Karnataka

Bantwal, Aug 28: Unable to face the harassment caused to them by the vice-principal and lecturer of the polytechnic college here in Bantwal, students of the college boycotted classes and staged a demonstration in the college premises on Wednesday. Students studying in the college held a flash protest under the banner of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) after boycotting their classes

New Delhi, Aug 28: If Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes Supreme Court observations on excluding Ministers with criminal antecedents seriously, he has a tough call to take as 12 of 45 ministers in his Cabinet have criminal cases against them and two of them — Uma Bharti and Gen V K Singh – have charges framed against them. If Gopinath had been alive, he would be the 13th such minister. While

Bangalore, Aug 28: Congress leader K Jayaprakash Hegde on Wednesday alleged that Adani group, which recently bought Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL), has decided to take up expansion of the power project despite stiff resistance from the local people. Addressing reporters, he said Udupi-Chikmagalur BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje had mislead people during the recent Lok Sabha elections saying that

Mangalore, Aug 28: A youth was killed and at least two others were injured in a ghastly road accident when a bus rammed into the youngsters at a bus stop in Bendoorwell here on Thursday morning. The youth, identified as 18-year-old Tilak from Panemangalore, was said to be waiting for a bus at the bus stop when the accident took place. The accident occurred at around 9.30 a.m. during the time when

Mangalore, Aug 28: A complaint has been filed against activist Teesta Setalvad here for allegedly posting an objectionable image of a Hindu deity on her social networking site. In his complaint on Tuesday, Naresh Shenoy, a member of Namo Brigade, alleged that Ms. Setalvad, by posting a morphed image of Goddess Durga and Sudarshan Chakra' along with a photograph of American journalist James Foley

Udupi, Aug 28: Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district Muddu Mohan has been given the new post of Director of the Department of Agricultural Marketing in Bangalore on Wednesday. He took charge as Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district on February 28, this year. S S Pattanashetty, Commissioner for Cane Development and Director of Sugar, had been transferred as Deputy Commissioner in his place. The

Bangalore, Aug 28: The Banashankari police on Wednesday registered a case of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation against Ramachandrapura Mutt seer Raghaveshwara Bharati and his disciples. Following a complaint lodged by Anshumathi Shastri, the daughter of Diwakara Shastry and Premalatha, residents of Banashankari in Bangalore, the police registered a case against the seer and others under

Bangalore, Aug 28: Union Railway Minister D?V?Sadananda Gowda's son Karthik Gowda, who was engaged to a girl at Kushal Nagar on Wednesday, faces arrest as the Bangalore City Police registered cases of rape, abduction and cheating against him. “We booked Karthik Gowda under IPC?Sections 376 (rape) and 420 (cheating) after a small time actor Maithreyi Gowda lodged a complaint accusing him of having

Mangalore, Aug 27: There is a golden opportunity for college dropouts and unemployed to pursue higher education in the city as St Aloysius Community College is offering job-oriented diploma courses under the unique schemes of government of India. Even though St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, had bagged the Community College status in the previous academic year and successfully conducted

Mangalore, Aug 27: If you know to handle the situation, you can turn even your foes into fans within half an hour. Such a political miracle took place in front of the house of Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister in the city. Demanding Rs 5 lakhs compensation for the kin of auto-rickshaw driver Rifai who was recently murdered at Netharakere, in Bantwal taluk, several auto-rickshaw drivers