Karnataka

Bangalore, Sep 7: Under fire from the High Court of Karnataka over increasing noise pollution, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has written to the City police to ban nightlife from 10 pm to 1 am. The KSPCB has written to the police commissioner seeking a ban on nightlife after a recent study conducted by the board showed that noise levels on Church Street in the heart of the City

New Delhi, Sep 7: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, a prominent Muslim socio-religious organization in India, has expressed serious concern at the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the hate campaigns of saffron outfits and some leaders of his Hindu right Bharatiya Janata Party targeting minorities particularly Muslims and Christians in the country. “Jamaat is seriously concerned at the rise in hate

Udupi, Sep 7: Veteran Kannada poet and thinker Prof. K S Nisar Ahmed has been conferred with prestigious Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Memorial Award at a function organised by the Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Research Centre and other organizations here. The award carries a citation and a cheque of Rs. 1 lakh. Speaking after presenting the annual award on Saturday Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar

Udupi, Sep 7: Former Chief Minister and vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) B S Yeddyurappa has said that the Karthik Gowda episode was “somewhat embarrassing” to the party. Kartik Gowda, son of Union Railways Minister, has been in controversy over his alleged relationship with a Kannada film actress. Mr. Yeddyurappa said that it looked like a conspiracy to implicate Karthik Gowda.

Bangalore: Sep 7: State Congress president G Parameshwara on Saturday said he will abide by the decision of the party high command on accommodating him in the Cabinet as deputy chief minister. “I have been a sincere party worker and will continue to be so throughout my career. I will stick to the high command's decision in this regard,” he told reporters on seeking his reaction to the reports that

Mangalore, Sep 7: It's raining intermittently, accompanied by strong winds, in coastal Karnataka in the weekend.Udupi district received 51.96 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours. Udupi taluk received the highest of 118.5 mm rainfall, Kundapur recorded 10.2 mm rainfall and Karkala received 27.2 mm rainfall. Udupi taluk received normal to heavy rain coupled with gusty winds. No damages were reported

Ghaziabad, Sep 7: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Saturday raked up the issue of love jihad', saying that girls should be taught its meaning as well as ways to save themselves from the “trap”, more than a fortnight after the BJP avoided its mention in a political resolution at its executive meet in UP. Addressing the closing session of the two-day All India Women Coordination Conclave at a college in

Bangalore/Honnavar: Sep 7: Investigation of all the cases pertaining to Raghaveshwara Bharati, pontiff of Ramachandrapur Mutt, have been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). A senior CID official said, “We have been told to take over the cases. But we are yet to receive a formal order. A fresh investigation will be started in this case.” A complaint was lodged against the

Mysore, Sep 6: In a major relief to air passengers between Mysore and?Bangalore especially in the run up to Dasara, SpiceJet has revised its schedule to operate commercial flights from September 16 to October 25. A decision to this effect reached the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli on Friday. Airport Director C?Manjunath said, however, the service will be restricted to only three days in a week

Mangalore, Sep 6: On Saturday, the inaugural ceremony of MLC Ivan Souza's office and website was held at the office situated at Mangalore City Corporation building in the city. Rajeevi, caretaker of the district Congress office, inaugurated the office by lighting the lamp on the occasion. Priest of Kateel temple Ravi Santhosh Kamath blessed the inaugural ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, Ivan D