Karnataka

Kochi, April 3: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Monday said the government is having "second thoughts" on continuing the Haj subsidy as a number of Muslim organisations have demanded its abolition. A large number of Muslim organisations have approached the Centre, seeking abolition of the subsidy concept for Haj, he told reporters here when asked if there are plans to provide similar

Mangalore, April 2: Journalists in Dakshina Kannada district have raised their collective voice against the continued attack on media persons. A delegation of Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists' Union led by its president Harish Rai on Monday met Deputy Commissioner N S Chennappa Gowda and handed over him a memorandum addressed to Chief Minister D V Sadanada Gowda. The memorandum condemned the

Mangalore, April 2: Realising that Mangalore Railway Station is facing several problems because of the apathy of the Palghat division, Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar has reiterated the voice of the majority of the people of forming a separate 'Mangalore Railway Division'. “I have raised the issue and have been writing letters to the Ministry seeking for separate division but the Ministry has

Mangalore, April 2: A 45-year-old woman who was diagnosed with cancer five years ago, which had spread to the liver and was on chemotherapy, has been successfully cured of cancer by radical surgery performed at Yenepoya Specialty Hospital, Kodialbail. The patient, a mother of two children, was suffering from Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour of the stomach. She was started on chemotherapy 5 years

Mangalore, April 2: “Sakala”, the state government's ambitious programme to provide various services to citizens within stipulated time, was launched at Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat in Mangalore on Monday. With slogans such as “Indu nale innila, helida samaya tappolla” and “Sevege Siddha, Kaalakke Baddha”, the programme has been designed to make bureaucrats and government officials deliver a

Mangalore, April 2: The lawyers in Mangalore, in association with State Lawyers Parishat will conduct a two-day 'Advocate's Conference' at Loyola Hall in St Aloysius College on April 22 and 23. Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda , Law Minister Suresh Kumar, Chief Justice of Odisha High Court Gopal Gowda, Judges of Karnataka High Court Nagamohan Das , Abdul Nazeer , Indrakala and A S Boppanna will

Mangalore,April 2: The New Age India Forum (NAIF) will hold the valedictory of the month-long “Prophet Mohammad's Life and Message” on Friday at 4.30 pm in Town Hall. The theme of the closing ceremony will be “Social Justice and Prophet Mohammad”. Every year the NAIF conducts the campaign across the district. This year the campaign began on on February 10. A seminar on the topic “Peace and Harmony

Mangalore, April 2: SSLC examinations started across the state on Monday. Tensed students around the examination centres were seen making last minute preparation prior to entering their respective examination halls in the morning. As per the rules, candidates entered the examination examination centres half an hour before the commencement of the examinations. In Dakshina Kannada district, as many

Mangalore, April 2: Nearly two years after the Mangalore air crash and months after the fire mishap at Carlton Towers in Bangalore, the Department of Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Services does not have separate standard operating procedures (SOPs) to deal with different emergencies, a CAG report has revealed. Except for Bangalore and Hubli, other cities in the state did not have special

Mangalore, April 2: Vittala, a boy from the Malekudiya community, who was not willing to be driven away from his home in the forests, had been labelled a “naxalite” and jailed, the former chairperson of the Backward Classes Commission C.S. Dwarakanath said here on Saturday. Delivering the valedictory address of a seminar on the impact of development on indigenous people organised by Mangalore