Karnataka

Bangalore, Mar 7: Nearly 70 per cent of voters cast their ballots in elections to urban local bodies in Karnataka on Thursday in a largely peaceful exercise that has generated considerable excitement as Assembly polls are round the corner. The exact polling percentage was 69.98 per cent, according to Election Commission sources. As many as 207 ULBs -- seven city corporations, 43 city municipal

New Delhi, Mar 7: Press Council Chairperson Markandey Katju has demanded that the government reinstate DRDO scientist Aijaz Ahmed Mirza who was arrested on terror charges but released on bail as the National Investigation Agency did not file a charge sheet against him. In a letter written to Defence Minister A K Antony and Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar, Katju said that if there is no

Mangalore: The Mangalore City Corporation polls this time is going to be a nail-biting one because all speculations and predictions may turn out to be damp squib with the kind of scenario that has been unfurling at the political front here. Many feel that no party will emerge victorious and come to power with clear majority. The inclination of the electoral is the biggest mystery which is getting

Mangalore/Udupi/Karwar, Mar 7: Barring a few minor incidents, the polling for Urban Local Bodies ended peacefully amidst tight police security across three coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada on Thursday. Dakshina Kannada, district which includes seven ULBs including Mangalore City Corporation registered a total of 66.24 per cent voting. While Sullia registered highest

Bangalore, Mar 7: “I remember every single day I spent inside the jail. I will never forget these six months and cannot describe the treatment meted to us by the police,” said 26-year-old Aijaz Ahmad Mirza, who walked out to his freedom earlier this week after the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court granted him bail. Briefing reporters on Wednesday, Mirza, who was on a junior

Bangalore, Mar 7: Coming down heavily upon top Congress leaders in the State, JD(S)?State President H?D?Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said his party will prove its might by winning the urban local bodies (ULB) elections in the home turf of KPCC?President G?Parameshwara and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the JD(S)?media centre here

Bangalore, Mar 7: Elections to 208 urban local bodies (ULBs), billed as the semifinals for the ensuing Legislative Assembly polls,?are being held on Thursday. Around 85 lakh voters, that is 20 per cent of the state's total electorate, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the elections being held for seven city corporations (excluding Bangalore), 43 city municipal corporations, 65 town

Mangalore, Mar 6: After a 'walk for women' clad in pink, it was now time to don black. Using the weapon of 'silence' to contradict violence and atrocities on women, dozens came out on the streets clad in black and held a two-hour silent demonstration standing in-line from Hampankatta Junction to University College, in the city on Wednesday evening. With a steadfast resolution to wipe out

Mangalore, Mar 6: The annual art exhibition of Mahalasa College of Fine Art was a feast for art lovers, with around 220 paintings featured by 88 students pursuing the five-year Bachelor of Visual Arts course at Mahalasa College of Fine Art in Mangalore. Bold strokes of colour, interweaving hues and shades and intricate designs on canvasses reflected the various moods of the paintings that were

Mangalore, Mar 6: The Mangalore unit of South Karnataka Salafi Movement (SKSM) is holding a one day conference in Mangalore on March 10 as part of its silver jubilee year. The conference on the theme 'Touheed for purity and forgiveness' will be attended by Moulana Abdul Gafoor Jama'ee, Moulana Abdul Wahab Jama'ee, Moulana Abdul Rahiman Salafi, Moulana Hanif Kayakkodi, Moulvi Niamathulla Farooqi