Karnataka

Mangaluru, Nov 8: After reports of a leopard sighted close to the coast at Someshwar area on the outskirts of the city over the past week, the presence of a baby leopard was confirmed with its sighting by few locals on Friday. The leopard cub was sighted at Uchila in Someshwar village and its presence near the coast has caused mild wonder coupled with fear among the locals in Uchila. It was

Panaji, Nov 8: Goa Health Minister Laxmikant Parsekar was today elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party, paving the way for his elevation as the new Chief Minister, snuffing out any challenge from Deputy CM Francis D'Souza. Parsekar, who was unanimously elected the leader at a meeting of the BJP Legislature Party, will succeed Manohar Parrikar after he resigned earlier in the day and is set to

Mangaluru, Nov 8: With the Southern Railways and Mangaluru City Corporation commencing land survey, the proposal to convert Mangalulu Junction railway station into 'World Class Railway Station' has gained momentum. Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar chairing a meeting of railway officials here on Saturday said that World Class Railway Station will be reality soon after the MCC completes acquiring

Mangaluru, Nov 8: Congress leader and MLC Ivan D'Souza has attracted the wrath of Bharatiya Janaya Party leaders and media after pulling an unrelated woman into the controversy triggered by the insensitive' tongue of former deputy chief minister K S Eshwrappa. Eshwarappa, who is the leader of opposition in Vidhana Parishad, on Friday had stated that chief minister and home minister might take

Dubai, Nov 8: One-year-old Reza Sameer has bagged a BMW car, worth Dh130,000. The baby girl is one among the 12 winners of a summer raffle draw held by the Al Madina Group. Its Summer Drive' promotion was held from July 10 to October 10. Twelve BMW cars worth a total of Dh1.56 million now belong to winners who live in labour camps. Mohammed Taha, general manager of Al Madina Group, said: “The

Mandya, Nov 8: Officials have rescued an 11-month-old baby whom the mother had allegedly sold for Rs 2,000 without father's knowledge. Acting on a tip-off that the child had been sold to a couple, officials of the District Child Development Protection unit (DCDP) and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) on Friday went to a house in Indira Colony here and rescued the infant. S. Diwakar, Mandya DCDP

Bengaluru, Nov 8: In a major breakthrough in probe into Nandita death case, the forensic experts have upheld the authenticity of the death note found in her note book. The handwriting analysis of the suicide note has found that it was in fact Nandita's writing, according to top sources in the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) here. The FSL's question document division has come to this conclusion

Mangaluru, Nov 8: Sri Lanka Prime Minister D M Jayaratne landed at Mangaluru International Airport on Saturday morning amidst tight security. Mr Jayaratne, who will be the chief guest for the 19th convocation of Manipal University to be held at KMC Greens in Udupi today at 5 p.m. headed to Manipal by road. Tight security measures are put in place in Manipal where the Lankan PM is expected to spend

New Delhi, Nov 8: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said he would reshuffle his Cabinet once appointments to boards and corporations were made. The CM, who was here along with Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara to meet Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, refused to set any deadline for completing the exercise of appointment to boards and corporations or Cabinet

Bengaluru, Nov 8: Senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa, who is known for hate speech and abusive language, has once again exhibited his “talent”. In a controversial remark on Friday he said that the Karnataka and Chief Minister and Home Minister do not consider everyone as their own and would take action over the recent spate of sexual assaults in schools only when 'their daughters get raped'. “Don't