Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 27: The fight between state BJP?President B?S?Yeddyurappa and senior leader K?S?Eshwarappa is coming out in the open. On Thursday, many party leaders aligned with Eshwarappa, under the banner ‘Save Party Organisation’ will meet and discuss how to ensure Yeddyurappa runs the party without taking “unilateral” decisions. The convention, to be held at Palace Grounds in Benglauru from 11

Mangaluru, Apr 26: Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has finally lifted water rationing and resumed daily water supply. Kavita Sanil, Mayor of MCC, told media persons here on Wednesday that the water level at the Thumbe vented dam supplying drinking water to the city is expected to reach the maximum level of 5 m on Thursday morning. The level stood at 4.22 m on Wednesday. She said that the water

Mangaluru, Apr 27: A youth, working as a receptionist and cashier at a hotel in Mangaluru, ended his life by jumping off the hotel building on Wednesday. It is learnt that the Nihal Bhandary, 23, resident of Pumpwell, resorted to the extreme step after the management caught him red-handed while siphoning off money from a cash counter. The incident occurred at Hotel Kumar's International near

New Delhi, Apr 26: A contempt plea was today moved in the National Green Tribunal against spiritual figure Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for holding the Centre and the green panel responsible for the damage caused to Yamuna by allowing his NGO to hold a mega cultural extravaganza. The plea filed by Yamuna activist Manoj Misra has sought action against Ravi Shankar and said the statement made by the Art of

Mangaluru, Apr 26: Sheikhul Mashaeikh Dewan Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan Sahib, the spiritual head of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah has distributed 30 rice bags, each weighing 10 kgs, and fruits to inmates of endosulfan day care centre at Kokkada in Beltangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada. On behalf of his Hazrat Khwaja Garib Nawaz (RA) Educational and Charitable Trust, the sufi saint donated Rs 10,000 to

Mangaluru, Apr 26: Laying emphasis on the importance of human rights, Meera C Saksena, Commissioner of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission, expressed concern over the violation of human rights committed by the government officials at different levels. Speaking at the human rights awareness programme organized by the Karnataka Human Rights Panel in the city, on Wednesday, she said that the

Bengaluru, Apr 26: Two state government-run medical colleges which were denied permission for renewal of affiliation for the academic year 2017-18 have finally got permission from the Medical Council of India (MCI). MCI had declined to renew affiliation of Karwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Chamrajnagar Institute of Medical Sciences at the last executive committee meeting held on January 13

Kasaragod, Apr 26: Stating that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is still organising arms training camps on temple premises in some parts of the State and attacking rivals, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that his government will take steps to formulate rules under the amended Kerala Police Act 2011 soon. Replying to questions in the Assembly on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said no

Prakasam, Apr 26: Gonugunta, a small village in Prakasam district of coastal Andhra is in the news for reasons not so encouraging. Dozens of Dalits in the village are facing social boycott from upper caste Hindus. Trouble began after the upper caste Hindus excluded two Dalit hamlets attached to the main village from the “Bottu Rayi” installation function on April 21. Now the Daits are denied

New Delhi, Apr 26: Blaming the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the party's dismal performance and the BJP's good show in the MCD polls, the AAP said today it is an "EVM wave." Initial trends indicated BJP's sweep in all the three civic body polls. "This is not a Modi wave, but an EVM wave," Delhi Labour Minister and senior AAP leader Gopal Rai said. The AAP leaders including Deputy Chief