Karnataka

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

Incheon, Sep 29: M R Poovamma, a native of South Indian city of Mangalore, bagged a bronze in women's 400m race as India swelled their medal count from athletics competition to three at the Asian Games here on Sunday. Poovamma clocked 52.36secs in the final race behind pre-match favourite Oluwakemi Adekoya (51.59secs) of Bahrain and Vietnam's Thi Lan Quach (52.06secs) at the Inchon Asiad Main

Mangalore, Sep 29: The Bhoomi Pooja, launching and foundation laying ceremony of'Solitaire', the 32-floor residential project of Land Trades Builders & Developers was held at Hat Hill, Mangalore on Monday in the presence of a galaxy of dignitaries. Chief guest B Ramanath Rai, Minister for Forests, Environment & Ecology, Government of Karnataka, formally launched the model of'Solitaire' along with

Bantwal, Sep 29: A leopard was found caught in a trap laid by the forest department at Amyalagudde in Chennaittodi village in the taluk on Sunday night. There had been several sightings of a leopard roaming in the limits of Chennaittodi and Vamadapadavu from the past few weeks, due to which, the villagers had been living in fear. The villagers had also been missing their domestic animals such as

Mumbai, Sep 29: Kavita Karkare, wife of former Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare who died fighting terrorists during the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, died today afternoon after she suffered a brain haemorrhage. Mrs Karakare had been admitted to the Hinduja hospital in Mumbai after she had slipped into coma. Her body will be donated for medical research. Mrs Karkare had been in the

Mangalore, Sep 29: Mangalore woke up to another revolutionary move of appointment of two widows from the Dalit community as priestesses of Shree Gokarnanatheshwara Kshetra by the temple management committee at Kudroli here on Monday. Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara temple, which has witnessed the onset of several new traditions, had witnessed the revolutionary tradition of the appointment of widows as

Bangalore, Sep 29: Jailed AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa today filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging her conviction and seeking bail in the disproportionate assets case against her. The 66-year-old leader sought relief two days after a Special Court here sentenced her to jail for four years, as a fallout of which she lost her Assembly membership and consequently Chief Minister's