Karnataka

Kasargod, Feb 16: The summer showers that lashed the Kasargod district from early morning on Friday provided some respite from the sweltering weather. The sky had remained overcast since Thursday evening and it started drizzling early on Friday morning. The rain, accompanied by lightning, picked up momentum by 10 a.m. and continued well past 1 p.m. The rain came as a blessing to the farmers as

Bangalore, Feb 16: Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Friday sanctioned grants for some more religious institutions. During his reply to a discussion on budget proposals in the Legislative Council, Shettar announced the names of at least a dozen mutts which may totally receive about Rs 16 crore. The lucky institutions are - Shivasharana Ambigara Chowdaiah Mutt (Rs 2 cr), Thontadarya Mutt in Gadag

Mangalore, Feb 14: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was officially launched at a public meeting in Kadri Park here on Friday. The party's monthly newsletter was released on the occasion by renowned political analyst Prof Yogendra Yadav who is also the national executive member of the party. Delivering the key-note address on the occasion, Prof Yogendra

Mangalore, Feb 16: Naming the proposed University for minorities at Srirangapatna after Tipu Sultan is nothing but sprinkling salt on injuries of Christians. The University should instead be named after Rev. Ferdinand Kittel, who contributed to the cause of Kannada by producing the first Kannada-English dictionary, said T J Abraham, a Christian activist. Addressing media persons at a news

Mangalore, Feb 15: Bank officers and employees under the banner of United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) will be observing a strike for two days on February 20 and 21 demanding fulfillment of demands of the central trade unions and issues and demands relating to bank employees, said B Madhava, Convenor, UFBU. The demands of UFBU include control of alarming price rise, stopping of anti-worker labour

Hyderabad, Feb 15: MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi, who faces "hate" speech cases at Nirmal in Adilabad district and also in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh, was granted bail on Friday by different courts. The court of the First Additional Sessions Judge in Adilabad granted conditional bail to Akbaruddin and directed that he should not enter Nirmal town, participate in public meetings or

Mangalore, Feb 15: As per the directive of the State Election Commission, a Committee has been formed to keep a vigil on the contents of election campaign in print and electronic media by political parties or candidates. Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner N Prakash said that prior to publishing any advertisement or content pertaining to election campaign by candidates or political parties in

Mangalore, Feb 15: The Election Code of Conduct for Civic body polls will be in effect from today, Feb 15, said N Prakash, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada district. Disclosing this at the press briefing held at his office in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Prakash said that it will be in force till March 11. The last date for submission of nominations is February 23. Scrutiny of nominations will be

Mangalore, Feb 15: One man's pain is another's gain. A truck carrying over 190 crates of freshly-caught sardines rammed into the divider on the National Highway-66 near KPT Junction after skidding due to sudden, heavy downpour in the city. The accident occurred in the wee hours of Friday, when the truck was plying from Kerala to Malpe near Udupi. Although the crates of sardines had toppled over

Kasargod, Feb 15: Alert has been sounded and combing operations have begun after presence of Naxalites was confirmed in the Pulingom forest along the Kerala-Karnataka border. Both police forces of Kerala and Karnataka are jointly conducting the combing operation along the border. Ever since rumours have erupted about increasing Naxal activities in the region, special caution has been advised in