Karnataka

Bhopal, Jan 14: In an embarrassment for the ruling BJP, one of its leaders who was till recently an active member of its cow protection cell, has been booked under a legislation that prohibits cow slaughter. Former district convener of BJP's cow cell Vipin Bilauha, who lives in Katni's Gayatrinagar area, and his two accomplices, M L Jain and Kandhi Yadav, have been charged under sections 4, 6, and

Mangalore, Jan 14: In one of its kind, a citizen has urged the Apex Court to intervene and see to it that the lower court takes his case up for hearing, before his death! Well, the person concerned is none other than social activist, PUCL national Vice-President P B D'Sa, who in an open letter to the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India said that in the course of his work, which is done gratis

Mangalore, Jan 14: Senior Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary's negative remarks on fellow Congressman Vijaynath Vittal Shetty's donning saffron attire seems to have not gone down well with other Congress members. After Poojary walked away insulting several Congressmen publicly in the past without getting back any replies, this time, former Mayor K Ashraf has opted to raise voice against the

Mangalore, Jan 14: Strongly supporting the long-pending demand of establishing direct aviation link between Mangalore and Saud Arabia, Udupi-Chikmagalur MP K Jayaprakash Hegde has exhorted the Union Government to speed up the process of launching direct flight from South Indian port city to oil rich kingdom. Forwarding a feasibility study for direct flight prepared by Coastaldigest.com, to

Mangalore, Jan 14: The district Congress is organizing a vehicle rally followed by public convention against the mal-administration of BJP government on Tuesday at Kannur on the outskirts of the city. Briefing media persons about the event at the district Congress office in Mangalore on Monday, Congress leader Ivan D'Souza said that the rally cum convention is being organized to create awareness

Moodbidri, Jan 14: Listeners experienced a musical high when the famous duo M D Pallavi Arun and Vijay Prakash joined to enthral audience at Shobhavana in Mijar, near Moodbidri on the final day of Alva's Virasat on Sunday. A wonderful stage with the designs of dull sunlight in the dusk was beautified by the enthralling voices of the duo. At first, the task of catching the hearts of audience was

Udupi, Jan 14: RTI activist Vandaru Vasudeva Adiga from Shankaranarayana in Udupi district, whose body was found in a tank at Kadurtaluk on Saturday, was consigned to flames at Shiroor-Moorkai on Sunday. A large number of people, including Muzrai minister and Udupi district in charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary, Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Jayaprakash Hegde, Congress leaders Pramod Madhwaraj, K Pratap

Mangalore, Jan 14: There is a need for the generation of Kannada scholars of today to learn as many languages as possible so that the research horizon is widened, said Prof. B Vivek Rai, scholar and senior writer. He was speaking after accepting the 'Pandit Muliya Thimmappayya Award' conferred to him jointly by Muliya Thimmappayya Shatamanothsava Samithi, Mangalore, Muliya Thimmappayya Smaaraka

Bangalore, Jan 14: Balagangadharanatha Swamiji, the pontiff of the Adichunchanagiri Mutt in Nagamangala of Mandya district, died on Sunday evening at BGS Global Hospital, Kengeri. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and Dr K N Venkataramana, vice-chairman of the hospital, announced his sad demise on the hospital premises on behalf of the mutt on Sunday night. The body of the seer was later brought to

Kundapur, Jan 13: Five persons from Kundapur taluk lost their lives in two separate tragic incidents occurred on Sunday in Kundapur and Murdeshwar. Car rams into tree In the first incident, a middle aged couple and their car driver were died on spot when the vehicle in which they were travelling in rammed into a tree in the wee hours of Sunday at Bengare under the limits of Murdeshwar Police