Karnataka

Mangalore, Feb 21: N Prakash, Deputy Commissioner, DK, officially took charge as the interim administrator of the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) on Thursday in view of the scheduled polls. Speaking to media persons after completing the documentation formalities and taking charge as the interim administrator of the MCC, Mr. Prakash said that the Corporation will continue with its routine duties

Mangalore, Feb 21: Dr. Kadri Gopalnath, veteran saxophone artiste, A B Subbaiah, renowned hockey player from Coorg and Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambhara, litterateur, will be conferred with honorary doctorates at the 31st Convocation of Mangalore University on February 23. Addressing a news conference in Mangalore on Thursday, Prof. T C Shivashankara Murthy, Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University, said

Bangalore, Feb 21: A journalist with Deccan Herald English daily and a scientist with Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), who were arrested last year by Bangalore police along with more than a dozen Muslim youth in a controversial anti-terror operation, have been kept out of the chargesheet filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the case on Wednesday for lack of evidence

Mangalore, Feb 21: The second day of the nation-wide strike called for by the trade unions, on Thursday missed the fizz as the port city hardly had compliance to the bandh. Things were close to normal with shops open and vehicles plying as usual on the streets. The bandh was largely successful yesterday but most shops re-opened today. Buses and auto-rickshaws were also seen plying on the city

Bangalore, Feb 21: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its Bangalore special court has filed a chargesheet against 12 youth, who were among 15 Muslim men arrested in September 2012 in a controversial operation. The 15 men were picked up from Bangalore, Hubli, Hyderabad and Nanded in Maharashtra. Though the police had initially claimed that the arrested youth had allegedly planned to kill

New Delhi, Feb 21: The Karnataka government has denied before the Supreme Court the existence of any mosque near the disputed cave shrine of Guru Dattatreya Bababudangiri Swamy dargah in Chikmagalur. In a written response, the State government rejected the allegations made by 'Sajjada Nasheen' (descendent of 'sufi pir') who had claimed that the government was carrying out demolition of the masjid

Mangalore, Feb 20: Following high drama in the morning over the selection of members for the newly formed district-level election committee constituted to select candidates for the upcoming urban local body elections, members of the Congress party including the rebel-in-chief former Mayor Ashraf staged a 'unity' show in front of the media. Addressing media persons at the district Congress office

New Delhi, Feb 20: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today expressed regret over his 'Hindu terror' remark. His statement came on the eve of Budget session. "I had no intention to link terror to any religion. My statement given in Jaipur last month has created a misunderstanding," said Shinde. Home Minister was likely to meet Leader of Opposition at Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj over this issue and to

Bantwal, Feb 20: A man brutally killed his 75-year-old mother in a drunken rage and tried to destroy evidence of the crime by burning the body. The incident took place at Vitla Padnur village in Bantwal taluk under jurisdiction of Vitla police station on Tuesday night and came to light on Wednesday. Dombayya Poojary (51) killed his mother Sankamma. According to the sources, he used to fight, abuse

Mangalore, Feb 20: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials arrested yet another passenger for trying to smuggle gold. Abdul Ghani who was allegedly smuggling 300 grams of gold is the second person from Bhatkal to be arrested, the first one was arrested on February 16, just four days ago. Ghani, who landed at Mangalore International Airport from Jet Airways Dubai flight early Wednesday