Karnataka

Mangalore, Jul 6: Shortage of police personnel at Belthangady police station in a naxal-affected zone was brought to the fore at the SC/ST monthly grievance meeting held at the office of Superintendent of Police here on Sunday. At the meeting, Dalit activist L Shekhar raised an issue over acute shortage of police personnel at Belthangady police station pointing that the rate of crime was high in

Bangalore, Jul 6: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today hit out at JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy, who is caught in a row over an audio CD allegedly discussing about money to be paid to his party MLAs by an aspirant for MLC seat, saying he could not defend himself claiming other parties were also indulging in corruption. "I haven't seen the conversation in the CD. I will not comment on it. Let

Bangalore, Jul 6: This is not the right time to oppose Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he has been democratically elected by the people of the country, according to Jnanpith Award winner playwright and director Girish Karnad. Mr Karnad, who had campaigned against the communal face of former Gujarat chief minister, expressed his moderate views here on Saturday. Replying to questions from

Sullia, Jul 6: Crops worth lakhs were destroyed by a herd of elephants at Ajjavara village in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. A total of six elephants, including a calf have destroyed dozens of coconut trees and areca nut trees belonging to former Gram Panchayat president Karunakara at Adpangaya area of Ajjavara. Later it entered the land

Kasaragod, Jul 6: In an endeavour to rehabilitate the unemployed women from the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category, 39 auto-rickshaws were distributed free of cost as part of generating self-employment among the backward community members in the district. The district-level function to mark the distribution of three-wheelers, that form part of the 500 such vehicles planned to be given away in the

Kasaragod, Jul 6: After days of trauma, the family of Ceelia was a relieved lot on Saturday. Ceelia, daughter of George of Panampally in the hill village of Kallar in the district, was among the nurses stranded in strife-torn Iraq. Mr. George and some of his family members left here for the Cochin airport on Friday to receive Ceelia and they are expected to be back on Sunday. There was a great

Patna, Jul 6: Janata Dal (United) Party leader Sharad Yadav has questioned the need of loudspeakers hanging outside places of worship. "The Bhartiya Janata Party has fought elections in the name of bringing 'acche din' (good times). Some kind of rule must be implemented by the government to remove all mikes from every religious place. It acts as a hindrance when people sleep in peace," said Mr

Dubai, Jul 6: Dubai will don yet another jewel in its crown when the world's first temperature-controlled city, Mall of the World, comes up along Shaikh Zayed Road. Occupying a total area of 48 million square feet, the project launched on Saturday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will comprise the largest indoor

Mangalore, Jul 6: Moderate to heavy monsoon showers on Saturday night and early hours of Sunday further cooled Mangalore and other parts of coastal Karnataka. The rains have revived the hope of farmers to some extent. It has been drizzling for the last two days in Dakshina Kananda, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts of coastal Karnataka. Moderate rainfall has been reported in the coastal, Malnad

Mysore, July 6: Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader has said that MBBS doctors who work in government hospitals would be offered fellowships by the State government, and would be trained by experts in district hospitals. Speaking to media persons Mr Khader said a total of 200 doctors will be offered fellowships every year. The training would be for two years, at the end of which degrees