Karnataka

Mangalore, Jan 31: The launching ceremony of 'Hill Top Sea View' residential apartment was held on Thursday at Bajpe on the outskirts of the city. Being promoted by city based Hill Top Builders and Realtors, the apartment has an attractive lounge, two automatic elevators, kids play area with play equipments, recreation hall in terrace floor, car parking, separate swimming pool, CCTV in visitors

Bangalore, Jan 31: Keeping the BJP government on tenterhooks, Karnataka Janata Party President B S Yeddyurappa today declined to divulge whether some more Ministers and MLAs loyal to him would quit. "Those who are interested in the development of the state can join my party", he told reporters here after 12 former BJP mlas, including two former ministers, who resigned from the assembly membership

Bangalore, Jan 31: Karnataka government on Thursday decided to withdraw a criminal case filed against a reporter of a private regional television channel in connection with an attack on young revellers by right-wing activists at a home stay in Mangalore. The state cabinet that met here decided to drop the criminal charges against Naveen Soorinje, who is still under judicial custody since his

Mangalore, Jan 31: Mangalore is among the railway destinations earmarked for the 'World Class Stations' project across the country, said Mohan Menon, ADRM, Palghat Division. Informing about the same at a meeting held at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Thursday to discuss railway issues, Mr. Menon said that the Railway Board is in the process of defining the criteria that a World

Mangalore, Jan 31: In a bid to put an end to the controversy following Wednesday's Bajrang Dal raid on an ice-cream parlour in the city, Mangalore police have said that the students had been taken to the station only for security reasons. Assistant Commissioner of Police Jagannath, who reportedly questioned the students at the station, clarified that none among the four girls and three boys was

Mangalore, Jan 31: In an extremely rare feat, a team of doctors from the Department of Plastic Surgery of A J Hospital here in Mangalore, successfully reattached both completely-severed upper limbs of a person in an eight-hour long major micro-vascular surgery in September. The team of doctors led by Head of Plastic Surgery department Dr Dinesh Kadam, consisted of plastic surgeon Dr Sanath

Panaji, Jan 31: International cricketer Harbhajan Singh, who will be attending the annual day function of Green Valley National School & PU College, arrived at Goa Airport on Thursday evening. Syed Abdul Kader Bashu, President and Managing Trustee of 'Green Valley' welcomed the specialist bowler at the airport. The annual day function of GVNS, a prominent residential education institution in

Bangalore, Jan 31: Seers of influential Lingayat mutts are understood to have been trying hard to broker a truce between KJP leader B S Yeddyurappa and Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, both Lingayats, and ensure the latter presents the 2013-14 budget without any glitches. The seers, especially those belonging to two powerful mutts, are said to be against Yeddyurappa's efforts to reduce the Shettar

Bhatkal, Jan 31: In yet another case of sexual assault on minor, an 11-year-old schoolgirl from Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada was taken to Bangalore and raped. A missing complaint was lodged at the town police station about the class 6 girl, who left home last Sunday evening, saying she was going for tuitions. On the way to the tuitions, she came in contact with Toushif from Shirali. He lured her into

Mangalore, Jan 31: The second leg of the Congress Padayatra 'Congress Nadige Samarasyada Edege,' from Ullal to Udupi, which commenced with much pomp and high spirit on Tuesday, seemed to have lost the same spirit on the second day. On Wednesday, the party leaders accompanied by party workers continued the Padayatra from Kuloor in the morning to reach Mulki in the evening. The number of