Karnataka

Bangalore, Apr 29: A team of Medical Council of India will visit six new government medical colleges in Karnataka for inspection in a week's time to take stock of facilities available for medical students, Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash R Patil said today. The team would visit the colleges at Gulbarga, Koppal, Chamrajnagar, Karwar, Madikeri and Gadag, he told reporters here. The state

Patna, Apr 29: Attacking Narendra Modi, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Laloo Prasad Yadav today said that "even a butcher is shy" of the BJP leader who was aiming to become the Prime Minister of the country. "A butcher is also shy of Narendra Modi. Will this man become the PM of India?," Prasad said here. His remarks come in the backdrop of a no-holds barred war of words between Tinamool

Muscat, Apr 29: The body of an Indian expatriate in Oman, who died two months ago following a severe chest pain, has been identified by his friend, media reported Monday. The repatriation of the body of Vadakkath Appu Rajendran, a native of Thrissur in the south Indian state of Kerala, who died in Oman's Sohar port city Feb 26 this year, was delayed due to absence of identification documents, the

Bangalore, Apr 29: The State Cabinet on Monday decided to do away with the system of receiving affidavits for delivery of various services from public and instead, introduce self-declaration forms, in an effort to bring in reforms in administration. Briefing reporters about the Cabinet decisions, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said people were facing a lot of inconvenience for getting an affidavit

Bangalore, Apr 29: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday that free laptops cannot be given to pre-university students in the current fiscal year due to financial constraints. However, he said the proposal has not been dropped. Speaking to reporters at his home office here, Siddaramaiah said that the Congress had promised to provide free laptops to pre-university students in its election

Udupi, Apr 29: Strongly justifying the coldblooded murder of a cattle trader by Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) personnel earlier this month, Karkala MLA V Sunil Kumar said that such murders are the only way of ending cattle trafficking in Karnataka. Addressing a rally organised by the BJP's Udupi district unit on Monday to protest the arrest of ANF constable Naveen G Naik, who gunned down 23-year-old

Mangalore, Apr 29: In a bid to lure more passengers, national carrier Air India Monday started an upgrade scheme for its economy class passengers on domestic network from 43 cities including Mangalore International Airport. According to Air India, the scheme is a part of its ongoing airport upgrade offer 'Get Up Front' where passengers flying in economy class can avail upgrade to executive class

Mangalore, Apr 29: Strongly condemning the Sangh Parivar's politicization of food habit and crusade against beef senior social thinker and academician Prof. Kancha Ilaiah urged the Indians to prefer non-vegetarian food over vegetarian for the growth of brains. Delivering a lecture on Ambedkar and 2014 General Elections in India' organised by Centre for Dr B R Ambedkar Studies at Mangalore

Bangalore, Apr 29: Karnataka government was awaiting President Pranab Mukherjee's assent to a bill to enable it to take strict action against doctors not serving in rural areas, Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader said on Monday. The state assembly in August 2012 had passed the Karnataka Compulsory Training by Candidates Completed Medical Courses Bill hoping to solve the problem of

New Delhi, Apr 29: The war of CDs hotted up with the Congress on Monday releasing one which has pictures of Narendra Modi with one Afroz Fatta, who was arrested in connection with a Rs.1,000 crore hawala racket and dared the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to submit himself to an independent probe. Claiming Fatta to be a “well known BJP supporter and a protégé of