Karnataka

Suratkal, March 23: A City Armed Reserve (CAR) Police Constable who had also worked as the body guard of former president of Karnataka Minority Development Corporation (KMDC) N D Aboobakar, in a bid to prevent himself from a possible assault, fired his gun in the air, on Friday afternoon, near Jokatte in Surathkal. This caused tension in the area till the Panambur police arrived and took stock of

Mangalore, Mar 23: Surprisingly, the name of former Puttur MLA Shakuntala Shetty, who was being looked at as a potential candidate and a sure shot winner from Puttur constituency for the upcoming Assembly elections to be held on May 5, has been left out of the list of potential candidates to be fielded by Congress. With this, one has to only wait and watch Ms Shetty's next move considering the

Mangalore, Mar 23: Rejecting the allegations made by the Congress party that people have not been able to build houses in 3-5 cents of land under the BJP led Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) administration, S Ramesh, Chairman of MUDA said that the allegations can be billed as 'bogus' and a 'lie'. Following consultations with legal experts and seniors in the BJP, it has been decided to

Mangalore, Mar 23: The renovated museum of St Aloysius College, Mangalore, known as 'Aloyseum', was inaugurated on Saturday by Fr Joseph Rodrigues, Rector, St Aloysius Institutions. Speaking after the inauguration, Fr Swebert D'Silva, Principal, St Aloysius College, Mangalore, said that about Rs.75-80 lakhs have been spent for the renovation of the museum. The College had applied for funds from

Mysore, Mar 23: The Karnataka BJP, which has launched its campaign for the May 5 Assembly elections, challenged the Congress to make public under whose leadership it would face the polls. Addressing the Vijaya Sankalpa rally here, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, his predecessor D V Sadananda Gowda, Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa, BJP?General Secretary Ananth Kumar and the newly appointed

Mangalore, Mar 23: A motorcyclist was killed and another seriously injured when they lost control over their two-wheeler and rammed into an iron rod-laden trailer truck, when it stopped suddenly near KPT Circle in the City on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Durga Prasad from of Yedapadavu. His friend Harsha, from Car Street, is said to be critical. The incident occurred when

Mangalore, Mar 23: The CPI (M) has decided to field its candidates in three out of the eight Assembly constituencies for the upcoming elections. Addressing media persons at a news conference in the city, B Madhava, Secretary, CPI(M) District Committee, said that the party will field candidates from Mangalore (South), Mangalore (North) and Belthangady constituencies. From the Mangalore (South)

Mangalore, Mar 23: Members of the district unit of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) took out a procession in the city in commemoration of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh's death anniversary on Friday. Speaking after the culmination of the march in front of Deputy Commissioner's office, Muneer Katipalla, President, DYFI, DK, said that Bhagat Singh dreamed of a communal free India but today

Bangalore, Mar 23: Janata Dal (Secular) State president H?D?Kumaraswamy has said corruption was a non-issue in the forthcoming Assembly elections and that his party was not keen on making it a major election plank. Kumaraswamy, who has travelled several thousands of kilometres across the State in the last three-and-half months as a prelude to the poll campaign, said he was neither attacking the

Bangalore, Mar 23: Sri Ram Sene leader Pramod Mutalik, on Friday, said he has decided to take a plunge into politics and is aspiring to contest the upcoming Assembly elections as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from one of the constituencies in Belgaum district. He said he has already communicated his wish to the BJP. However, the party has not given any assurance to him. He has not