Karnataka

Mangalore, Sep 30: Ahead of various religious festivals including Bakrid, Ayudha Pooja and Deepavali, Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai appealed to community leaders and representatives of social organisations to maintain peace and harmony in the district and directed the police authorities to act stringently against trouble-mongers who tried to stir up trouble during

Jammu, Sep 30: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today rejected NCP chief Sharad Pawar's remark that her party was responsible for ending their 15-year-old alliance over seat-sharing in Maharashtra. "The reason for it (severing of ties) was not us, not me, not Rahul, not Congress," Gandhi told reporters here when asked about Pawar's reported remarks that Congress was responsible for the alliance

Bangalore, Sep 30: Following her request to the chief justice of Karnataka, a special vacation bench of Karnataka high court on Tuesday agreed to hear AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa's bail petition on Wednesday. The high court had earlier today deferred the former Tamil Nadu chief minister's bail plea to October 6. To ensure a speedy hearing in the DA case, Jayalalithaa's lawyers have filed a

Mangalore, Sep 30: Due to the growing haughtiness of persons behind vigilante attacks in Mangalore, a youth from a poor family has been rendered incapacitated and is close to losing his life. Even after a month after a group of pro-Hindutva activists brutally attacked and thrashed three youth near Pumpwell while they were transporting cattle, the youth who bore the brunt of the attack is still in

Udupi, Sep 30: Sleuths of Karnataka Lokayukta police have raided the residence of a senior police officer in Udupi on Tuesday morning. The raid took place in the residence of Dr Prabhudev Mane, the Deputy Superintendent of Police of Udupi, in Brahmagiri, at around 6:30 a.m. sources said. Sources also said that the residence of one of the relatives of Dr Mane located in Hubli was also raided in the

Mangalore, Sep 30: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India organized a protest meet in the city demanding the state government to introduce KSRTC buses to rural areas in Mangalore Assembly constituency limits. The protesters took out a procession from the office of Deputy Commissioner's the office of RTO. Addressing the protesters in front of RTO's office on

Udupi, Sep 30: The general body meeting of taluk panchayat on Monday discussed at length various problems, including housing schemes and infrastructure facilities. Members Veronica Corenelio and Umesh Nayak raised objection for not handing over the houses sanctioned under Basava Vasati Yojane. They said that GPS uploading of the photos of the house is also posing problem to the smooth functioning

JEddah, Sep 30: More than 1.4 million foreign pilgrims are expected to perform Haj this year, said Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar. œAbout 1.36 million pilgrims already arrived from different countries by Sunday night and we expect their number to cross the 1.4-million mark,  he said. Acting Health Minister Adel Fakeih, meanwhile, said no cases of contagious disease have been reported among pilgrims

Bangalore, Sep 30: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to meet Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati on Tuesday in New Delhi to discuss the development of regional airports in Karnataka. The chief minister is likely to seek the Centre's assistance to implement Gulbarga and Shimoga greenfield airports projects, which have remained incomplete. Besides, the issue of

Kasargod, Sep 29: The police on Monday arrested three members of a gang on the charge of pledging fake gold ornaments with leading private financial outlets and later selling them to private parties at cheaper rates. A police team led by Kasaragod Deputy Superintendent of Police T.P. Ranjith arrested Sakeer Hussain, 40, hailing from Kongad in Palakkad; Ibrahim Haris, 40, of Padanjha, near here