Karnataka

Bangkok, May 24: Union Minister M Veerapa Moily was presented with a "Global Citizen Award" by an university here for his role in transforming Bangalore as a global IT hub during his tenure as Karnataka Chief Minister. The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), presented the award to the Minister who was chief guest at the university's graduation ceremony yesterday. The award was presented to him by

Mangalore, May 24: The BJP has alleged the new Congress government in Karnataka of not just bringing in a string of policies which are against the interest of the people but also resorting to taking revenge on the former BJP government. Addressing a news conference on Friday, BJP national vice-president and former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda said that the Congress government, within no time

Riyadh, May 24: India will issue at least 27,000 more emergency certificates to enable its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia for home after a new labour policy came into force in the Gulf Kingdom. The Indian embassy here has released a second list of verification and delivery process of emergency certificates (ECs) for all Indian nationals who have applied at the embassy and at other collection

Mangalore, May 24: A blood donation camp was organised by the medical cell of Highland Islamic Forum (HIF) at Al-Kalam here recently. Surgeon Dr Abdul Majeed, owner of Indira Hospital Mangalore Dr Nizamuddin, Dr Sreejith Chakravarthy from Kasturba Medical Hospital, Mangalore, and principal of St Mary's School Sr A C Sylvian were the chief guests on the occasion. Dr Sreejith Chakravarthy, on the

Mangalore, May 24: 'Rhythm', Father Muller's first musical event was held on Wednesday at the Father Muller stadium. The musical and dance programmes began at 5pm with an address from Fr. Patrick Rodriguez, Director of FMCI. The event picked up pace throughout the night and climaxed with a mind-blowing performance by bands: Sea Seven and Diversion Effect which drove the crowd into a frenzy. The

Mangalore, May 24: The complaint filed by ASI of Pandeshwar police station Srikala against Mangalore South division Assistant Commissioner of Police T R Jagannath took a new turn with the complainant raising the issue of mental and physical harassment with the Women's Commission. The complaint filed with the women's commission came as a surprise because couple of days ago, the Commissioner of

Bantwal, May 24: Two persons suffered severe injuries when a bus hit three other vehicles owing to negligence of the bus driver, on Thursday evening at Kodaje near Mani. Unaid and Kasturi Shankar are the two injured. Mahesh Bus, which was bound from Mangalore, collided with a car which was plying from Puttur, at Kodaje. Due to this collision, two cars, which were right behind this car too ran into

Bangalore, May 24: Karnataka with a population of over 6.10 crore occupies ninth position in population size among all states and union territories and accounts for 5.05 percent of country's population of 121 crore in 2011, as per the Primary Census Abstract (PCA) of 2011. Of the 6,10,95,297 persons enumerated in the state, 3,09,66,657 are males and 3,01,28,640 females, Director Census Operations

Mangalore, may 24: The first consignment of cargo of machinery spares was exported to Dubai from the Mangalore International Airport Air Cargo Complex on Thursday at 2 pm. The cargo was transported using Air India Express IX 383. J.T. Radhakrishna, Director, Mangalore International Airport and Custodian of Mangalore International Air Cargo Complex, said that the first consignment of around 500 kg

New Delhi, May 23: In the wake of National Investigation Agency filing charge sheet against four members of extremist Hindutva groups for the 2006 Malegaon blasts, the Union Government of India has promised to take necessary steps to stop harassment of innocent Muslims while tackling terror. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh on Thursday described "extremely unfortunate" the arrest of nine