Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 29: Former prime minister H?D?Deve Gowda on Wednesday said the biggest mistake he had committed in his political career was to make Siddaramaiah the deputy chief minister during the Congress-JD(S)?coalition government in the State in 2004. Reacting to the statement by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Karkala on Wednesday, Gowda said: “I?do not care whether Siddaramaiah goes to

Mangaluru, Jan 28: With assurances and instructions to observe traffic and safety rules round the year, the 26th National Road Safety Week came to a close at a programme organised by Dakshina Kannada district administration, traffic department and police department here on Wednesday. Speaking at the valedictory programme, Superintendent of Police S D Sharanappa encouraged people, especially the

New Delhi, Jan 28: The original preamble of the Constitution did not have the words "socialist" and "secular", said Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Wednesday. The government has been criticised over a Republic Day advertisement, which showed the preamble without the two words. The minister said a picture of the original preamble was used for the

Mumbai, Jan 28: A day after row erupted over a Republic Day advertisement of Information and Broadcasting Ministry, the Shiv Sena today demanded "permanent deletion" of the words 'secular' and 'socialist' from the Constitution. An acrimonious war of words had broken out between political parties yesterday when an advertisement issued by the I&B Ministry carried a picture of the Preamble to the

Mangaluru, Jan 28: Former director of Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi and College of Integrated Studies Director at University of Hyderabad Prof B P Sanjay said that social media such as Facebook was fast-moving into the realm of mass media although its connotation was more for fun and entertainment. Delivering the keynote address at the inaugural function of two-day national

New Delhi, Jan 28: With more than a little help from Indian travellers, Dubai has emerged the busiest international airport in the world. Dubai overtook London Heathrow last year, thanks to a growth of 9.3 lakh flyers to and from the India subcontinent — which was second only to the increase of 11.9 lakh flyers the Emirate saw in passengers to and from Europe. Dubai International (DXB) handled

Udupi, Jan 28: Udupi police on Tuesday caught three persons hatching a plot to kill a businessman from Shirva, at Menasinahadi near Hiriyadka in the coastal district. The arrested are Dinakar Poojary (29) from Chara village in Hebri, Sandeep Mogaveera from Aroor in Kunjalu village and Aravind Nayak (31) from Shirva. The police team has seized a revolver, two rounds of bullets, a long machete and

Udupi, Jan 28: There should be a public debate and discussion before any decision is taken on the issue of a uniform civil code, said Union Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda. Speaking to presspersons at Karkala, Mr. Gowda said that any decision required public discussions and a wide-ranging debate. On the ‘ghar wapsi’ issue, Mr. Gowda said that the States screaming against reconversion should

Bengaluru, Jan 28: The Third Additional District and Sessions Court, Ramanagara, will pronounce its judgment in a rape case against self-proclaimed godman Nityananda Swamji, on February 9. Arathi Rao, a one-time devotee of Nityananda, has accused later of raping her. The case was handed over to Criminal Investigation Department for a probe. During the hearing of the case on Tuesday, the court

Bengaluru, Jan 28: The Congress, on Tuesday, hit back at former DGP Shankar Bidari - who is now with the BJP - over his charges that the Congress government was seeking kickbacks to clear files pertaining to mining. Congress leader V?S?Ugrappa told reporters here that Bidari had been indicted by the Justice Sadashiva Commission over human rights violations which occurred in the Male Mahadeshwara