Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 1: The coastal city erupted in a blaze of colour and light at midnight as the world ushered in the New Year in style. Hundreds of people, most of them youngsters, thronged to main road in the last moments of 2014 to witness the celebrations amidst fireworks. Spirit of the crowd rose as midnight approached and crackers made the sky colourful as the clock struck 12 midnight. People

Bengaluru, Jan 1: MG Road and Church street, the City's preferred spots for New Year revelry, wore a dull look on Wednesday, with heightened security following Sunday's low-intensity blast. The explosion appears to have taken the sheen off the celebrations on the busy MG Road, which used to see the largest congregation of revellers all these years. The number of people who welcomed 2015 on the

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jan 1: Senior IPS officer S Murugan has been transferred from Karnataka State Industrial Security Force and posted as the new Commissioner of Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate. He will replace R Hithendra, who has been posted as Inspector-General of Police (Police Headquarters). Along with Mr. Hithendra, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) K.V. Jagadeesh also has

Bengaluru, Jan 1: On the last day of the year on Wednesday, the State government effected a major reshuffle of IAS and IPS?officers. Several officers were promoted but were asked to continue in their present postings. IAS postings Among the IAS?officers transferred and their new postings are as follows: Munish Moudgil: Commissioner, Survey Settlement and Land Records, Benguluru, and Director

New Delhi, Jan 1: The direct benefit transfer scheme for LPG (DBTL), under which the subsidy on cooking gas cylinders will be transferred directly to the bank account of the consumer, will come into effect across the country on Thursday. Consumers who wish to join the scheme will have to link their Aadhaar number with their bank account and their LPG consumer number. If they do not possess Aadhaar

Surat, Dec 31: A mock anti-terror exercise carried out in the city of Surat, has once again exposed the communal attitude of Gujarat police. Interestingly, Gujarat BJP's minority cell president has taken the cops to the task for making the œdummy terrorists  to don the skull caps that are generally identified with a minority community. The exercise was carried out by Surat police at Dabhari near

Mangaluru, Dec 31: Finally, a regular Commissioner has been appointed to the Mangaluru City Corporation! Young IAS officer Hephsiba Rani Korlapati is expected to take charge as the new Commissioner of MCC within a couple of days, official sources said. Ms Korlapati has confirmed that she received a promotion notification and expressed happiness on her new posting. œFeeling hopeful,  she said. A

Mangaluru, Dec 31: Mass marriage is one of the ways to prevent extravagant marriages in Muslim society, opined K P Husain Sa'adi, Karnataka State President of Sunni Yuvajana Sangha (SYS). Presiding over the mass marriage ceremony organized by SYS, KC Road Centre under its'Santwana' scheme at Noormahal in Kotekar on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday, he said that wealthy Muslim youths should

Mangaluru, Dec 31: A man allegedly posted a morphed image of Karnataka Health Minister U T Khader on a movie poster on a popular social networking site here, police said today. The poster of 'PK' movie bearing the morphed image of the minister was circulated on Whatsapp by the accused Naresh Gatty along with some adverse comments and a Pakistani flag in the picture, police said. The creator of the

Bhatkal, Dec 31: "Muslim students should not only become degree-holders, but they should be prepared to become worthy of the Nobel prize," said Padma Bhushan Moosa Raza, the Chairman of the South Indian Educational Trust. Mr Raza, who had earlier served as the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, Advisor to the Governor of Uttar Pradesh and