Karnataka

Mangalore, May 3: Mangalore based journalists from print and electronic media under the banner of Dakshina Kannada district working journalists union (DKWJU) on Saturday staged a demonstration demanding resignation from a minister for allegedly threatening a local reporter. The development comes following the reports that Minister of State for Youth Services, Sports and Fisheries K. Abhayachandra

Mangalore, May 3: In a horrendous allegation Former minister and BJP leader C T Ravi has dubbed the coastal district of Dakshina Kananda as a terror hub in south India. Addressing a press meet here on Saturday Mr Ravi, who represents Chikmagalur constituency in Karnataka Legislative Assembly, went on to claim that one of the suspects in recent Chennai train blast had boarded train from Subrahmanya

Bangalore, May 3: The Congress high command has launched a leadership hunt for party's Karnataka state committee as the incumbent KPCC president G Parameshwara's term had ended almost six months ago. It is learnt that he remained in the post owing to Lok Sabha polls. In the state cabinet expansion following poll results, Parameshwara is expected to find a berth. In line with the Congress policy of

Mangalore, May 3: Demanding strict action against yoga guru Ramdev for his honeymoon and picnic' remark against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Members of Dakshina Kannada district Congress committee on Saturday held a demonstration in front of Deputy Commissioner's Office here. "We are protesting against Ramdev for his derogatory remarks against Rahul Gandhi and Dalits," said AICC secretary

Guwahati, May 3: Nine more bodies were recovered from a village in Baksa district early Saturday, taking the toll to 32 in the violence unleashed by NDFB-Songbijit militants in Bodoland Territorial Administration Districts (BTADC) area in Assam. The bodies of the victims, including four children and two women, were recovered from Khagrabari village under Salbari sub-division adjacent to the Manas

Guwahati, May 3: The little girl was screaming at her bed at Guwahati Medical College Hospital. The four year old Taslima Khatun of Narasingbari village in Assam's Baska district has lost her finger and received bullet injuries as armed militants of National Democratic Front of Bodoalnd (NDFB) opened fire killing four people in front of her on Thursday night. The little girl does not know anything

Belthangady, May 3: As many as 142 couples, including 58 daily wage labourers, tied the knot at a mass marriage ceremony organised at Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala on Friday. The marriage was held at Godhuli muhurtham that is considered as auspicious for wedding. Of the 142 couples, 11 pairs received attention for taking a brave step to get into inter-caste marriage. Of the married couples, 58 of them

Kabul, May 3: More than 2,100 are confirmed to have been killed after a landslide crashed into a remote mountain village in northeast Afghanistan, a spokesman for the provincial governor said on Saturday. "More then 2,100 people from 300 families are all dead," Naweed Forotan, a spokesman for the Badakhshan provincial governor, told Reuters. The United Nations said the focus was now on more than 4

Dubai, May 3: A 29-year-old Indian nanny in Dubai has been accused of strangling her employer's 11-month-old baby girl to death with her scarf after she was allegedly denied leave to go back home. The nanny, who was not identified, has been accused of premeditated murder, a charge she has denied in the Court of First Instance here. The nanny planned the crime and waited for her employer to go to

Dammam, May 2: Cricket tournaments are routine part of life for NRIs in Saudi Arabia. But this match was something special thanks to the presence of Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader as the inaugurator and player! Audience erupted in a roar of applause when the popular minister entered the crease as opening batsman for team Amaco along with Asif Amaco at the final math of the