Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 1: Dakshina Kannada Khazi Thwaka Ahmed Musliyar inaugurated two newly constructed houses in remote villages of the coastal district by Talent Research Foundation, Mangalore. The houses were built for two poor homeless families - Mrs Pathunhi of Rajagudde in Mangalore taluk and Mrs Athijamma of Aladi in Bantwal taluk, Speaking on the occasion Khazi said that the act of giving

Udupi, Jun 1: A world class swimming pool would be constructed soon in Udupi to encourage swimmers in the coastal district, said Abhayachandra Jain, Minister for Youth Services and Sports. Speaking after inaugurating the renovated district shuttle badminton court at the district indoor stadium here, Mr. Jain said the wooden flooring of the badminton court had given way within a couple of years due

New Delhi, Jun 1: The BJP top brass has given the green signal to field B Y Raghavendra from Shikaripura Assembly seat, which was vacated by former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa after getting elected to the Lok Sabha from Shimoga During Yeddyurappa 's recent meeting with party national president Rajnath Singh, the latter agreed to field Raghavendra as the BJP candidate. Though the bypoll for the

Riyadh, Jun 1: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has pulled out a random selection of Cadbury chocolate bars from the market to test for traces of porcine DNA following reports that surfaced from Malaysia stating that some locally produced Cadbury milk bars were found to contain pork derivatives. An SFDA statement said that a periodic check for non-halal ingredients in food products by the

Bangalore, Jun 1: The State unit of the Congress is planning to make a Christian, a Kannada actor and a Kannada writer members of the Legislative Council. Christian leaders were unhappy with the party not giving a ticket to the community to contest the parliamentary elections in the State. Hence, the State party wants to pacify the community by making one of its leaders an MLC. Names of Nivedit

New Delhi, Jun 1: Within a few days after assuming power at the centre Narendra Modi led BJP government has hiked diesel prices by 50 paise a litre, excluding state levies. This is the second increase in rates in three weeks. The latest hike in price came after several rounds discussions that the new Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan held with state-owned oil firms on continuing with the reform

Mangalore, May 31: Officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) here have caught a passenger red-handed placing gold bars in a dustbin at Mangalore International Airport last night, airport authorities said. Sameer Mohammed, a resident of Kasargod, arrived at the airport by Air India Express flight from Dubai at around 10 pm and two gold bars weighing one kilo each were also seized from

Mangalore, May 31: “Knowledge is wealth, power and energy; and it is a tool to achieve your goals.” said the Dr K V Peter, Director, Noni World Research Foundation, Chennai and Former Vice Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University. He was delivering the graduation address on the occasion of the fourth graduation day ceremony of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, held on Saturday. He

New Delhi, May 31: After its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, senior AAP leader Yogendra Yadav and party 's Haryana convenor Naveen Jaihind on Saturday tendered their resignations from the political affairs committee and national executive of the party respectively. Party spokesperson and Delhi unit secretary Dilip Pandey clarified that the duo had resigned as members of the PAC and NE and not

Mangalore, May 31: On Saturday, Asha Thimmappa Gowda and Satish Kumpala were unanimously elected as the president and vice-president of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat respectively. Both contestants from the BJP ran unopposed in the elections which were held at Zilla Panchayat Hall, Kottara here on Saturday. The elections were supervised by Regional Commissioner (Mysore Division) M V Jayanthi as