Karnataka

Vangal, Sept 12: Kiran Laxman Salunkhe used to buy jewellery during religious festivals, but sliding gold prices have led the young Indian farmer to break with his family's traditional investment. This year Salunkhe has deposited his hard-earned savings at the bank for the first time in a decade and bought farmland. "I bought jewellery when gold price was 32,000 rupees (per 10 grams) last year

New Delhi, Sep 12: Union Minister for Minority Affairs Najma Heptulla on Thursday hit out at the Congress, saying its secular image was a farce meant to entrap the minority community. Congress in the last 65 years has done nothing except to push the Muslims away from the path of growth. But it calls itself secular. Even when this secular government was in power, the riots didn't stop, they kept on

Mangalore, Sep 12: In a shocking incident, a nursing college student was robbed at broad daylight on the Adyapady – Moodshedde Road under Kavoor police station limits, near here. Two miscreants covered the face of a nursing student, tied her hands and made away with her earring and mobile phone when she was on her way to the nursing college on Thursday morning. According to Kavoor police, Rita (20

Mangalore, Sep 12: A middle aged man, who had been tested positive for Malaria, breathed his last in the Government Wenlock Hospital. The deceased has been identified as Veeranna (40), a resident of Uppinangady. He was down with fever for two days. Uday Bhat, the owner of the farm where Veeranna was working, took him to a hospital in Puttur on Wednesday. The hospital authorities immediately

Chikmagalur, Sep 12: Tigers are on the prowl in the Mullayyanagiri-Seethalayyanagiri belt in Chikmagalur district for the last few days and have been chasing vehicle riders during night. Tigers would suddenly appear and scare the daylights out of the people for one or two days and disappear in the past. But this time, they are just refusing to go back to the forests, much to the fright of the

Bangalore, Sept 12: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Thursday, rubbished the allegation made by Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar that he had ordered denotification of land in Shivaram Karanth Layout. Speaking to reporters here,?Siddaramaiah said Shettar was making baseless allegations against him by the day and it was unbecoming of a leader of the opposition. “I have not

Udupi, Sep 11: A history-sheeter was allegedly murdered by four persons in Udyavara village under Kaup police station limits on Friday. K. Annamalai, Assistant Superintendent of Police, said that Pitty Nagesh (44) came in a car near Udyavara Bridge at around 7.40 p.m. Four persons assaulted him with swords and other sharp weapons and he died on the spot. The assailants fled from the scene in a car

Mangalore, Sep 11: Dakshina Kannada zilla panchayat adds another feather to its cap of laurels, becoming the only zilla panchayat which won the Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (PSP) for the year 2013-14, under the Panchayats Empowerment and Accountability Incentive Scheme (PEAIS). The panchayat, was selected by the department of Panchayati Raj and Rural Development of the Union Government, for

Mangalore, Sep 11: Various joint committees of the state legislative assembly and legislative council for the current year were reconstituted and MLC and Congress leader Ivan D'Souza from Mangalore has been selected as a member of two committees. Mr D'Souza has been nominated as a member of the library committee of legislative assembly headed by assembly speaker Kagodu Thimmappa and housing

Vijayawada, Sep 11: Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) national president Ashfaq Ahmed Shareef has urged the Central government to suppress terrorist activities with an iron hand in India. He asked students and youth to keep away from communal elements in wake of the al-Qaeda's tapes announcing that they would spread their activities in India. Responding to media queries after attending