Karnataka

New Delhi, Jan 26: As many as seven eminent people from Karnataka, including cricketer Rahul Dravid and aerospace scientist from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advance Scientific Research in Bangalore Roddam Narasimha, have been honoured with Padma awards under different disciplines. Dravid, who scored close to 24,000 international runs before announcing his retirement early last year, was chosen for

Mangalore, January 25: Three-day Beach Utsav was inaugurated on Friday at Panambur Beach, Mangalore, as a part of Karavali Utsav 2012-13. Speaking after inaugurating the festival, N Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, said that although Goa has a coastline of 120 kms, it has developed its beaches in an impressive manner and a similar effort needs to be made to develop the

Washington, Jan 25: Air India has been rated world's third least safe airline after China Airlines and TAM Airlines, according to a report from a website that monitors plane crashes around the world. India's national carrier is ranked 58th among 60 listed airlines by Hamburg based Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre (JACDEC). Finnair is now the world's safest airline, followed by Air New

Mangalore, Jan 25: The NITTE Celebration Run is back in Mangalore with Half-Marathon and 10 km Run in its second edition jointly being organised by Life Is Calling (LIC) sports and Dakshina Kannada Athletic Association (DKAA) on February 24 at Mangala Stadium. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, Director of Life Is Calling P B Mithra said that the event will have both competitive and

Mangalore, Jan 25: While the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah's office published a press release that he would resume work on January 28, Congress veteran leader B Janardhan Poojary announced a reward of Rs 5,000 for whoever gives him information on the whereabouts of the Speaker within four hours. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, the former Union Minister said that

Bangalore, Jan 25: Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Friday met Governor H.R. Bhardwaj and said he has not been asked to prove his majority though 13 BJP legislators have quit the assembly. "The governor brought to my notice the resignation of the 13 legislators. I have assured him that I have the majority and that there is no problem for the government," Shettar told reporters. Ahead of

Mangalore, Jan 25: Voter turnout will not improve unless there is a conscious effort put in by people to politically educate children and create an atmosphere of political awareness at homes, said Dr. P L Dharma, Head of the Political Science Department, Mangalore University. He was speaking at a programme organized by the district administration as part of Election Commission of India's 'National

Mangalore, Jan 25: 'Abbakka TV 24x7', a new local TV channel will be launched on January 31 in Koolya, Mangalore. Disclosing this to media persons at Press Club in Mangalore on Thursday, Shashidhar Poyyuttabail, Programme Director, Abbakka TV, said that the channel will be aired by 'Willpower Media' from the Chiranjeevi Towers office at Deralakatte. The channel will be available to the TV watching

New Delhi, Jan 25: Even as the ongoing spat between the BJP and the Congress over Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's alleged remark that the BJP and the RSS were promoting saffron terror in the country, continues, the controversy still appears to be being far from over. The Home Ministry has released a list of 10 accused persons involved in terror activities across the country and who were

Bangalore, Jan 25: Hours after the rebels in the state's ruling BJP announced they would petition the high court to secure his presence in Bangalore, Karnataka assembly Speaker K.G. Bopaiah Thursday said he was "not missing or disappeared" and will resume work Jan 28. Bopaiah said, through a release from his office, that he was attending a private function but did not say where. The release was