Karnataka

Bangalore, Oct 9: The BJP central leadership on Tuesday sought more time for taking a final decision on bringing back former chief minister B?S?Yeddyurappa to the party fold. BJP?national? president Rajnath Singh and party national general secretary (organisation)?Ram Lal told the party's State leaders during a core committee meeting in Mumbai that the party's parliamentary board will meet soon

Mangalore/Makkah, Oct 8: Coastal districts of Karnataka will be celebrating Eid-ul-Adha on October 16, while Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and few other gulf countries will be celebrating the festival of sacrifice on October 15. Mangalore Khazi Twaqa Ahmed Musliar and Udupi Khazi Ibrahim Musliar Bekl have formally announced that the festival will be celebrated on October 16 in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi

Mangalore, Oct 8: Former MLA of Udupi K Raghupathi Bhat is all set to tie the knot for the second time on October 9, at Sri Venkataramana Temple at Karambally. It may be recalled that Mr Bhat's first wife Padmapriya was found dead in a flat in New Delhi on June 15, 2008, after going missing all of a sudden from Udupi. She had allegedly committed suicide. While mystery continues to shroud the death

Mangalore, Oct 8: Guddali Pooja (ground-breaking ceremony) for the concrete of interior roads in Kuntalgudda in Bajal was held here near Kavu Sri Panchalingeshwara Temple on Tuesday. The work was initiated by the Mangalore South MLA J R lobo by breaking the coconut. The total estimated cost of the project is Rs 25 lacs. A formal inaugural function was also organized in this occasion. J R Lobo was

Mangalore, Oct 8: Members of district unit Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) staged a protest demanding re-functioning of Primary Health Centre and upgrading it with better facilities at Kannur in the city. Addressing the protestors, B K Imtiyaz, City president of DYFI said that the Indian constitution. Having basic amenities such as healthcare, education, shelters are the constitutional

Mangalore, Oct 8: Three school going girls who went missing on Monday were trace in Hubli. Girls, Varshini, Rakshitha and Vishwaroopa left the school after classes then went on an escapade. They boarded a bus to Hubli where co-passengers noticed them and took them to Hubli police station. The girls had confessed to have fled following academic pressure. Earlier: Three schoolgirls go missing in

Mangalore, Oct 8: Dakshina Kannada district administration has distributed relief of Rs 1.5 lakh each to the families of the five who drowned in river Phalguni in Bangra-Kuloor on Sunday. District in-charge Minister B Ramanath Rai who visited the grieving families handed over the cheques on Monday. Kalandar, Rajesh, Prajwal, Rakshith and Yakshith Addressing the reporters he said that the relief

Byndoor, Oct 8: Activists of a particular organization fatally assaulted three men who were transporting purchased cattle on October 6, at Kenji Bheemanapare in Heroor. Samiullah (33) from Gangolli, Rizwan (25) and Mansoor (20), siblings from Halageri are the victims. Junaid, Shahil and one more person have managed to escape the attack. The victims are undergoing treatment at Kundapur hospital

Chamarajnagar, Oct 8: Chief minister Siddaramaiah was a star at Monday's function where he not only scored some brownie points over his predecessors and rivals by visiting this allegedly jinxed town, he even tried to convince people that one should not be carried away by superstitions and orthodox traditions. Gathered crowd went into a thunderous applause and cheered him whenever he claimed that

Mangalore, Oct 8: In yet another case of moral police attack, two persons have been arrested on Monday evening for attacking a youth in Valencia in the city. The arrested are Naveen Salian and Anil, both residents of Sootarpet in the city. The youth said that he was attacked by two men for talking to a girl belonging to other community who is his classmate. He said two men who came by bike began