function. After administering oath of office to Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan as judge of the Karnataka High Court at a brief ceremony in the durbar hall, Vala was seen walking out while the national anthem was being played

Bengaluru, Mar 11: All the deputy commissioners have been directed to hold regular review meetings on H1N1 cases in their respective jurisdictions, said Health and Family Welfare Minister U?T?Khader. Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Mr Khader said that H1N1 deaths had touched 62 in the State, this year. So far, as many as 1,884 H1N1 cases had been confirmed, 43 were in the ICU and 1

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 10: Beef cooked in the open and Hindus and Muslims sitting together for a meal - this was how a section of people in Kerala protested today against the recent ban on the meat in Maharashtra. Beef in Kerala means both cows and buffaloes and its consumption has no religious overtones. Not only do some Hindus here eat beef, going by sales figures, it is also the most-favoured