Karnataka

Mangalore, Aug 24: A lot of times in life, the thing that matters is motivation. It really makes all the difference, said bestselling-writer and youth icon Chetan Bhagat, during his first visit to Mangalore on Saturday. The writer displayed his oratory skills and presented a talk on leadership and goal setting and also interacted with the audience at a programme organised at T M A Pai Convention

Mangalore, Aug 24: Subash Padil, Ganesh Kannur alias Kati Munna and Manu alias Manoj Shetty the prime accused in the infamous Homestay attack case were granted bail. The Second Additional District Sessions Court granted bail to the accused on Saturday. With this all the accused in the case were released. Judge M G Uma granted bail to the accused. It may be recalled that 17 accused in the case were

Bangalore, Aug 24: JD-S president and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda's daughter-in-law Anita Kumaraswamy Saturday suffered her second poll defeat within four months, that too in the area considered the party's stronghold. Anita, married to Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) state chief and former chief minister H. D. Kumaraswamy, Saturday lost to D. K. Suresh of the ruling Congress in Bangalore

Mangalore/Udupi, Aug 24: Dakshina Kannada district Congress party workers celebrated victory of congress candidates in by polls for Mandya and Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha seats. After the victory of Congress candidates Ramya (Mandya) and DK Suresh Kumar (Bangalore rural) on Saturday Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee members celebrated near Hampankatta by bursting crackers. Minister for

Mangalore, Aug 24: Towards providing better sanitation among economically-backward families in Dakshina Kannada, Abu Dhabi-based Bearys Welfare Forum (BWF) has undertaken 'BWF – Shauchalaya' project under which new toilets would be constructed for 52 poor families. The launching ceremony of the project was held at Sahodaya Hall, Balmatta here on Saturday, in which DK district-in-charge minister B

Mangalore, Aug 24: AHINDA Janachaluvali has welcomed the state government's law on cow slaughter of restoring the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Prevention Act -1964. Vice President of AHINDA Janachaluvali, BA Mohemmed Haneef briefing press persons here on Saturday said that the 1964 Act restricts the slaughter of calf and cow but it allows the slaughter of bulls and bullock. The

Bangalore, Aug 24: In her hour of victory, actress-politician Ramya chose to counter the words that had stung her most during the gruelling campaign for the Mandya parliamentary bypoll. Amid jubilant Congress workers celebrating her win, she told reporters that nobody would comment on her parents now. Ramya defeated her JD(S) rival by over 65,000 votes. The fitting response was targeted at former

Mangalore, Aug 24: Unidentified miscreants broke into a home and made away with Rs. 4,000 in cash and gold ornaments worth about Rs. 1 lakh at Bharati Nagar near KSRTC Bus Station on Friday. The house belonged to Padmanabha S, a labour contractor. The incident took place when his family members were out. Miscreants gained access by breaking window grills and decamped with gold weighing around 40

Kasargod, Aug 24: A moral-police act landed three persons in trouble in Adukathubayal near here when they 'abducted' a ship employee on Thursday evening for talking to women in public. A team led by Kasaragod Town Police station Sub-Inspector T. Uthamdas arrested Jamshir (25), a resident of Adukkathbayal locality here, Sakir (22) and Shamsuddin (32), for 'abducting' Abdul Shakeer, a ship employee

Mangalore, Aug 24: Member of National Commission for Scheduled Castes M Shivanna said that atrocity cases on members of Scheduled Castes in Dakshina Kannada were fewer compared to other districts in the state. During his visit to Dakshina Kannada for the first time to review the progress of various governmental departments in the district, he held a meeting of various district-level officials at