Karnataka

Mangalore, Nov 19: Demanding for a minimum wage of Rs 200 for every 1000 beedis rolled and keeping forth various other demands, beedi workers united to stage a stir as a part of the nation-wide protest under the aegis of CITU, in Dakshina Kannada, in front of Deputy Commissioner's office, on Tuesday. CITU leader Ramani Moodabidri said that the candidates who make several promises to the beedi

Mangalore, Nov 19: Dakshina Kannada District BJP has demanded sanctioning of an'Anti Terrorist Squad' for Dakshina Kannada district considering the terror activities going on the region. On the backdrop of rumours stating that alleged Indian Mujahideen leader Yaseen Bhatkal had allegedly stayed in Mangalore for several months and the recent incident of arrest of Ayisha Banu and Zubair couple, the

Mangalore, Nov 19: The Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 96th birth anniversary at the party office here on Sunday. Floral homage was paid to the portrait of late Mrs Gandhi by Congress leaders such as Ivan D'Souza, Ibrahim Kodijal, B A Moidin Bava, Mamatha Gatty and others. Speaking on the occasion, Ibrahim Kodijal said that

Lucknow, Nov 19: A controversy has been sparked with BJP deciding to felicitate its MLAs Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana, accused of inciting communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, at Narendra Modi's rally in Agra on Thursday. "These two MLAs were lodged in jail and NSA was slapped on them by the Samajwadi Party government. The party will be felicitating them at Modi's rally in Agra and tell the people

Kaup, Nov 19: Terming the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narenra Modi's massive rallies as'street play' or'Dombarata' former prime minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda said that the BJP has designed its own publicity machine but the fact is that no party can be strengthened through just rallies. Addressing the reporters at the residence of JD(S) leader Vasanth Salian on Monday, he said that

Belthangady, Nov 19: Defamation cases have been filed against nine persons including parents and uncle of Saujanya along with activist who has been fighting for justice in the Saujanya murder case. Dheeraj Kelle, Uaday Jain, Mallik Jain have filed individual cases against them. The complainants have said that their names were dragged in the Saujanya murder case unnecessarily while the parents of

New Delhi, Nov 19: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the State government to shift Abdul Nasser Ma'adani, the leader of Kerala's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who is in jail as an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts, to Manipal Hospital for treatment. The direction came after Ma'adani's counsel, Prashant Bhushan, stressed that the former was suffering from multiple diseases. The

Mangalore, Nov 19: Several cars parked on the roadside were damaged when a person out to test drive a car hit one of the cars here, on Monday. It is said that a person picked a second hand car from used car yard in Bejai andtook it for a test driver. However, he soon ran into a car parked nearby. In this mishap several cars parked in a string were damaged, creating road block in Bejai area for

Bangalore, Nov 19: A teenage girl was allegedly gang-raped by four men at Kannamangala in Doddaballapur taluk of Bangalore Rural district, late on Sunday night. The 15-year-old victim is a class X student and the only daughter of her parents, who are agriculture labourers in the village. The incident came to light after a villager found the girl lying unconscious at a farm on the outskirts of the

Bangalore, Nov 19: An additional 1,000-odd liquor shops may come up in the State if the State Excise Department has its way. However, the Siddaramaiah government may not rush through a decision on the issue. Excise Minister Satish Jharkiholi told reporters in Bangalore on Monday that there is a demand for opening five-six new liquor shops in each of the 176 taluks. “The government is ready to