Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 19: Passing aspersions at the BJP's election manifesto and terming it as a bunch of lies, senior Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary has opined that none of the points mentioned in the manifesto will be taken up for implementation by the BJP if voted to power. Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Poojary said that the BJP led state government did

Bangalore, Apr 19: Twenty five kg of rice at Rs one for all poor families and free laptops/tablets to pre-university level and graduate students are among a set of allurements to Karnataka's ruling BJP held out to the electorates in its manifesto for May 5 assembly polls. Pure drinking water to all citizens, 24X7 uninterrupted power supply and a project to teach good and correct English in Kannada

Mangalore, Apr 19: The new office building of the Lokayukta superintendent of police was inaugurated by Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao in a low-key affair at Urwa here on Friday. The office of Lokayukta police had remained under lock and key from December last year. The entire building is being constructed in two phases at a cost of Rs 1.6 crore. The ground floor and other two floors of the

Mangalore, Apr 19: Coming down heavily on BJP Candidate N Yogish Bhat for his reported false allegation against his Congress counterpart J R Lobo of filing false affidavit, Union Minister M Veerappa Moily said that Bhat is jobless. Mr Bhat had alleged that Mr Lobo had committed offence by concealing about a pending Lokayukta case against him in the affidavit filed by him. However, standing by Mr

Mangalore, April 19: Implementing the report on mining scam in the state submitted by Former Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde is one of the many key points before the Congress party, if it comes to power, said M Veerappa Moily, Union Petroleum Minister. Addressing media persons at a news conference held at the party's election campaign office in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Moily said that the BJP

Mangalore, Apr 19: Retaliating to the statements made by senior Congress leader that the BJP has been broken into three factions, BJP District Spokesperson Monappa Bhandary has said that the statement is rather ridiculous because it comes from the leader of a party, which itself is a broken house after distribution of tickets. Taking on the statement of Union Minister Veerappa Moily, Mr Bhandary

Mangalore, Apr 19: Graduation ceremony and decennial year celebration of Athena Institute of Health Sciences was held at Town Hall, Mangalore. Inaugurating the events, Laxmi Memorial Education Trust President A J Shetty, lauding the nursing profession said that it is a noble and respectful profession because it is a service to humanity. “Nurses should discharge their duties with utmost care and

Mangalore, Apr 18: Indira Hospital located at Falnir, Mangalore started operating its new dialysis centre from Friday, with two dialysis machines, to help provide service to the deserving patients unable to afford treatment. Managing Director of the hospital Dr Syed Nizamuddin told media persons that the dialysis centre contained two dialysis machines, out of which one would be solely for

Mysore, Apr 19: Congress leader and Member of Parliament A?H Vishwanath has alleged that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is behind the bomb explosion in Malleshwaram near the BJP office in?Bangalore. Addressing the media on Thursday, he demanded a CBI probe or a joint investigation by the CBI and CID, into the matter. The investigations should be completed before the elections, he added. He said

Mangalore/Udupi, Apr 19: As many as 12 nomination papers in Dakshina Kannada and one nomination paper in Udupi district have been rejected during the scrutiny process of the nomination papers filed by the candidates contesting the assembly election. A total of 87 candidates in Dakshina Kannada and 97 candidates in Udupi had submitted their nomination papers. According to information available at