Karnataka

Bangalore, Jan 28: Karnataka's ruling BJP faces a crucial week beginning Monday, hoping that the party's lawmakers will not desert it to pull down the government ahead of the budget session Feb 4. The BJP, as of now, is set to lose 13 of its 118 lawmakers in the 225-member assembly and speculation is rife that around 10 more may quit during the week. The 13 include C.M. Udasi and Shobha Karandlaje

Belgaum, Jan 28: As many as 20 foetuses, mostly female, were found abandoned under a bridge on the Hiranyakeshi river bed at Sankeshwar town in Hukkeri taluk on Sunday. It is suspected that private clinics and hospitals might have disposed them after conducting sex determination tests and abortions. As water levels in Hiranyakeshi river receded, abandoned foetuses were seen. Though the exact

Mangalore, Jan 28: The silver jubilee celebration programme of Jamiyyatul Falah was held at JF Community Center, Kankanady, Mangalore, on Sunday. Inaugurating the programme, Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi, Chancellor, Yenepoya University, said that Jamiyyatul Falah has gained global presence within a short span of time. The state government has recognized the work put in by the organization and it has

Mangalore, Jan 27: Nine eminent personalities were honoured with Sandesha Awards-2013 on Sunday for their outstanding and value-based contributions to the society in various fields, at an award presentation ceremony held in the premises of Sandesha at Nanthoor-Bajjodi. At the ceremony, Dr Kumbara Veerabhadrappa (Kumvee) from Bellary was awarded Sandesha Kannada Literature Award, Leo D'Souza

Bangalore/Davanagere, Jan 27: Asserting that his government still enjoyed a majority even after 13 BJP MLAs announced their resignation, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today said he is ready to face a no-confidence motion, if the opposition moves it. "I have majority. There is no threat to the government. I am ready to face a no-confidence motion if the opposition moves it," he told

Mangalore, Jan 27: There was something for everyone at the Panambur Beach Utsav jointly organised by the district administration and Panambur Beach Development Authority as part of Karavali Utsav 2012 – 13. Being a public holiday as well as a Saturday, the second day of the Beach Utsav saw a lot more hustle-bustle than the first day. Several people with families in tow visited the beach to enjoy

Mangalore, Jan 27: While many still believe that traditional discrimination against Dalits are a thing of past, a fresh claim from a group of Dalits from Marakada near Kavoor stating that they have been posed to discrimination on the basis of caste has brought to light the persistence of the age old perspective that the community has been looked at. Speaking to media persons after attending the SC

Mangalore, Jan 27: District-in-Charge Minister C T Ravi has said that nobody had right to question Assembly Speaker Bopaiah's disappearance from the State for three days. “Nobody can question his disappearance as he too has a private life to enjoy”, said Mr Ravi, replying to the queries of media persons in the city on Saturday. He said that BJP is confident of winning the impending Assembly

Mangalore, Jan 27: Life guards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project (PBTDP) have rescued one more tourist from drowning at Panambur beach near here. 19-year-old Sathish, from Mavinahalli, Arakalagudu in Hassan district, was about to be drowned on Saturday at Panabur beach. It is learnt that slipped in to the waters when he was playing on the shore along with his friends. Lifeguards swung

Mangalore, Jan 27: Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat has said that the Lady Goschen Hospital should be renamed after Veera Rani Abbakka and District Wenlock Hospital should be named after social reformer Kudmal Ranga Rao. He was speaking at Arogya Raksha Committee meeting on the integrated developement of Wenlock and Lady Goschen Hospital here on Saturday. Reacting to the demand