Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 8: With the entire country gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled to be held on April 17 in Karnataka, a special drive will be undertaken by the election department of Dakshina Kannada district administration on Sunday to encourage eligible electorates from enrolling themselves in the electoral list. Issuing guidelines regarding the Lok Sabha 2014 polls in a press

Lucknow, Mar 8: BJP 's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi may not have zeroed in on his constituency, but party workers have already launched a signature campaign in Varanasi, urging him to contest from the constituency. The campaign has triggered a war of sorts with supporters of the BJP 's sitting MP from Varanasi, Murli Manohar Joshi. The Gujarat chief minister

Ullal, Mar 8: A total of 76 kids fell sick after consuming mid-day meals at Kinya Belaringe Government Higher Primary school on Friday. All the children were taken to a private hospital in Deralakatte for treatment. All the students who were treated were sent home. However, Safreena, a student, has been admitted in the hospital. “We had informed the cook that food is smelling bad. However, the

Bangalore, Mar 8: D?B?Chandre Gowda, BJP?sitting MP from Bangalore North, is upset that the party has been talking in terms of fielding former chief minister D?V?Sadananda Gowda from the constituency. On Friday morning, Sadananda Gowda met the MP seeking his support for his candidature. It is said the senior leader expressed his discontent about the development. Chandre Gowda, in his interaction

Mangalore, Mar 8: St Aloysius College celebrated 134th college day on Friday evening. Speaking on the occasion, chief guest J R Lobo said, “Education forms a strong foundation and makes students valuable people for the society. There are millions in our country who are deprived of education. Education must be available to all. And the ones who receive education must make the best use of the

Bangalore, Mar 8: V?Dhananjay Kumar, former Union minister and a loyalist of BJP?leader B?S?Yeddyurappa, is cosying up to the JD(S) to become the party 's candidate from Dakshina Kannada. He met JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda here on Friday and the latter has apparently no reservations about fielding him. Kumar, whom the BJP suspended for his outbursts against L?K?Advani, has not been able to return

Kuala Lumpur, Mar 8: The Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has confirmed on Saturday that its flight MH370, carrying 239 people including two infants, has lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control here. In a statement issued by MAS, Flight MH370, operated on the B777-200 aircraft, departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:41am (1010 pm IST) on 8 March 2014. It lost touch with the ATC around 2:40 am (1210 am IST). It

Mangalore, Mar 7: After the post of the mayor of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) was reserved for a general candidate, Congress, which has a majority in the house with 35 corporators, is yet to take a final call on who will be chosen for the post. According to party sources, the decision is likely to be made on March 12. With the general candidate, all the 35 Congress corporators are eligible to

New Delhi, Mar 7: AAP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the modus operandi of BJP PM nominee and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra are similar. Speaking at the session 'Dharna, Democracy and Demographies: Making Government Work' at the 13th India Today Conclave on Friday, Kejriwal said the Modi government

Mangalore, Mar 7: Health Minister and local MLA U T Khader on Friday held BJP leader DV Sadananda Gowda responsible for having approved the much-debated Yettinahole project during his term as the chief minister of Karnataka, and said that there was no need to blame Union minister M Veerappa Moily for backing the project as he was doing his duty in serving the interests of the people as the MP of