Karnataka

Mangaluru, Mar 2: The unexpected showers that lashed parts of Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod districts on Sunday gave pleasant surprise to the people. The drizzle started from 4:00 p.m. in Mangaluru and surrounding areas. It was a welcome change to the people of the region who are bracing up to face an intense summer spell. Thousands of Sangh Parivar activists, who took part in Hindu Samajotsav at

Bengaluru. Mar 2: The family of a 53-year-old man, diagnosed with swine flu, said he died at the State-run Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD) in the City on Sunday as ventilators shut down following a power cut. The hospital authorities attributed B G Ganesh’s death to his deteriorating health condition, but admitted that there was a power cut followed by ventilator shutdown in the

Mysuru, Mar 2: Chief Minister?Siddaramaiah, on Sunday, disappeared for over one hour, leaving behind his security personnel, in a tizzy. Around 8.45 am, the chief minister — accompanied by his trusted aide and former Mysuru Zilla Panchayat president K?Marigowda and personal assistant Kumar — left his T?K?Layout residence to an undisclosed location. Siddaramaiah preferred to travel in Marigowda’s

Barcelona/Brussels, Mar 2: New rules that aim to protect the openness of the Internet will allow telecom and cable groups to prioritize and earn potentially vast income from some types of data, setting up likely clashes with regulators in the future. Telecom companies such as AT&T and Vodafone have convinced U.S. and European regulators, finalizing so-called "net neutrality" rules, to allow them

Mangaluru, Mar 1: Sunday heralded a saffron-coloured vigour on the streets of Mangaluru as intense preparations overnight had laid a cover of saffron buntings and banners across major junctions and streets leading to the venue of the Hindu Samajotsav. Most of the shops remained closed owing to the weekly holiday, and the streets wore a deserted look as most people stayed inside their houses during

Mangaluru, Mar 1: Calling upon the Hindus to be united and fight for the cause of Hindu Rashtra, Sadhwi Balika Saraswati said that it should be everyone’s priority to protect the interest of the Hindu nation. She was delivering the keynote address that the Vishwa Virat Hindu Samajotsav organized as part of the golden jubilee celebration of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad at Nehru Maidan in the city on

Mangaluru, Mar 1: Veteran Hindu seer Sri Vishvesha Theertha Swamiji has called upon the Hindus to be ever-loyal to Hinduism while respecting other religions and faiths. Speaking at Vishwa Virat Hindu Samajotsav organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishad to mark it golden jubilee celebration at Nehru Maidan in city on Sunday the chief pontiff of Pejawar Mutt said that Hinduism promotes harmony and

Mangaluru, Mar 1: Thousands of activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal took out a grand ‘Shobha Yatra’ in Mangaluru to mark the launch of Vishwa Virat Hindu Samajotsav. The rally was formally flagged off at Dr Ambedkar circle in the heart of the city in the presence of, seers, religio-political leaders and functionaries of VHP and Bajrang Dal. Thousands of activists who took out mini

Mangaluru, Mar 1: Sadhwi Balika Saraswati has hailed the Hindus of coastal district of Karnataka as ‘enlightened’, ‘ever-alert’ and ‘custodians of Hindu culture’. The young Sadhwi from Madhya Pradesh, who is known for her firebrand public speeches and Muslim bashing especially in events of Sangh Parivar, on Sunday offered special pooja at Kadri Manjunath Temple in the city before heading to Nehru

Mangaluru, Mar 1: Mangaluru City Police Commissioner S Murugan said that the police department had made tight security arrangements in the city and its surroundings areas to ensure that the Hindu Samajotsav scheduled to be held at Nehru Maidan on Sunday would be largely peaceful without any untoward incidents. Addressing a press conference here on Sunday morning, he said that a total of 14