Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 29: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has no business to speak on corruption in Bangalore while his own tenure has been marred with taints of mass massacre of minorities and scams, B Janardhana Poojary, senior Congress leader said. Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore on Monday, Mr. Poojary likened Mr. Modi to German dictator Adolf Hitler and alleged that

Jeddah, Apr 29: A special delegation from India with Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmed and T.K. A Nair, Advisor to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh as members is in Jeddah to take stock of the present situation prevailing post 'Nitaqat' programme adopted by the Saudi Labour Ministry. The Indian Consul General H.E. Faiz Ahmed Kidwai

Mangalore, April 29: This constituency houses some of the biggest companies of our country yet when it comes to some basic infra structure, the locals here share the problems with some of the most backward villages. While candidates are busy making promises to woo voters, the residents of Surathkal constituency are fed up of their realities and feel that the problems they face will not be solved

Mangalore, Apr 29: Even as the state is gearing up for the forthcoming Assembly polls, the district of Dakshina Kannada is keen on exploring all new possibilities to ensure greater voter participation in the polls. On a warm and humid Sunday evening, the district administration organised a programme at Panambur beach on the outskirts of Mangalore city, to create awareness on voting among the

Bellary, Apr 29: The fall of the once powerful and mighty Reddy brothers is evident in the infamously called 'Republic of Bellary' but the influence of mining lords has not diminished going by their presence in the fray for the May five Assembly polls. Flashback 2008. The BJP made a clean sweep of Bellary district, winning seven of the nine seats in a region where the Congress had traditionally

Bangalore, Apr 28: Narendra Modi arrived in Bangalore to campaign for his party for the first time before the state decides on May 5 whether it will return the BJP to power. Mr Modi played to type, focusing much of his speech against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, the top two leaders of the Congress party. He didn't name them, but Mr Modi targeted Rahul Gandhi who said recently that his mother had warned

Hubli, Apr 28: He has found a slot as the "Most Unsuccessful Candidate" in the 'Limca Book of Records' fielding himself against political bigwigs in the past but this time his attempt to even enter the fray has failed. Dr K Padmarajan wanted to contest against Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar as an independent from Hubli-Dharwad central constituency for the May five Karnataka Assembly polls, but

Mangalore, Apr 28: An unidentified male dead body was found on the banks of a river in Boloor, in the city on Sunday evening. Sources informed that there were wounds on the head of the deceased. It is suspected that he had been murdered by someone. It is learnt that the dead body was noticed by a local resident at around 4:00 p.m. when he had been to the river side. Sources said that the body was

Bidar, Apr 28: Nine persons, including a six-year-old, died and a seven-year-old girl was injured in a head-on collision between a car and a tanker on the Solapur-Machilipattanam National Highway in Humnabad taluk in the early hours of Sunday. The deceased included six men, two women and a child. The seven-year-old girl who suffered injuries has been admitted to the hospital. Those traveling by

Mangalore, Apr 28: Former underworld don and Jaya Karnataka party founder Muthappa Rai's wife Rekha Rai died after a brief illness in Singapore on Sunday. “Rekha Rai breathed her last at a hospital in Singapore on Sunday morning”, a family source said. She had been undergoing treatment for chronic kidney disease. She is survived by her husband N Muthappa Rai, two sons and a large number of family