Karnataka

Mangalore, May 25: With increased number of epidemic cases being reported in the State, the Health Minister U T Khader has said that he has directed the health officials to take steps to control the epidemic on war footing basis. “Plans will be chalked out after holding district-level officials' meet so as to see to it that the situation does not go out of control,” he said. Addressing a news

Mangalore, May 25: Strongly retaliating at the Bharatiya Janata Party for alleging that the state Congress government was indulging in revenge politics, veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary said that it was the BJP government that had resorted to revenge politics by means of attacks on churches and mosques, and putting reporters doing their duty in jail. Addressing a press conference here

Jeddah, May 25: Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, received a message from the Vice President of the Republic of India, Dr. Mohammed Hamid Ansari. The message was delivered to the Crown Prince during an audience here on Saturday with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid. During the meeting, they discussed prospects of bilateral cooperation between

Bangalore, Jun 25: Member of Legislative Council S?R?Patil was sworn-in as minister by Governor H?R?Bhardwaj at the Raj Bhavan, here on Saturday. A total of 30 ministerial berths, including that of the chief minister, have been filled up, leaving four vacant. Patil is yet to be given a portfolio. Patil, 65, is the only MLC?to become a minister in Siddaramaiah's council of ministers. He took oath

Mangalore, May 25: Mangalore City South MLA J R Lobo's new office was inaugurated by senior Congress leader Janardhan Poojary on Saturday. The spacious office is located on the first floor of KUDCEMP building in Kadri. After cutting the ribbon, Janardhan Poojary and others lit the lamp and inaugurated the premises of the MLA's office. A small crowd thronged into the new office during the

Bangalore, May 25: The Lokayukta police conducted raids on the residence of six government officials across the State and came away with a rich haul of assets that are ostensibly disproportionate to the officials' known sources of income. Additional Director General of Police (Lokayukta) H N Sathyanarayana Rao said the raids were conducted in Bangalore, Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Davangere and

Jeddah, May 25: As Saudi Arabia implements its controversial naturalisation law or Nitaqat, which seeks to replace foreigners in companies with its own people, India is in the midst of a gigantic effort to bring back over 75,000 people in the next few months. After having failed to regularise their work status, these people have applied for emergency exit certificates to leave the country by July

Mangalore, May 25: An auto-rickshaw driver was brutally attacked and injured by a gang of four miscreants using iron rods morning in Bantwal taluk. The victim Adam alias Adam Palla (33), a resident of Shanthi Angadi near Kaikamba was on rounds when the attack took place on Thursday. Adam who identifies himself with the Congress has alleged that the attackers were members of the SDPI who were out

Mangalore, May 25: Unidentified miscreants have torched a stationary bus that was involved in a serial accident at Kodaje near Mani in Dakshina Kannada district. On Thursday, a private bus, an Innova car and a Maruti Swift were involved in a serial accident. The bus heading to Puttur from Mangalore hit the Toyota Innova vehicle coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the Innova lost

Mangalore, May 24: Members of the city unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and other like-minded organisations such as Forum Against Atrocities on Women (FAAW) held a protest in front of the District Commissioner's office here on Friday, against the alleged sexual harassment on a female police officer by ACP T R Jagannath. Based on a complaint filed with the Women's Commission by