Karnataka

Mangalore, November 1: Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee dared to violate the directions of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee by not staging black flag protest against BJP leader L K Advani's Jan Chetana Yatra which passed through the city on Monday. DCC leaders changed their earlier decision following the instructions from former union minister B Janardhana Poojary, who felt that a

Udupi, November 1: A driver was burnt alive when the goods autorickshaw driven by him got sandwiched between a truck and a tempo in an accident at Pangala on National Highway 66 in Udupi district on Monday. According to police, the truck was going from Mangalore to Udupi while the autorickshaw and the tempo were heading to Pangala. In the three-way collision, the truck rammed the autorickshaw

Mangalore, November 1: Pro-Yeddyurappa leaders in the BJP failed to take part in the public meeting addressed by party veteran L K Advani, as part of his 'Jan Chetana Yatra' in the city and in Udupi on Monday too. Supporters of the beleaguered former chief minister had skipped the Bangalore meeting of the saffron stalwart on Sunday. Yeddyurappa loyalist and Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje did

Mangalore October 31: A man was killed and four others sustained severe injuries in a head on collusion between a tipper and an auto-rickshaw at Ane in Gurpur on the outskirts of the city on Monday evening. The deceased has been identified as Babu Shetty (40), a resident of Gadigudd in Pavoor, who was travelling in the ill-fated auto-rickshaw. He was working at a garage in Kolya. The injured

Udupi, October 31: Former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani, who is on the Jana Chetana Rath Yathra, demanded the Prime Minister to present a white paper on the attempts made to bring back black money deposited in Swiss bank. Addressing a rally organised near Srikrishna Temple Lalkrishna Advani said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the last elections had promised to take stern steps to

Mangalore, October 31: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda seized the stage of the Mangalore leg of BJP veteran L k Advani's Jan Chetana Yatra as an opportunity to pledge for the corruption free and transparent administration in Karnataka by becoming a role model to others. Thousands of people, who had gathered at Nehru Maidan on Monday to witness the sixth all-India Yatra of Mr Advani, erupted in

Bangalore, October31: More skeletons are tumbling out of former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's cupboard. The latest controversy involves the RSS morning daily Hosa Digantha, which got undue patronage of the BJP-ruled government apparently to spread the Hinduvta message. Hosa Digantha, whose tagline Rashtra Jagrutiya Dainika means Daily for National Awareness, has been accorded a 'state

Mangalore, October 31: Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani on Monday emphasised the importance of fighting for national integrity along with the fight against corruption in India. Interestingly, in his 45-minute-long speech at Nehru Maidan in Mangalore, where thousands of enthusiastic BJP workers had gathered to witness the sixth all-India Yatra of the octogenarian leader, Mr Advani dedicated

Mangalore, October 31: The Jan Chetana Yatra of Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani on Monday entered coastal Karnataka amid tight security, as he flew into Mangalore airport amidst bright sunshine from Bangalore. With Advani arriving in Mangalore as part of his anti-corruption campaign, the city has played host to all his three major yatras over the last two decades. Party workers burst

Madikeri, October 31: Abdul Rasheed, renowned Kannada writer and the programme executive at the Madikeri station of All India Radio, has been selected for the international broadcasters' convention to be held in New Delhi from November 20 to 27. The convention is being hosted by Asia Pacific Broadcasters' Union. Rasheed will present a paper on “What the listeners expect from local radio stations?”