Karnataka

Udupi, Mar 4: Terming the controversial land acquisition bill tabled by Narendra Modi-led BJP government as ‘anti-people’ and ‘anti-farmer’, Pejawar Mutt pontiff Vishwesha Tirtha Swami urged the Centre not to take wrong steps. “I strongly oppose the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015, tabled by the Union

Mangaluru, Mar 4: Aloysius D’Souza, the headmaster of Rosario High School has unanimously elected for the period of 2015-2020, a term of 5years as the president of D.K. and Udupi districts, Mangalore Teachers Co-operative Credit Society. The Society consists of 3700 members. He was rendering his service as director for the past two terms and now for the third term was unanimously reelected as the

Mangaluru, Mar 4: As per the suggestion of an enquiry committee, the Govinda Dasa First Grade College, Surathkal, has revoked the suspension of six students including five girls. The six students had been suspended by the principal on charge of violation of the rules and regulations of the college by using cell phones inside the college. However, the college management had in fact decided to

Bengaluru, Mar 4: Heavy rains lashed Bengaluru on Tuesday causing water logging in various parts of the city and throwing the traffic out of gear. BBMP chief engineer H.C. Ananthaswamy said water logging may have been caused as some work is under progress. “Once completed, there will be no flooding in the area,” he added. Water gushed into several households in Srinivas Nagar on Mission Road

New Delhi, Mar 4: Indiscipline and crew shortage creating problems for Air India’s schedules, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju admitted in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday as he apologised for the huge number of delays and cancellations. Replying to question on flights cancellations and delays by the national carrier, he said, "I am sorry about the on-time performance (of Air India). It is

New Delhi, Mar 4: Government on March 4 failed to find a ‘suitable’ candidate to head the loss-making national carrier Air India, whose chairman and managing director Rohit Nandan is on a 10-months extension, which expires in August this year. Public Enterprises Selection Board, which conducted interviews for selecting a new CMD for the state-run airline, and did not find any candidate “suitable”

Shivamogga, Mar 4: Police beefed up security and launched an operation to look for bombs after two evening papers said on Tuesday they had received letters that warned of bomb blasts at 10 places across Shivamogga. The papers, ‘Namma Nadu’ and ‘Shimoga Times’, received the letters by post in the morning. An anonymous writer introducing himself as a member of the Indian Muslim Federation (IMF)

Mangaluru, Mar 4: Five persons including an engineer have been arrested by the sleuths of the Central Crime Branch of Mangaluru City Police in connection with a communal clash occurred last week at K C Road Junction under the limits of Ullal Police Station. The arrested are Abdul Sattar (38), Niyaz (32), Abdul Nasir (30), Shabbeer (30) and Mohammed Basheer (36), all hailing from Talapady and

Mangaluru, Mar 3: Pioneering pediatrician and legendary medical educator Dr. P.N. Krishnamurthy passed away on Monday, 2nd March 2015 at 11:30 p.m. due to prolonged illness. He was aged 84 years. The end came at his residence located at Kadri Kambla in the city, though few days back he had been briefly admitted to KMC Hospital at Ambedkar Circle, Mangalore. It is learnt that the doctor had been

Mumbai, March 3: Following the Maharashtra government's ban on the sale and possession of beef in the state, Bollywood celebrities like Raveena Tandon, Farhan Akhtar and Ayushmann Khurrana share their thoughts on the "freedom of choice". Here's what the celebrities posted on their micro-blogging website Twitter handles: Raveena Tandon: @TandonRaveena: My only take on beef issue that it should not