Karnataka

Manipal, Sep 27: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called upon the administrative officials to be sincere and committed towards the populace while discharging their duties. Speaking at the review meet held at Zilla Panchayath office here on Saturday, the CM said that it is the responsibility of the officials to be an effective catalyst between the government and the public in the process of delivering

Mangalore, Sep 27: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramiah formally inaugurated'Mangalore Dasara' at the splendidly lit up Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara Kshethra on Saturday evening. The former Union Minister and pioneer of Gokarnanatheshwara temple B Janardhana Poojary and other dignitaries took him and around the temple where he offered prayers at all the shrines within the Kshethra, including the

Mangalore, Sep 27: Two agents of a finance company have been arrested on charges of fraud and duping consumers of crores of rupees here on Thursday night. Bunder police have arrested Jeevaraj Puranik (55), resident of Sultan Battery and Roshan D'Souza (40) from Kodikal, in connection with the case. Working as business agents at a finance company named Vruksha Business Solutions located in Utility

Bangalore, Sep 27: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was today convicted and sentenced to four years jail in an 18-year-old corruption case in a judgment that will unseat her from the post, disqualified her immediately as an MLA and can impact the Assembly elections due in 18 months. Since she has been sentenced to a term of more than three years, the Chief Minister has been taken to jail

Mangalore, Sep 27: City based budding actress and model Pooja Shetty has been selected for'Pyate Hudgir Halli Lifu - Season 3', a reality show hosted by Suvarna TV. The show will commence on October 6 this year. Pyate Hudgir Halli Lifu is a unique format show where girls from city have to live in a village for over 3 months. The contestants have to leave their luxurious city lives and live in a

Mangalore, Sep 27: After the Supreme Court vacated a stay order on the controversial practice of'modified made snana' at Kukke Subramanya temple in the district, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the devotees would be allowed to observe the ritual as per the judgment given by the apex court. The apex court had earlier vacated a stay order on the verdict on'modified made snana' at Kukke

Mangalore, Sep 27: Alleging that the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Limited (MRPL) Phase III plant located in Mangalore taluk was causing problems for the residents of Jokatte and surrounding villages, several protestors staged a protest dharna in front of the plant on Thursday. Under the banner of Nagarika Horata Samiti and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the local residents

Belgaum, Sep 27: The police department is responsible for recurrence of communal clashes in Belgaum, according to district-in-charge and excise minister Satish Jarkiholi. Mr Jarkiholi, who held meetings with the police and the district administration, and took stock of the situation on Friday, said that police officers who failed to discharge their duties would be shunted out of the district and

Mangalore, Sep 27: In what would have been a major catastrophe, a liquefied petroleum gas cylinder caught fire accidentally at a mini hotel at Ullal, on the outskirts of the city on Friday night. The incident took place when an employee at A B Hotel located in a thickly populated area of the town, was trying to replace an empty cylinder with the new one. It is learnt that the faulty valve pad ring

Mangalore, Sep 27: In an intense battle for a controlling stake in Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF), both Zuari Group and Deepak Fertilisers have revised their open offer price upwards to buy out the additional 26% in the company. Significantly, the revised price by Sailesh Mehta-run Deepak Fertilisers is overwhelmingly higher than that by Saroj Poddar's Zuari Fertilisers and Chemicals