Karnataka

Mangalore, Oct 8: Protesting BJP-led union government's apathy in continuing the subsidy, hundreds of employees of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF), the lone chemical fertilizer manufacturer in Karnataka, staged a demonstration in the city. The employees took out the march from Tagore Park in the city to the Deputy Commissioner's office on Tuesday under the banner of MCF Mangala Workers'

Mangalore, Oct 8: Athletes from Karnataka who bag gold medals in next Olympics will get Rs one crore cash award from state government, promised Minister for Youth Empowerment and Sports Abhayachandra Jain. Speaking with media persons after welcoming Incheon Asiad gold medallist athlete Poovamma at the Mangalore International Airport on Tuesday, he said that the government will give Rs 50 lakh for

Kasargod, Oct 8: Public Works Minister V.K. Ebrahim Kunju inaugurated the 45-metre-long Nellikkunnu beach bridge, reconstructed at a cost of Rs.4.15 crore, near here on Tuesday. He said that the government had decided to promulgate an ordinance exempting toll collection for bridges that cost up to Rs.10 crore. Expressing concern over the high cost involved in land acquisition for building basic

New Delhi, Sep 7: India has been ranked 18th globally on the list of most desirable destinations to work, even as 70-80 per cent of Indians are willing to work in an overseas location, says a new report. The US has been ranked on the top, followed by the UK, Canada, Germany and Switzerland, making them the five most desirable countries to work on the list compiled by the Boston Consulting Group

Mangalore, Oct 7: Mangalore's golden girl Machettira Raju Poovamma, who bagged two medals in Asian Games 2014, was accorded a rousing reception in the city on her arrival from South Korea on Tuesday. Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai, minister for sports, youth services and fisheries K Abhaychadra Jain, Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim, Zilla Panchayat president Asha

Bangalore, Oct 7: In a huge blow to the AIADMK, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday denied bail to former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa in the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case. Denying bail to the convicted leader, the court said that there wasn't sufficient ground for awarding bail to her. "The High Court has correctly rejected the bail for Jayalalithaa,"

Chennai, Oct 7: A wall poster put out by an expelled AIADMK party man here threatening Kannadigas living in Tamil Nadu if the convicted party supremo Jayalalithaa was not released from jail created a flutter and the party sought to distance from the row. The party said the poster was put on display without its sanction and stressed that it stood committed to the welfare for all sections of people

Mangalore, Oct 7: Tragedy continues to haunt the family. More than a decade ago Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda lost his elder son, Kaushik Gowda, who was medical student in a road accident and now he lost his sister due to cancer. Savithri Shivaram Gowda (58), the younger sister of union minister breathed her last at a private hospital in the city on Tuesday. Mr Gowda visited the hospital

Bangalore, Oct 7: A nine-year-old girl was washed away in a storm water drain on Monday night following heavy rains that lashed Bangalore. The nine-year-old girl, identified as Geethalakshmi, the daughter of a daily wage earning couple from Tamil Nadu, was washed away in a drain at Bilekahalli, near the Bannerghatta Road in south Bangalore. Geetha had come to the city for Dasara holidays and was

Kasargod, Oct 7: The heavy rainfall accompanied by hailstorm and lightning that struck parts of Kasargod district resulted in widespread destruction of property and standing crops. While a cow perished in lightning at Thattummal, some 10 km east of Kanhangad, the hailstorm that followed wrought havoc on crops at Pethalamkaya in Bedakam panchayat. Areca, coconut, rubber, pepper and plantain crops