Karnataka

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

Mangalore, Mar 6: Prof (Dr.) Sunil Kumar, Dept of Medicine, Srinivas Institute of Medical Science & Hospital, Srinivas Nagar, Mangalore has set an example of healthcare awareness to others by daily practicing long run for maintaining good health. Last year doctor participated in a half marathon race in Mumbai. Recently, he participated in Full “Mumbai Marathon-2013” Competition Race of 42 kms

Mangalore, Mar 6: It looked too good to be true! Advertisements posted on a website promoting good job opportunities for aspirants turned out to be a scam run by a fake trust called Citizen Future Trust. Several aspirants have been so far duped by the website created by the fake trust in the month of January. A total of 82 applications were invited online through the website. But before the trick

Mangalore, Mar 6: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada has geared up for Urban Local Body (ULB) polls scheduled for Thursday, March 7. All necessary steps have been taken to ensure that free and fair elections are carried out, N Prakash, Deputy Commissioner, DK, has said. Addressing media persons at a news conference in his office in Mangalore on Wednesday, Mr. Prakash said that polling will

Mangalore, Mar 6: The JD(S) has for the first time fielded 48 candidates for the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) polls. The party which is getting organised under new and influential entrant Sadananda Shetty, the MLA candidate from JD(S) for Mangalore (South) constituency, is treating the MCC polls as a stepping stone for success in the Assembly polls. H D Kumarswamy, Former Chief Minister and JD

Kasargod, Mar 6: In a shocking incident, a pregnant woman near Thiruvanthapuram in Kerala was allegedly made to drink water mixed with chilly powder and her private parts burnt using fire logs and cigarette butts by her husband and mother-in-law after she refused to go in for an abortion as demanded by him. Police said Darshan (24) and his mother Vijaya (38) of Neyyattinakara near here had been

Bangalore, Mar 6: 26-year-old Aijaz Mirza, who was released from jail after six months after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) found no proof against him in an alleged terror plot is fighting to rebuild his reputation and reclaim his life after being sacked by the DRDO. Mirza's father Asad Rauf had been dreaming of this day for the past six months - to see his son's release from the jail and