Karnataka

Mangalore, Mar 20: Mangalore MLA U T Khader on Wednesday raised the issue of unreasonable harassment faced by the applicants at the city's passport office. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference here on Wednesday, he said that applicants from lower and middle classes face unnecessary problems for issuance of their passports. “It has come to our notice that people who come to apply for

Mangalore, Mar 20: Old students of the Class of '69 (student who were in the 1st standard in the year 1969) of St. Aloysius High School today donated a pure drinking water facility at their Alma Mater. The installation consists of Ultra Violet water purification system to purify 600 Ltrs per hour. The water is stored in 2 water tanks of 600 Ltr capacity each and dispensed through 5 taps in each

Bangalore, Mar 20: As the Election Commission announced a single phase poll for Karnataka Assembly on May 5, the focus shifted to finalisation of candidates by principal political parties -- the ruling BJP, Congress and the JDS, which have already shortlisted nominees in majority of seats. Opposition Congress, riding high after its impressive show in the recent elections to urban local bodies, has

Bangalore, Mar 20: Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced a single-phase poll in Karnataka to be held on May 5. Counting will take place on May 8. The term of the Karnataka assembly ends on June 3. Announcing the dates, Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath said that Karnataka will go for a single-phase assembly election May 5. CEC Sampath said the counting of votes will take place

Bijapur, Mar 20: Campus Front of India (CFI) Karnataka held its State delegates' conference in Aadil Shahi hall in Bijapur City. This conference themed as students struggle conference elected Iqbal Bellare from Dakshina Kannada as the State President of the organization. Waseemullah Shariff of Ramnagaram has been elected as the State General Secretary. Syed Suhail and MD Thafseer were elected as

New York, Mar 20: NASA chief Charles Bolden has advice on how to handle a large asteroid headed toward New York City: Pray. That's about all the United States - or anyone for that matter - could do at this point about unknown asteroids and meteors that may be on a collision course with Earth, Bolden told lawmakers at a U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee hearing on Tuesday. An asteroid

Mangalore, Mar 20: Obsoleteness of Police Act of 1861, which is still followed without necessary amendments, is the biggest challenge faced by the department. Speaking about this Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Pratap Reddy, after inaugurating a one-day workshop on 'Human Rights Advocacy' organised by Department of Political Science, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), here on Wednesday

Dubai, Mar 20: Emirates India Fraternity Forum (EIFF) with the help of authorities of UAE government and Indian Consulate in Dubai managed to repatriate the body of an Indian expatriate who died after a road accident in Dubai. Shamsuddeen (27), son of Muhammad Soofi C H and Sauda, from Bellare, Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka died due to head injury with intracranial hemorrhage

Mangalore, Mar 20: Karnataka Janatha Party leader V Dhananjay Kumar lashed out at the political leaders of Dakshina Kannada district for following the directions of RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat. Addressing a press meet on Tuesday after inaugurating the new party office in the coconut garden in Nanthoor, here, the former union minister alleged that all leaders of Dakshina Kannada were puppets

Lucknow, Mar 20: In a tragic incident late on Tuesday night, eight children were killed and over a dozen injured when a speeding truck overturned at Nagla Patwari near the bypass in Aligarh, 335 km from Lucknow, police said. The deceased have been identified as Imran (five months), Akram (3), Kausar (7), Shabana (10), Khushboo (5), Zareena (8), Suhail (5) and Hazra (5). The dead include five