Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 24: Hajamma, a victim of the April 9th Perne Tragedy who was battling for life in the ICU of a hospital in Mangalore succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday. She was 70 and had suffered 30 per cent burn injuries in the mishap in gas tanker mishap. Hajamma who had lost her husband was living with her six children at Perne. When the mishap occurred, Hajamma's daughter-in-law Safiha too

Mangalore, Apr 24: Former president of Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation (KMDC) and permanent invitee of the BJP National Minority Morcha N B Aboobakkar said that Rs 1,313.96 crore had been released to the Karnataka Minority Welfare Department during five years of the BJP's administration in the state, which had helped around 14 lakh beneficiaries. Addressing media persons at a press

Kasargod, Apr 24: Tension prevailed at Kunjathur, near Uppala, where two motorbikes were set afire by miscreants. The police arrested two persons in connection with the incidents. The situation got tense after a few flex boards, erected in connection with the festivities associated with places of worship in the locality, were found damaged on Monday night. The police resorted to a mild lathi

Bangalore, Apr 24: Average asset of recontesting MLAs in the May five assembly elections has nearly doubled and rose by about Rs ten crore compared to five years ago in Karnataka, according to two NGOs tracking the trend. Based on candidates' affidavit filed with nomination papers, Karnataka Election Watch (KEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms analysed 179 outgoing MLAs who are contesting

Bangkok, Apr 24: Myanmar has waged a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" against Rohingya Muslims, a leading human rights group said, appealing to India to press its eastern neighbour to put an immediate stop to the abuses. "Burmese authorities and members of Arakanese groups have committed crimes against humanity in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State since June

Mangalore, April 23: The Mangalore International Air Cargo Complex will be operational from May 1, revealed J T Radhakrishna, Director, Mangalore International Airport and Custodian of Mangalore International Air Cargo Complex. He was speaking at an interaction meet on issues concerning the air cargo complex organized by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in Mangalore on Tuesday

Mangalore, April 23: Cases can now be registered in police stations under the Protection of Children from sexual offences (POCSO) Act 2012, in matters of children being subjected to sexual violence and abuse, said Renni D'Souza, Director, PADI Valorade. Making a presentation on the Childline project of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, at PADI office in Mangalore on

Sindhanoor, Apr 23: In a major offensive against the ruling BJP in Karnataka, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the party of "looting" the state and claimed it would lose the May 5 assembly polls. Launching the Congress' campaign in northern Karnataka, he said BJP broke electoral promises and "the only thing they remembered was how to loot public money in the state. They have

Mangalore, Apr 23: The Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee (DCC) is contemplating to lodge a complaint with the Karnataka State Election Commission (KSEC) on the 'false allegations' being spread against Mangalore MLA U T Khader and other Congress candidates, said interim DCC president Ibrahim Kodijal. He said that the opponents of U T Khader and B Ramanath Rai, who are contesting from

Mangalore, Apr 23: A total of 15,00,385 names have been registered in the district in the revised voter list, said Harsh Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada. Addressing a news conference in Mangalore on Tuesday, Mr. Gupta said that after the previous voter list was put out in January earlier this year, 62,140 additions and 23,414 deletions were made. As of now, the total number of