Karnataka

Kasargod, Dec 16: In a baffling incident that occurred on the outskirts of Kasargod, an enraged buffalo terrified people passing through the area and caused damage to four vehicles on Monday. For close to two hours on Monday evening, the buffalo which seemed to have become outraged all of a sudden, unleashed its pent-up anger on innocent passers-by near the old bus stand in the city. In the

Bengaluru, Dec 16: The?CCB police, who are investigating the pro-Islamic State tweets handled by Mehdi Masroor Biswas, a manufacturing executive with ITC, have so far not retrieved any incriminating data from his laptops or mobile phones. œWe have just begun the process to retrieve the data and their analysis.?It will take some more time for a clear picture to emerge,  a CCB officer said. The

Udupi, Dec 16: Kambala enthusiasts in twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi erupted in celebration following a timely verdict of Karnataka High Court, which lifted ban on buffalo slush race in Tulu Nadu. The Kambala organizing committees and Kambala buffalo owners in twin districts took to the streets along with the pair of buffalos at various places and distributed sweets welcome

Mangaluru, Dec 16: An auto-rickshaw driver breathed his last at a hospital here after he met with an accident in Kasaragodu district. The deceased has been identified as N Shiju, a resident of Kasaragodu. The vehicle he was driving overturned at Kalichanadukkam near Neeleshwaram late on Sunday night. He sustained serious injuries when he was thrown out of the vehicle. Mr. Shiju was immediately

New Delhi, Dec 16: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwara may soon be made a minister in the Siddaramaiah government as his tenure as the State party chief will end by the middle of next year. A search for a replacement for Parameshwara as KPCC chief could begin soon, sources in the Congress have said. There is a talk that the Congress high command may narrow down its

Bengaluru, Dec 16: The appointment of Justice S R Nayak as the chairman of the Karnataka Law Commission has been challenged before the Karnataka High Court. A writ petition has been filed in this regard by H M Farooq stating that Justice Nayak's appointment as chairman was in violation of the Protection of Human Rights Act. The State government had appointed Justice Nayak as the chairman of the

Belagavi, Dec 16: To curb the growth of bogus Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) that are indulging in'certificate business', the State government has decided to begin online admissions to all aided and government ITIs from next academic year. Minister of State for Labour P T Parameshwar Naik told Deccan Herald that the State labour department conducted a survey of all the 1,154 private ITIs in

Mangaluru, Dec 15: Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT Khader said that a meeting of local representatives of people discussing the pros and cons of the implementation of Yettinahole project will be held in Dakshina Kannada within January. He said that the district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai had set aside a date for the said meeting which would be held shortly. Responding to reporters

Mangaluru, Dec 15: A special programme will be held on Sunday as a preliminary to the 12th'Veera Rani Abbakka Utsava' scheduled to be held in January 2015, which will include felicitations of veteran poet and Kannada activist Nadoja Dr Kayyara Kinhanna Rai and eminent folk scholar Amrutha Someshwar, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT Khader. Announcing this at a press conference here

Chikkamagaluru, Dec 15: Vikram Mathias and co-driver Swaroop Mohan, in the Mitsubishi Evo IX, nursed their overnight lead to win the Coffee Day Rally, the sixth and concluding round of the FMSCI Indian Rally Championship, here on Sunday. In the process, Mathias scored his first win in four years during which he was off the rallying scene, while young Dean Mascarenhas (Shanmuga SN) in a Volkswagen