Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 16: A fresh battle of hoardings between proponents of two different ideologies has triggered curiosity among the residents and travellers in the port city of Mangaluru. While a hoarding put up by a Congress leader in the heart of the city indirectly reminds the people that it was a Hindutva hardliner who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, another hoarding set up by a Sangh Parivar

Mangaluru, Nov 16: A middle aged man was found dead in a lake near Jodu Palli Road at Kudroli in the city on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Nasir (40), a resident of Kudroli. A few local residents had seen him wandering Saturday morning, police sources said. Police believe that he might have accidentally fallen into the lake and died last night. “He might have accidentally

Karwar, Nov 16: Hundreds of volunteers including Indian Navy men, officials and their family members undertook a beach clean-up drive on Rabindranath Tagore beach in Karwar in the weekend. The beach-cleaning exercise was a part of Navy Day celebrations. Wearing disposable hand gloves, the volunteers collected plastic and other waste and disposed it of systematically. The cleanliness drive started

Mangaluru, Nov 15: Nagarika Seva Trust, a Dakshina Kannada based social organization, has demanded the Karnataka government to takeover Sri Manjunatha Swamy temple at Dharmasthala to put an end to the misappropriation. Addressing a press meet here, Ranjan Rao Yerdoor, the founder-trustee of the NST, said that “crores of rupees” given as donations to the temple went to a single family. To prevent

Tumakuru, Nov 16: The elections of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president and other office-bearers of the party will be held on June 15, 2015, said incumbent KPCC chief G Parameshwara. “The party high command has decided the dates and the elections will be held as per the schedule. The ongoing membership drive will be held till December end. The elections for booth, block, district and

Mangaluru, Nov 16: The neo-liberal economic policies of the BJP-led union government will allow the country's resources to be sold to foreign companies and allow the Indian market to open for imported subsidised agricultural and dairy products, which could spell doom for the farmers and widen the gap between the rich and the poor, said Rajya Sabha MP and CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury

Mangaluru, Nov 16: A meeting chaired by Forest, Environment and Ecology Minister, and Dakshina Kannada District-in-Charge Minister B Ramanath Rai has decided to postpone the closer date of Shiradi Ghat to implement road development works, from December 1 to December 15, due to various reasons here on Saturday. The Ghat will remain closed till May 15 of 2015. The Central government has approved two

Mangaluru, Nov 15: Assertion of national identity and following “true spiritualism” can be the weapons to fight terrorism and corruption, according to former union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy. Delivering a talk on War against terrorism and corruption', organised by Citizens' Council, Mangaluru, Mr. Swamy said that Indians should accept the Hindu national identity

Kasargod, Nov 15: A 14-year-old student, who went missing on Friday, was found dead in a pond near Kanhangad in Kasargod district under mysterious circumstances on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Abhilash, who was studying in Hosadurga school. It is learnt that the parents failed to trace boy who did not return home on Friday from school. On Saturday his dead body was found in a pond

Udupi, Nov 15: A sum of Rs 23 lakh has been sanctioned by the Karnataka State Wakf Board for the development works of nine masjids in Udupi District including the construction of compound walls. For the construction of compound walls, a sum of Rs 5 lakh has been approved for Karkala Bangalegudde Salman Jumma Masjid, a sum of Rs 2 lakhs for Siddapura Hosalli Jamia Masjid, Muniyal Varanga Badriya