Karnataka

Mangalore, January 24: Kadri Park in the city will get the much needed facelift at an estimated cost of Rs 5 crore, according to minister for horticulture S A Ravindranath. "A proposal to this effect is pending with thefinance department for approval," Ravindranath said in Mangalore on Monday, adding that every effort would be made to release this year's installment out of proposed expenditure

Mangalore, January 23: Currents of communal tensions once again swept parts of Dakshina Kannada district on Monday, as a group of miscreants stormed into small shops run by minority community at Mugaradka village in Belthangady Tauluk. The village is only a few kilo metre away from Uppinangady, where at least seven people including police personnel had injured in the aftermath of Hindu Samajotsava

Mangalore, January 23: The Congress and Janta Dal (S) have demanded the banishment of senior RSS leader Kallaka Prabhakar Bhat from coastal Karnataka. The demand comes following Sunday's Hindu Samajotsava and in Uppinangady, where Mr Bhat delivered a communally provocative speech threatening to kill Muslim youths. Dakshina Kannada district Congress Committee president B Ramanath Rai, holding State

Mangalore, January 23: Law and order situation has improved in the Uppinangay town in Puttur taluk, as the police are doing their best to prevent untoward incidents following the Hindu Samajotsava, which was trailed by sporadic incidents of violence. Uppinangady police also have filed cases against influential RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhatt, who had threatened to shoot down Muslim youths in

Udupi, January 23: Congress leader and former minister H K Patil has criticized Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda for his 'close association with corrupt ministers and corrupt people' Mr Patil who visited the city to take the opinions of party leaders and workers on selecting a unanimous candidate from Congress for the impending Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bi-elections, opined that CM had been

Mangalore, January 23: Mass drug administration programme organized by the Department of Health and Family Welfare for prevention and control of filariasis was symbolically inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner N S Channappa Gowda at Government Wenlock Hospital here on Monday More than 100 people took tablets at the inaugural function. Sumathi and Sangeetha, nurses at the Government Wenlock Hospital

Mangalore, January 23: The family members of Nagesh Kulal, who was killed in an accidental explosion at the Sulphur Recovery Unit II of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), have been promised compensation of Rs 10 lakh. “The MRPL management has agreed to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the kin of deceased Nagesh”, said MRPL-ONGC Karmachari Sangha president Praveen Kumar

Mangalore, January 23: On Sunday, it was not sea and the shore at Panambur, instead it was sea and oceanic crowd on the shore along with hundreds of kites flying high adding to the happiness of the crowd who had gathered to have a glimpse of them. Sunday being a holiday, people came as families bringing along elders to kids to enjoy the rare lavish spectacle that happens at Panambur beach-the

Pilikula, January 23: The four-day national-level Bal Bharat Srujanotsav got off to a colourful start as thousands of children from various parts of the country and state thronged Pilikula Nisargadhama near here on Sunday. This is the first ever Srujanotsav to be held outside Delhi. Nearly 4,000 children, including 1,430 from 20 states and union territories, descended in droves at the Pilukula

Mangalore, January 22: Tense atmosphere prevailed in Uppinangady following a provocative speech by Rashtriya Swayamsevak sangh leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat, who threatened to attack and shoot down the Muslim youths. Mr Bhat was addressing hundreds of people who took part in Hindu Samajotsava at Chatrapati Shivaji Maidan. When the police allowed Mr Bhat to continue his speech, dozens of Muslim