Karnataka

Karwar, December 27: Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar inaugurated a host of development projects in Karwar. Speaking on the occasion, he came down heavily on the Centre for “playing politics” on the issue of development and accused it of not releasing “a single rupee” to the State for the development of roads. He said over Rs. 1,000 crore had been spent by the State government every year for the

Mangalore, December 27: Highland Islamic Forum (HIF) Medical Cell organised a free medical check-up camp for orphans and destitute children and women at Al-Kalam in Falnir, Mangalore recently. Honorary president of Simra Health Foundation Dr Mohammed Ismail spoke on the significance given to orphans and destitute children in Islam. President of the foundation Dr Abdul Majeed, speaking on the

Kasargod, December 27: Four persons were killed and four others seriously injured when a private bus collided with an autorickshaw at Poochakkad near Kanhangad in Kasaragod district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased have been identified as Ratheesh (28), the auto driver, and three passengers in the rickshaw -- Anjitha (14), Sachin (5) and Abhishek (4), all residents of Thaikadavu near

Chikmagalur, December 26: Higher Education and Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge Minister C T Ravi has said that “political, religious and legal fight” would continue to free Datta Peeta. Addressing presspersons after taking part in Shobha Yatra on Wednesday, he lamented that lot of injustice has been meted out at Hindus when it comes to Datta Peeta. “We want Datta Peeta to be declared as Hindu

Bangalore, December 27: Mangalore-based television journalist Naveen Soorinje, who was arrested one and a half month ago in connection with July 28 homestay attack, has been denied bail by the Karnataka High Court. While observing that material on record does not project Mr. Soorinje as a “whistle-blower” as claimed by him, the High Court said the material on record “prima facie indicates that he

Beed (Maharashtra), December 26: An ardent fan of Bal Thackeray at Ashti Tehsil here was today arrested after he threatened to bomb the Bangalore stadium, which hosted the India-Pakistan match in the first Twenty20 international series, police said. According to police, Amit alias Akshay Bhandari, a BSC student from Kada village in the district rang up Bangalore police from his mobile on Monday

Mangalore, December 26: Well-kwon advocate from Mangalore P P Hegde has been elected as the all-India president of Youth for Nation (YFN), a non-political social service organisation with headquarters in Delhi. He was elected during the two-day National Conference of YFN recently held at the Constitution Club, New Delhi, in which delegates from across the country participated. Dr Vijay Pandurang

Mangalore, December 26: The central government has allotted a sum of Rs 1 crore in its budget for the establishment of Kannada Research Centres in University of Munich, University of Heidelberg and University of Wurzburg in Germany and University of Vienna in Austria, out of which Rs 50 lakh has been released as first installment. This is being done to promote Kannada language and its culture in

Mangalore, December 26: Stating that he never justified 'Made-Snana' ritual practiced at Sri Kukke Subrahmanya and few other temples, Pejawar Mutt seer Vishweshwa Theertha Swamji said that he rather advocates 'Yede-Snana'. Speaking to media persons in the city on Wednesday seer lamented that people are making baseless allegations against him though he had made it clear that there is no benefit for

December 26: Jet Airways is all set to introduce new flight service between Mangalore-Dubai from January 3, 2013. With this, the international airline will fly six times a week on the Mangalore-Dubai sector. Speaking about the same, Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial officer, Jet airways said that the new Mangalore-Dubai service will provide a much needed link between the chief port city of