Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 8: Elections to 60 wards of the Mangalore City Corporation and other urban local bodies in Dakshina Kannada district passed off peacefully with out any untoward incidents. However, complaints of names missing from voters' list, glitches in electronic voting machine (EVM) and violations of poll guidelines created confusion. When Aisamma, 54, went to exercise her franchise in booth

Panaji, Mar 8: The local variety of vegetables in Goa are fighting the invasion of veggies imported from neighbouring Karnataka with the help of a scheme designed by the state government to encourage horticulture. The state authorities, knowing well about increasing dependence on vegetables from Karnataka, have now decided to encourage local farmers to produce vegetables, for which they will be

Mangalore, Mar 8: Students of Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL) Kuntikan, Mangalore have performed exceptionally well in the state-level National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), bring laurels to the institution by bagging first and third place. Pulkit Sareen (Delhi Public School) and Adarsh Somayaji (Canara Highschool Urwa) have bagged the first and third place respectively. A total of nine

New Delhi, Mar 8: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Gujarati saffron terrorist in connection with its probe in 2007 Ajmer blasts, the second person to be nabbed in the case this week. The arrested has been identified as Mafat Lal alias Mehul from Vadodara in Gujarat. He will be taken to a special NIA court in Jaipur which is hearing the case, official sources said. The Dargah

Kasargod, Mar 8: A 33-year-old man was arrested by police on Thursday for allegedly kidnapping and raping a three-year-old child at Tirur two days ago. The accused identified as Mohammed Jasim was picked up from Kozhikode on the basis of information gathered from two dozen suspects who had been questioned in connection with the brutal incident. Police said Jasim, who hails from Parappanangadi in

Mangalore, Mar 8: Morning Mist, the Padil 'homestay' where a group of young men and women were attacked by rightwing vigilantes last July, will become a hub for women activism and causes. The mission starts with Bhanwari Devi's stay at the 'homestay'. Bhanwari Devi's gang rape in 1992 and the subsequent court cases, culminated in the Supreme Court defining sexual harassment at workplace, and

Mangalore, Mar 8: A day after K S Eshwarappa quitting as Karnataka BJP President, two prominent saffron leaders from coastal Karnataka – former chief minister D V Sadanada Gowda and Mangalore M P Nalin Kumar Kateel – have emerged as strong contenders to lead the tainted party in impending Assembly polls. Dharwad M P Pralhad Joshi and Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka are also said to be in the race

Shimoga, Mar 7: Ahead of coming assembly polls due in May, Karnataka BJP chief K.S. Eshwarappa Thursday announced he has resigned from the post. "I have sent my resignation to the party president Rajnath Singh," he told reporters in Shimoga, his home town, about 270km north of Bangalore. He said he expected the party to decide on his successor in three or four days. The resignation came as a

Bangalore, Mar 7: People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani was on Thursday granted permission by the trial court in the central prison here to attend his daughter's marriage and also visit his ailing father under police security. Pronouncing its orders on an application by Madani seeking temporary bail from March 8 to 12 to attend his daughter's marriage at Kollam in Kerala on March 10

Dubai, Mar 7: Indian embassies in the Gulf region have advised NRIs staying in the region not to carry large amounts of Indian currency while travelling to India. "There have been some instances when NRIs have been found carrying large amounts of cash in the form of Indian currency while visiting India and faced problem at airport. In some cases the currency being carried by NRIs has even been