Karnataka

Bangalore, Mar 15: Unfazed by the criticism of his attack on media, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday fired yet another salvo, questioning whether the media had the courage to show the "true story" about Narendra Modi's Gujarat. Speaking to reporters before launching his roadshow in Bangalore, he accused the media of not bringing out the "truth" about the Gujarat chief minister

Bangalore, Mar 15: Amidst the speculations over C K Jaffer Sharief 's next political move, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda has said that he would welcome the senior Congress leader with open arms if he wants to join the JD(S). Stating that 83-year-old Sharief and he shared a long-standing political relationship, Mr Gowda said that Congress has forgotten the service of such a leader. “He was

Bangalore, Mar 15: In a first, the state police have booked 50 goondas including those involved in repeated crimes against women, communal violence and land-grabbers under the Goonda Act across the state. Announcing this at a press meet here on Friday, ADGP (law and order) M N Reddi said that crimes against women and moral policing in coastal Karnataka led to police launching a drive against anti

Mysore, Mar 15: Bewildered over widespread protests from local leaders and workers against BJP high command 's decision to field Kannada journalist Pratap Simha from Mysore constituency, the party is considering whether to shift him to other constituency. The central leadership of BJP on Friday sought State leaders' opinion whether to shift Mr Simha from Mysore to Hassan constituency. The state

Udupi, Mar 15: In a shocking development, a 17-year-old teenager has been arrested by police on the charge of sodomising and murdering a five-year-old boy at Pamboor village in Udupi district. Superintendent of Police M.B. Boralingaiah said that the five-year-old had gone to a neighbour 's house to watch television on February 23, when accused Narendra (name changed) met him and took him to the

Helsinki/Mangalore/ New Delhi, Mar 15: After Satya Nadella notched up the top job in US-based Microsoft, it may now be the turn of another Mangalore University graduate to head a Fortune 500 company. Rajeev Suri, the head of Nokia 's telecom network equipment division, is likely to become the Finnish group 's next chief executive following the sale of its handset business to Microsoft, a newspaper

Bangalore, Mar 14: BJP on Friday inducted BSR Congress chief B. Sriramulu back into its fold after its top brass decided to allow his entry, but not his party 's merger following public opposition by its leader Sushma Swaraj. Mr. Sriramulu, who left BJP in November 2011 and formed his own outfit, was once a close aide of mining baron Janardhana Reddy, now in jail in Andhra Pradesh over an illegal

Kundapur, Mar 14: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa expressed hope that his confident Shobha Karandlaje would defeat sitting Congress MP K Jayaprakash Hegde in Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency. Speaking to media persons after visiting Shree Raghavendra Swami temple here on Friday, he said that people of Udupi-Chikmagalur region would never forsake Ms Karandlaje as she has done lot of

Mangalore, Mar 14: In a heartrending tragedy, a youth on wheels was crushed to death by a speeding jeep in the city on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Hakeem, a resident of Melangady in Ullal, on the outskirts of the city. The accident took place near Nandigudda in Mangalore at around 11:45 a.m. when the victim was travelling alone on a motorbike. Police sources said that when a moving

Mangalore, Mar 14: The slow development in physiotherapy is because of lack of statistical data in physiotherapy standards, and there is no apex body that regulates the educational standards in physiotherapy, said registrar of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) Dr D Premkumar, stating the need for a separate physiotherapy council in the state on the lines of the medical and nursing