Karnataka

Udupi, Jun 27: Mangalore South MLA J R Lobo and Udupi MLA P are among the 17 legislators who secured 100 per cent attendance in the sessions in the present Legislative Assembly. A study, by a private agency, has revealed that as many as 17 members have attended all days of the session in both Bangalore and Belgaum. They are V?S?Kashappanavar, B?N?Vijaykumar, B A?Basavaraj, P?M?Ashok, B?M?Nagaraj

Bangalore, Jun 27: The Home department in Karnataka is planning to install jammers in central jails across the state to prevent inmates making international calls, said Home Minister K J?George.Responding to questions in the Council on Thursday Mr George said that there had been several instances in the State of organised criminals making international from within the central jails. He said that

Mangalore, Jun 27: Associates of notorious underworld don Ravi Pujari are facing bure din ' as Mangalore police continued crackdown on them. City Crime Branch of Mangalore police foiled murder bid on city based builders by arresting two more associates of Ravi Pujari and Kali Yogish The accused are Sunil Kumar(22), Mallayarbittu House, Kuchchigudde, Shantinagar, Kavoor in Mangalore taluk, and

New Delhi, Jun 27: After suggesting that to prevent AIDS fidelity in marriage was better than use of condoms, health minister Harsh Vardhan has stated in his website that sex-education in schools should be banned. In his "vision" document for Delhi schools, Vardhan, himself a doctor, has said, "So-called 'sex education' (should) to be banned." His website - drharshvardhan.com - also states the

New Delhi, Jun 27: The Centre on Thursday decided to grant an additional three months time to states for implementing the food security law that provides cheap foodgrain to two-thirds of the country 's population. However, Mr Modi had strongly opposed the same bill when it was introduced by then Prime Minister Manmohan Sigh. Mr Modi had said that the bill would push India toward malnutrition. In a

Mangalore, Jun 26: The psychiatry department of KMC Hospital, Attavara, here, organized an awareness progrramme to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Thursday. Delivering the presidential address Dr. M.V Prabhu, Dean of KMC, Mangalore explained the dangerous consequences of drug abuse. He gave examples of youth who couldn 't handle success like famous American

Mumabi, Jun 26: A month after the Narendra Modi-led BJP swept the Lok Sabha polls on the plank of 'Achche Din Aane Wale Hain', a city-based organization has dragged the Prime Minister and the party to court over "broken promises". A PIL has been filed in the Bombay high court by the All India Anti Corruption and Citizens Welfare Core Committee and its founder, advocate M V Holmagi, alleging

Mangalore, Jun 26: The National Highways Authority of India has approved the proposal to construct an overpass at the traffic teeming Nanthoor junction, submitted by NHAI Mangalore division. The proposal is now awaiting the nod of Union ministry for Road Transport and Highways and the tender process would start soon once the ministry gives the green signal, said NHAI Mangalore, Project Director

New Delhi, Jun 26: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Rajya Sabha MP Oscar Fernades and four others were today summoned by a local court as accused in a criminal complaint lodged by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for alleged cheating and misappropriation of funds in acquiring ownership of now-defunct daily newspaper National Herald. Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha

Chennai, Jun 26: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has announced allocation of 4,500 tonne rice free of cost to Masjids for preparing gruel consumed to break the fast during Ramadan season. In a release here, she noted that an order to this effect was passed during her previous regime in 2001 and had been quite popular among Muslims. "I have received representations from Muslims to supply