Karnataka

Raipur, Nov 18: Former Union Minister and Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Saturday claimed that would not be easy for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to get two third seats in Karnataka in the coming Parliamentary elections let alone repeat its performance in the Assembly polls held in May this year. Talking to news agency, Moily said the BJP has almost lost its strength in Karnataka as

Mangaluru, Nov 18: Exactly a week after she consumed poison in suicide bid, a teenage college student in Dakshina Kannada district breathed her last today without responding to any treatment. Kavyashree (18), a resident of Hunsekatte in Beltangady taluk was pursuing second year B.Com. at a college Punjalkatte. She was rushed to hospital soon after she consumed poison last Monday (November 12). It

Mangaluru, Nov 18: Dr Amitabh Anand, hailing from Mangaluru, the port city of coastal Karnataka, currently residing in France, has been chosen one among ‘the top 50 best undergraduate business professors in the world’ by the American-based Poets and Quants, a web-based communication Institute. Dr Anand, who is the Assistant Professor & Head of International Business Program for BBA at SKEMA

Kalka, Nov 18: BJP veteran and Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has courted a controversy over his remarks on rape incidents. At a function in Kalka town of Panchkula district on Friday, Khattar said that most of the rape incidents happen between known people. “The incidents of rape have not increased... Rapes used to take place in the past and even today as well. (Only) the concern

Hubballi, Nov 18: A day after Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara expressed his willingness to become the Chief Minister, the Congress-JD(S) coordination panel chief Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that there was no vacancy for the post. Speaking to media persons at Hubballi Airport here on Sunday, the former CM said: “Parameshwara has expressed only his capabilities of becoming chief minister.

Mangaluru, Nov 18: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister U T Khader has warned the government of Goa that Karnataka too may impose ban on fish from the tiny neighbouring state if it fails to lift ban on fish from Karnataka. Speaking to media persons here, Mr Khader, who is also the minister for Urban Development and Housing, said that his cabinet colleague and fisheries minister Venkatarao

Mangaluru, Nov 18: The Karnataka State Department of Industries and Commerce has approved setting up of a plastic park at Ganjimutt in Mangaluru taluk at an estimated cost of Rs. 152 crore, according to N. Gokuldas Nayak, Joint Director, Dakshina Kannada District Industries Centre. He told the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee meeting, presided over by Nalin Kumar Kateel

Mangaluru, Nov 18: In what appears to be a case of family dispute, a mother of three in Mangaluru taluk has accused her own husband of abducting their two children after he took them to the United Arab Emirates weeks after she gave birth to third child. The issue came to light after 27-year-old Rishana Nilofer, daughter of a businessman from Ullal on the outskirts of the city, approached Human

Mangaluru, Nov 17: Five achievers from the Catholic community were conferred the 'Rachana Awards 2018' at a glittering ceremony held at the Milagres Jubilee Hall in the city today. The awardees are Faye D’Souza (Rachana Professional of the year), Ronald Castelino (Rachana Entrepreneur of the year), Lawrence Pinto (Rachana Agriculturist of the year), Aloysius Richard Lobo (Rachana NRI of the year)

Mangaluru Nov 17: An engineering student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the Mechanical department building at National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NIT-K), Surathkal, on the outskirts of the city today. The deceased has been identified as Anand Pathak (20), a native of Maharashtra, who was pursuing third year mechanical engineering at NIT-K. He was also part of musical club