Karnataka

Mangaluru, Feb 1: The Air India Express has announced the summer schedule and formally confirmed the operation of additional flights from Saudi Arabia to Mangaluru and Calicut. In a release, the government owned airline stated that it would operate three direct flights to Mangaluru in a week and four direct flights to Calicut in a week from Dammam, the capital of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern province

Mangaluru, Feb 1: In a litigation filed by a flight passenger, a flight service has been directed to refund half of the fare of tickets availed by passengers on the grounds of justice. In a recent order, the Dakshina Kannada District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed the flight service Jet Airways to refund half of the ticket fare paid by the flight passengers Suresh K and his wife, from

Mangaluru, Feb 1: Chikkaballapur M P Dr M Veerappa Moily has said that he has submitted a report to the parliament recommending loans through banks for developers to purchase land to construct buildings and provide basic facilities to people. Speaking at a private programme in the city on Saturday, he said that there would be several advantages by the land reformation Act brought by the UPA-2

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 1: Kerala rolled the red carpet to receive the participants of the 35th National Games as the opening ceremony of the 15-day event was marked with both glitter and glamour in full measure. The three-hour-long programme at the new Greenfield stadium in Kariyavattom, in short, was a memorable affair all along as it stood out for the diversity of the art forms on show and

Shravanabelagola, Feb 1: The 81st Kannada Sahitya Sammelana got off to a colourful start here on Saturday. Poet Siddalingaiah, president of the sammelana, was taken in a procession in a decorated bullock cart from Yatri Nivas Circle to the sammelana venue at the APMC yard. His wife, Ramakumari, accompanied him. Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swami - pontiff of the Shravanabelagola Mutt - H?C?Mahadevappa

Udupi, Feb 1: Emphasizing over the contributions of Bhatkal people towards the development and communal harmony in coastal area of Karnataka, Home Minister K J George said that it is wrong to call Bhatkal a terror hub, owing to the existence of a few anti social elements like other parts of the country. Briefing reporters, on arrival to the temple town to attend the centenary celebrations of Our

Bengaluru, Feb 1: A section of Congress legislators, who met All India Congress Committee (AICC) General?Secretary Digvijay Singh on?Saturday, expressed its displeasure on a coterie surrounding the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. According to party sources, the legislators told Singh, in charge of party affairs in the State, that the coterie has been calling shots. While Siddaramaiah was a good

Bengaluru, Feb 1: The Lokayukta police on Saturday raided five government officials for amassing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The simultaneous raids were conducted on 14 premises in Bidar, Davangere, Haveri, Kalaburagi and Uttara Kannada districts, and illegal assets worth Rs 4.6 crore were seized. The officials raided are first division assistant at the office of the

Puttur, Jan 31: The fresh internal feud within Dakshina Kannada district Congress Committee took its first toll on Saturday as the KPCC sacked Bharatiya Hindu Parishad founder Hemanath Shetty from the post of Puttur Block Congress president on charges of “indiscipline and unconstitutional acts”. In a two paragraph communiqué, the KPCC president Dr G Parameshwara, has formally announcement that

Bengaluru, Jan 31: The Karnataka High Court today ordered Special Public Prosecutor Bhavani Singh and two other respondents to file objections against the writ appeal filed by DMK leader K Anbazhagan in Jayalalithaa's disproportionate assets case. The DMK leader's prayer was that the High Court call for records and set aside the order passed by Justice Anand Byrareddy who had rejected a plea