Karnataka

Mangalore, Apr 13: Activist T J Abraham has sought probe against two Union ministers and four Karnataka MLAs with the offices of the Prime Minister and Speaker of the State Assembly in connection with alleged misappropriation of Wakf properties in the state. He has also filed complaint against them with the Lokayukta court. Addressing media persons at a news conference in Mangalore on Saturday, Mr

Bangalore, Apr 13: Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party today promised to waive farmers' loans and allocate Rs 2,000 crore for Muslims in the budget in its poll manifesto. Farmers above the age of 65 would be given monthly pension of Rs 500 and loans of up to Rs 1 lakh by cooperatives to farmers, weavers and fishermen would be waived, the KJP manifesto, released by

New Delhi, Apr 13: Classical Urdu and Persian poet Mirza Ghalib should be honoured with the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, PCI Chairman Markandey Katju has said. "There has been injustice with Urdu in the country. People associate a particular religion with this language. This is a 'divide and rule' policy. Few people know that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh writes his speech in

Udupi, Apr 13: A 29-year-old murder convict from Udupi district, who is undergoing life-imprisonment at Parappana Agrahara was among the graduates who received bachelor of arts degree at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) convocation on Friday. Sudhakar Rama Poojary, Sudhakar was convicted for murder in 2001. It is said that he is the first in the state in the last few years to

Bangalore, Apr 13: The ruling BJP in Karnataka would seek "forgiveness" from the people for its lapses, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said today and asserted that the exit of former party strongman B S Yeddyurappa would not affect its electoral performance. "Those who gave us a bad name have left the party," he said and predicted that "it will be a surprise result (in favour of BJP)." The Chief

Mangalore, Apr 13: M V Legend of the Seas, with 1,707 passengers and 795 crew and M.V. Pacific Princess with 585 passengers and 378 crew called at New Mangalore Port on Saturday, making them the third and fourth cruise vessel calling at the port during the beginning of the current fiscal year 2013-14.The fifth vessel is expected to call at the port on Monday. Legend of the Seas has passengers from

Udupi, Apr 13: A Sudanese national reportedly living illegally in Manipal from the last one-and-a-half-year, has been deported. The Sudanese national by the name Hasan Sulaiman arrived in India in February 2011 and was stay put in Manipal. Although his visa expired in December 2011, he continued to stay in the city without renewing it. The Udupi police got to know of Sulaiman's illegal stay in the

Bangalore, Apr 13: Gas Authority of India Limited's (Gail) Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline would be extended to Mangalore too, according to Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M. Veerappa Moily. Addressing media persons in Bangalore, the minister said that the gas line already laid between Dhabol in Maharashtra to Bangalore would be also be taken to Mangalore from Chitradurga to supply it

Mangalore, Apr 13: Indira (40), a housewife, who had sustained 60 per cent burn injuries in Perne LPG tanker inferno earlier this week, breathed her last on Saturday morning in a private hospital in Mangalore, after battling for life for five days. With this, the death toll in the mishap has gone up to 10. Meanwhile, the condition of Hajima (70) with 50 per cent burn injuries, continues to be

Bangalore, Apr 13: A total of 40 out of 194 candidates of the BJP and Congress contesting the May five Assembly elections have criminal cases against them, according to NGOs -- Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). They released an analysis of the first list of BJP and Congress candidates, focusing on the criminal and financial assets of the re-contesting