Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jan 26: The 66th Republic Day celebrations in Dakshina Kannada began at Nehru Maidan here with hoisting the tricolour flag and a parade by various contingents, followed by a colourful song-and-dance presentation by students, showcasing India’s rich cultural diversity. Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai hoisted the Indian flag and inspected the parade. Delivering

Bangaluru, Jan 26: The first cultural tableau at the 66th Repulic day parade at Rajpath was from the state of the Karnataka, with its main theme being Channapatna toys. Channapatna is about 60 km from Bengaluru, famously known as "toy town." The toys from this place are famous world wide for their uniqueness. The traditional toys and dolls made of special wood in colours are protected as a

Mangaluru, Jan 26: Mangaluru police have registered a case against a medical practitioner on the charge of raping one of his patients on January 8. According to the police, Preetham, who has a clinic at Karangalpadi, allegedly summoned the 20 year-old victim, a resident of Bantwal, to his house on the pretext of a medical examination. However, she was allegedly raped at his residence, the police

Udupi, Jan 26: Tension prevailed at Kodi-Kundapur when a group of people allegedly barged in to a wedding ceremony and hit people from another community necessitating police lathicharge. Several people including women and children were injured grievously in the clash. They are identified as Umaima (46), Rahmath (35), Thahir (27), Rahik (9) of Kodi Halavalli, Nasrin (25), Mustafa (21) of Brahmavara

Kasargod, Jan 26: In a tragic road accident, a youth from Kasargod district died at Kuwait. The victim has been identified as 27-year-old Umarul Farooq, son of Husainar from Badoor Chakattechal near Kumble in Kasargod. Sources said six workers of a company including Farooq were travelling in a car when the accident occurred. Two more persons were also killed. The other person who died was said to

Mangaluru, Jan 26: Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade and IT honcho T V Mohandas Pai are two among the seven persons from Karnataka chosen for the prestigious Padma Awards. BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and actors Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar are among the nine Padma Vibhushan awardees, the second highest civilian award of the

Belagavi, Jan 26: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday rejected the assertion by former chief minister H?D?Kumaraswamy that he (Siddaramaiah) was a tiger when he was in the JD(S) but had become a “rat” in the Congress. “I’ve always been a tiger,” the chief minister roared. “Kumaraswamy is making such remarks in desperation,” he told reporters at the Sambra Airport here before leaving for Kundargi

New Delhi, Jan 25: Asserting that religion cannot be made a cause of conflict, President Pranab Mukherjee today said "tolerance" and promotion of goodwill between diverse communities needs to be preserved with "utmost care and vigilance". In his address to the nation on the eve of 66th Republic Day, the President quoted Mahatma Gandhi, "religion is a force for unity" and said, "we cannot make it a

Jaipur, Jan 25: Senior Supreme Court lawyer and former BJP leader Ram Jethmalani today said that Modi needs to dismiss Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley if he wanted to succeed in recovering black money. "I am most disappointed man because Modi has put those men in charge of the work who will never be able to complete it. The man has ought to be dismissed if blackmoney needs to be recovered,"

Mangaluru, Jan 25: A group of trouble-mongers threw a stone and broke the window pane of a Masjid at Soorikumeri village near Mani in Bantwal taluk on the outskirts of the city. In a complaint lodged at jurisdictional Vittal police station, president of administrative committee of the masjid Haji Yusuf has stated that miscreants had broken the glass pane of a window in Badriya Jumma Masjid at