Karnataka

Mangalore, Jun 11: Karnataka State Government Workers' Association has decided to conduct elections for post of office-bearers of the district unit of the Association for the term 2013-18, George Pinto, President of the district unit of the Association said. Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Pinto said that the state body took a decision with regard to

Kundapur, Jun 11: The farm lands and houses near Kattinabail in Ullur village of Kundapur taluk has been inundated as the irrigation canal of Varahi was damaged due to heavy rains. On Sunday, an attempt was made to divert water from the canal into a small drain so as to avoid overflowing of the canal. However, unfortunately, the sides of the canal and the drain cracked out simultaneously, leading

Bhatkal, Jun 11: A farmer was trampled to death by an elephant at Joida taluk in Uttara Kannada district. The victim is identified as Madheva Appaji Desai (45), a farmer from Kayalowada near Panjeli in the taluk. The incident occurred when Madheva was walking along the edge of his agricultural land near his home at 10 p.m. on Sunday. The elephant which was feeding on banana saplings nearby

Puttur, Jun 11: “There is no BJP without Advani” - This is how BJP National Vice-President D V SAdananda Gowda summed up the entire episode of the veteran leader's absence at the BJP national convention, which subsequently lead to his resignation from all posts in the party. While, Mr Advani's resignation has been linked to Gujarat CM Narendra Modi's anointment as the BJP's Campaign Committee

Udupi, Jun 11: Expressing shock over the sudden resignation of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, Pejawar Mutt pontiff Visvesha Tirtha Swami said that the veteran leader should not have reacted in such haste “He should not have displayed his disappointment to the situation in this manner. As an elder, Mr. Advani should have blessed Mr. Modi,” the seer said in response to the

Kottayam, Jun 11: In an effort to save his pregnant wife and their child, a man walked through forest for about 40km in heavy rains carrying the ailing woman on his shoulders to get her to a hospital, but failed to save the baby. The tribal youth, Ayyappan, carrying his seven-month pregnant wife, Sudha set off for the hospital from the Konni forests on Tuesday last by about 6am in heavy rains

Mangalore, Jun 10: A woman died after being washed away by gushing water in a drain, at Kattepuni near Morgan Gate in Mangalore on Monday. The deceased is Vimala (50), wife of Shivappa. She fell into water at about 2.30 pm and her dead body was recovered at Bunder area at about 5 pm. This is the fourth death occurrence in Mangalore taluk due to rains. Last Thursday Santhosh Poojary died after

Mangalore, Jun 10: Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund set up by World Konkani Centre, Mangalore, has invited applications for merit-cum-means scholarships-2013 from Konkani speaking students belonging to any caste and religion, seeking professional education in the stream of Engineering and MBBS. The applicant must be seeking admission to the first year of the Engineering or MBBS course in

Mangalore, Jun 10: 'QuEST Ingenium 2013', India's largest platform for budding engineers, in its 3rd milestone edition saw team from Manipal Institute of Technology in Manipal, qualifying to the final round. Presented by QuEST Global, a global leader in engineering services, this annual inter-collegiate engineering design competition has received a tremendous response from all over India with1

Bangalore, Jun 10: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced an inquiry into alleged irregularities in selection of candidates by the state public Service Commission for gazetted probationer posts. He also said government would withhold the candidates' list selected by the Commission till the probe was completed. Replying to a debate on the issue in the Assembly, raised by opposition