Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 24: Creating awareness through sticking of posters on Tuberculosis by students and cleaning the surroundings in the prime locality of the city marked the World TB Day observance in here on Sunday. The drive was carried out by Centre for Integrated Learning (CIL) in association with the Amala Bharat Campaign (ABC) of Mata Amruthanandamayi Mutt and Rotary Club of Mangalore and

Bangalore, Mar 24: There's nothing novel about entire families being in politics in India; nor is it so uncommon for parents to belong to one party -- or different ones -- and children to take up leadership in yet another party. However "family politics" has reached a new low in Karnataka; and ironically, the BJP, which claims to stand for "value-based politics", is a contributor to this trend

Udupi, Mar 24: Police have beefed up security following assault on three Muslim youth by unidentified miscreants at Kemmannu in Udupi. Udupi S P Dr Boralingaiah M B has said that police have taking all precautionary measures to prevent recurrence of any such incidents. Asif, Hilal and Fadar Hussain were on their way to Ninjar from Hoode on Friday night when they were stopped by three men in front

Mangalore, Mar 24: The students of Hira Women's College have clenched the overall championship in 'Drishti-Aarambh', the inter-collegiate competition organized by Sahyadri Engineering College.Aysha Nuzhat stood first in The Best Personality, Salma and Rabeea secured first place in Product Launch, while second place was bagged by Shehnaz in Photography, Lavanya in dance, Suneina and group in mime

Mangalore, Mar 24: Two elderly women were stolen off their valuable belongings by two men who came in guise of cops, at Ballalbaugh and Car Street in the city. Valuables worth Rs 3.5 lakh have been stolen in two separate incidents. Cases have been booked at Barke and Bunder stations. A similar incident had occurred in Kottara as well on Friday. Bhavani (70), a resident of Ballalbaugh was on her

Mangalore, March 24: Devotees in Mangalore made their way to churches to attend mass on the occasion of Palm Sunday, which falls on the Sunday before the feast of Easter. In many churches, it is observed by the distribution of palm leaves to the assembled worshippers in light of the importance of this occasion. "Palm Sunday is like a glimpse of Easter. It's a little bit joyful after being solemn

Mysore, Mar 24: In a shocking incident, five dalits including an elderly woman were allegedly assaulted at Holehundi village of H D Kote taluk, bringing to fore the existence of caste based inequality in regions of the Mysore district. Puttamma, a dalit woman aged 68 had entered Siddarameshwara temple in the village on account of a fair on Friday. However, Appajigowda and Kalaswami of the village

Bangalore, Mar 24: A gang of assailants looted a jewellery shop and stabbed the shop owner, a relative of an MLC, to death at the busy ESI Hospital junction, Rajajinagar, on Saturday afternoon. A group of miscreants barged into the shop on Saturday afternoon and looted the premises before stabbing owner Shravan Kumar Pokarna (46), brother-in-law of MLC?Lehar Singh of the BJP. Pokarna has been

Bangalore, Mar 24: Elections in India are difficult to imagine without the involvement of the tinsel town. For the upcoming Assembly polls in the State too, an array of film personalities are throwing their hats into the electoral ring. From veteran actors Ambareesh and Umashri of the Congress to glamour girls Rakshita and Pooja and the youthful Mayur Patel in BSR Congress, the celluloid colour is

New Delhi, Mar 23: Former Union minister C M Ibrahim, who was once a close associate of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, was today made chairman of the Congress Election Strategy Committee for May 5 Karnataka Assembly polls. The names of other members of the Committee were not announced by the AICC. Ibrahim, who had been the Civil Aviation Minister in Deve Gowda Government, had walked out of