Karnataka

Mangaluru, May 25: Dalit activist and Social Democratic Party of India leader Koosappa passed away after a brief period of illness at a private hospital in the city on Thursday. He was 52. He was the state advisory committee member of SDPI. He also served as the state convener of Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (Prof. B. Krishnappa unit). He had contested 2013 Karnataka Assembly polls as SDPI

Mumbai, May 25: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said saying ‘Jai Maharashtra’ anywhere in India was a constitutional right. Fadnavis was reacting to the statement by Karnataka Urban Development Minister Roshan Baig, about bringing in a legislation to disqualify anti-Karnataka elected representatives. “We condemn the statement of the Karnataka minister,” Fadnavis said in

Bengaluru, May 25: Embarrassed by its leaders and workers for openly airing their grievances of late, the state Congress on Wednesday threatened to take strict action against such leaders. AICC general secretary K C Venugopal and KPCC president G Parameshwara said the party will not hesitate to take disciplinary action if any leader causes damage to the party by expressing their grievances in

Bengaluru, May 25: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday saw BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa’s hand in the money laundering and benami transactions complaint filed against him. In the complaint filed with the I-T department on Tuesday, one Venkatesh Gowda, who claimed to be a Congress worker, had charged that former prime minister H D Gowda and his family amassed wealth of up to Rs 20,000

Bengaluru, May 25: IT Minister Priyank Kharge, who had invited the Election Commission of India to hold its EVM hackathon in Bengaluru, is now not happy that only political parties have been invited to make an attempt to evaluate or tamper the machines. Earlier, Kharge had announced that the Karnataka government was ready to host the hackathon as Bengaluru is IT capital of the country. He had

Malappuram, May 24: A mosque at Pulikkal here is using sign language during Friday 'Qutaba' and daily 'azans' to help the hearing impaired participate in the religious services. During 'Qutabas' (sermon) and 'Azaans' (Muslim call for prayers) sign language interpreters are used at the mosque 'AL Rahma', which was inaugurated a couple of days ago. "This is the first time in the country and perhaps

Lucknow, May 24: Even a week after the mysterious death of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Anurag Tiwari, who was found dead near a guest house in the state capital, the special investigation team (SIT) has not been able to make any headway in the matter even as the doctors, who performed autopsy of Tiwari's body, said that it had ''antemortem'' injuries. According to the police sources here on

Mangaluru, May 24: Talent Research Foundation, Mangaluru, in association with CIGMA (Career Information and Guidance Movement for All) India, Government of Karnataka and Beary’s Institute of Technology organized a career guidance and scholarship awareness programme, ‘What next after 10th/12th Std?’ on Wednesday at Town Hall in the city. “I have been a part of all the programmes organized by TRF

Mangaluru, May 24: Dr Ashwini S Shetty, NSS co-ordinator of Yenepoya University has been honored with State Level Award of “Best NSS Programme Officer" for the year 2015-16 in recognition of meritorious services rendered in the field of National Service Scheme (NSS). She received the award from Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister of Karnataka during a function held at Banquet Hall, Vidhana Soudha

Mumbai, May 27: Bollywood play back singer Sonu Nigam, who is known for his controversial tweets, is in news again by quitting twitter, in solidarity with a tainted singer, who had recently posted abusive and vulgar comments against two women on his twitter account. Twitter on Tuesday suspended singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya's account following his offensive and misogynistic tweets against JNU