Karnataka

Boston: Art lovers of Boston area witnessed a rare display of ‘Yakshagana’, one of coastal Karnataka’s rich and colourful art forms, at the Tyngsborough Town Hall near Boston on August 31, 2019. The event organized by the New England Tulu Koota (NETK) Boston USA highlighted performances by the preeminent Yakshagana artist Patla Satish Shetty of the Yaksha Dhruva Patla Foundation, Mangaluru and his

Bengaluru, Sept 5: A special court here has issued summons to former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, asking him to appear for questioning in connection with a land de-notification case. The Special Court for Elected Representatives issued the summons on Wednesday, directing Kumaraswamy to appear for questioning on October 4. On July 20, Special Judge Ramachandra D Huddar had rejected the

Bengaluru, Sept 5: Is Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government of Karnataka is considering home delivery of liquor to Kannadigas? Excise Minister H Nagesh, who reviewed the progress of the Excise Department in Bengaluru yesterday, asserted that the government may take such a step if the Excise Department gets the consent of the people during public consultations. He said that a host of

Bengaluru, Sept 5: It was "conflict of interest" that led global audit firm Ernst & Young to recuse itself from investigating the letter that Cafe Coffee Day owner V.G. Siddhartha purportedly wrote to the company's Board. However, EY has not been the external auditor of the company. "Vide our letter dated August 8, 2019, it was informed that Board of Directors in their meeting dated August 8, 2019

Bengaluru, Sept 5: Ahmed Thanveer, a class IX student of Army Public School in Kannur city has been selected to watch the soft landing of Chandrayaan-2 on the surface of the moon, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 7 at space agency ISRO in Bengaluru. The selection was done based on an online quiz conducted by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Two students from each

Newsroom, Sept 5: A 23-year-old man from Sindhanur in Karnataka’s Raichur district met watery grave at Turner falls in the United States on the evening of September 3. The victim, Ajay Kumar, was pursuing M Tech at the University of Texas. The incident occurred when Kumar rushed to rescue his friend Kaushik, a resident of Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, who also died in the incident. The body is likely

Mangaluru, Sept 5: What started as a passion now is an integral part of Clemencia D’couto’s life. Ms. D’couto has been instrumental in framing the early foundational years of more than 3000 children in the Mangalore region. She has been teaching Pre-Kindergarten, LKG and UKG classes for more than 5 decades. Ms. Clemencia has worked for many institutions in Mangalore and currently teaches at Early

Bengaluru, Sept 5: A senior NDA leader has claimed that JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy could have been chief minister of Karnataka for five years if he had allied with the BJP. Speaking to media persons, Ramdas Athawale, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in the Narendra Modi government, said that Kumaraswamy was reduced to tears due to the alliance with the Congress. The minister

Bengaluru, Sept 5: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy has reiterated that incumbent deputy chief minister CN Ashwath Narayan was a “kingpin” in the fire that destroyed incriminating files at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) head office in 2011. Documents stored in the file room of the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) police station were lost in the fire. The BMTF, the

Bengaluru, Sept 5: The High Court of Karnataka has quashed the FIRs against Tourism minister C T Ravi and his 11 associates that were filed by the Chikkamagalur police pertaining to the destruction of public places and assault on a woman police officer during a protest way back in 2014. Justice P S Dinesh Kumar was hearing a writ appeal filed by C T Ravi and other 11 BJP workers seeking quashing