Karnataka

Mangalore, January 4: Chief Minister D V Sadanaga Gowda has said that a total of Rs 1.506 crore would be investment in coastal districts of Karnataka was expected by as many as 38 major investors. Inaugurating the Coastal Business Development Summit in Mangalore on Wednesday, he said that Karnataka is an investor friendly State and all facilities and conducive trade environment would be offered to

Mangalore, January 4: A Commercial Customers Meet of Indane Gas Users was held at Hotel Moti Mahal recently. More than one hundred fifty Commercial Customers of Indane Gas from all over South Kanara attended the Meet. Chief Guest Dilip Rai, Chief Area Manager, Bangalore Area Office, Indian Oil Co. Ltd. spoke on the safe use and conservation of LPG. Harikrishna Punaroor, Past President of Kannada

Mangalore, Jan 4: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda dismissed the allegation of his involvement in suspension and transfer of police officers in the aftermath of recent attack on Sullia police station by Sangh Parivar activists. Responding to the queries of media persons after landing at Mangalore Airport on Wednesday morning Mr Gowda said that his government has no time to interfere in such

Mangalore, January 4: Coming down heavily on Bharatiya Janata Party led Karnataka government, former union minister B Janardhan Poojary accused the Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda of trying to turn the coastal district into a republic of Sangh Parivar. He was addressing a press conference here on Tuesday. Blaming the CM for suspension of four policemen and sudden transfer of Dakshina Kannada

Dubai, January 4: The son of the Serbian pilot blamed for an Air India crash in Mangalore that killed 158 people has called for the accident investigation to be reopened, and vows to clear his father's name. Alexander Glusica, 26, said that investigators, while preparing the report that found his father negligent, had not considered what he claims are inadequate safety measures at Mangalore

Udupi, January 3: Keeping Putthige Mutt pontiff Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji out of the Paryaya festivities, for his Sagarollangana (touring foreign countries) has irked his followers. A delegation of his followers visited Sode Mutt on Tuesday evening and handover a memorandum, seeking to include Putthige seer in the Paryaya procession and in the 'Darbar' proceedings to the Sode Paryaya

Mangalore, January 3: Even as the Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday assured the construction of a Hajj Bhavan in Bangalore, Karnataka State Hajj Committee S Mohammed Ghouse Basha revealed that a well-equipped 'Hajj Ghar' may soon come up in Mangalore too. Mr Basha said a few enthusiastic Muslim leaders in the coastal city have already identified two possible locations for the purpose

Moodbidri, January 3: Well-known Hindustani singer Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty will be conferred with Alva's Virasat award on the inaugural day of the national cultural fest to be held from January 5 to January 8 at Shobhavana, Mijar near Moodbidri. The award will be given away by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda after inaugurating the event. The award will carry a cash prize of Rs one lakh

Sullia, January 3: The better-halves of police personnel in Sullia on Monday took to the street to protest the 'unjustifiable suspension' of cops for taking action against the miscreants, as per the order of higher authorities. The protest comes after four policemen were placed under suspension in Sullia police station, on charges of 'police atrocity against Hindu activists' in the aftermath of

Mangalore, January 3: A poor girl aged about 10 was rescued from a quarters of a senior official of forest department at Lalbhagh in the city on Tuesday, by a team of officials after they were tipped off about her presence as labourer. The officials of the Labour Department and Child Development Project under the Department of Women and Child Development raided the quarters of Deputy Conservator