Karnataka

Belagavi, Jan 26: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday rejected the assertion by former chief minister H?D?Kumaraswamy that he (Siddaramaiah) was a tiger when he was in the JD(S) but had become a “rat” in the Congress. “I’ve always been a tiger,” the chief minister roared. “Kumaraswamy is making such remarks in desperation,” he told reporters at the Sambra Airport here before leaving for Kundargi

New Delhi, Jan 25: Asserting that religion cannot be made a cause of conflict, President Pranab Mukherjee today said "tolerance" and promotion of goodwill between diverse communities needs to be preserved with "utmost care and vigilance". In his address to the nation on the eve of 66th Republic Day, the President quoted Mahatma Gandhi, "religion is a force for unity" and said, "we cannot make it a

Jaipur, Jan 25: Senior Supreme Court lawyer and former BJP leader Ram Jethmalani today said that Modi needs to dismiss Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley if he wanted to succeed in recovering black money. "I am most disappointed man because Modi has put those men in charge of the work who will never be able to complete it. The man has ought to be dismissed if blackmoney needs to be recovered,"

Mangaluru, Jan 25: A group of trouble-mongers threw a stone and broke the window pane of a Masjid at Soorikumeri village near Mani in Bantwal taluk on the outskirts of the city. In a complaint lodged at jurisdictional Vittal police station, president of administrative committee of the masjid Haji Yusuf has stated that miscreants had broken the glass pane of a window in Badriya Jumma Masjid at

Mangaluru, Jan 25: Over a hundred motorbikes and two-wheelers took part in a bike rally – ‘Riders for Helmets’ in the city on Sunday promoting safe riding rules including compulsory usage of helmets while riding two-wheelers in Mangaluru. As part of 26th National Road Safety Week - 2015, Dakshina Kannada district administration, Transport Department and Mangaluru Traffic Police in collaboration

Mangaluru, Jan 25: “Graduation is a proud moment and a memorable occasion in an academic career. It is not a final accomplishment. It is only an opening of a new chapter in student’s life. Education is an endless journey of competence and knowledge” urged Registrar of Mangalore University Prof. P.S. Yadapadithaya. He was addressing the fresh graduates of 5th batch of Engineering, M.B.A. and M.C.A

Mangaluru, Jan 25: Team Mangalore, a Mangaluru based hobby group of kite flyers has been officially invited to the Dubai International Kite Festival being organized by Classic Concepts LLC, an event management company in connection with Dubai Shopping Festival from January 29 to 31 at Jumeira Beach, Dubai. This unique Kite Festival is being organised for the fourth time in UAE. It will showcase

Mangaluru, Jan 25: Former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said that the two major problems that the Election Commission faced during elections in India were money power and voter apathy. Addressing a gathering on the occasion of National Voter’s Day at a programme here on Sunday, he said that the Expenditure Control and Monitoring Division of the Election Commission had not been able to

Jeddah, Jan 25: To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return,” said Indian Islamic scholar Sheikh Abubaker Ahmed. “I express my heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of King Abdullah. I join the family of King Abdullah and other members of the royal family, in their sorrow and grief,” he added. Sheikh Abubaker said: “I would like to recall that, under King Abdullah, who took the throne in 2005

Patna, Jan 25: The woman who triggered the bomb blast in the premises of the Ara civil court in Bihar's Bhojpur district that killed two people has been identified, police said on Saturday. A day after two people — a woman and a police constable — were killed and more than a dozen injured in the explosion, police said a middle-aged woman, Rina Gaudh, carried the bomb and died in the blast. "The